Building (a) Trauma-Sensitive School Checklist

January is a good month to reflect on your school’s transformation to practicing trauma-informed, trauma-sensitive strategies. Use this multi-tiered checklist to evaluate your progress and plan next steps. This checklist compliments the book, Building Resilience in...

When Mindfulness and Racism Intersect

The real title should have been when Mindfulness and Implicit Bias Intersect, but I needed to really get your attention. This is transformative stuff that so many of you have been grappling with over this emotionally charged and traumatic summer. Amber Warner and I...

Principal Guide for Closing 2019-20

One of my favorite Gary Larson cartoons depicts a frog who has made the mistake of thinking the underbelly of a jet plane was food. The frog’s expression is one of sheer fright and panic as he realizes not only is his ‘food’ is accelerating at a...