OK . . . so it's been over a YEAR since my last post. My world has been rocked by many things - books, articles, movies, conversations, speakers, websites - since July, 2005, but I've been immersed in a couple of big projects and blogging fell by the wayside.
Mel Levine was my 2005/06 big event. Author of three best-selling books, A Mind at a Time, The Myth of Laziness, and Ready or Not, Here Life Comes, Dr. Levine is one of the nation's preeminent expert on student learning. Beginning in spring 2005, I co-chaired a committee made up of parents and staff from each of the five schools in our District. We ultimately distributed about 150 of Levine's books to staff throughout the District, hosted Dr. Levine for a presentation to over 800 parents on the evening of March 14th, 2006, followed by an all-day workshop with our entire District staff on March 15th, raised over $80,000 in six weeks from the community to fund staff who wanted to attend Schools Attuned, a program for educators based on Dr. Levine's work, and ultimately hosted three Schools Attuned sessions in our community during Summer 2006. Sixty five staff, representing every school in the District, attended Schools Attuned and Mel Levine, once a relative unknown around here, has become a household word. Check out the All Kinds of Minds website for more info! Also, read the great interview with Dr. Levine on "Celebrate Strengths, Nuture Affinities" linked on the front page of the All Kinds of Minds website (All Kinds of Minds.) It's the top item under The News and is an interview from the September, 2006 edition of Educational Leadership Magazine.
Dr. Levine's pearl of wisdom "You build your life around your strengths and affinities" is one of my most-treasured parenting mantras.
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