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- 0:01We
- 0:02talk
- 0:02a
- 0:02lot
- 0:02about
- 0:03learning
- 0:03in
- 0:04schools,
- 0:05but
- 0:05we
- 0:06don't
- 0:06talk
- 0:06enough
- 0:07about
- 0:07what
- 0:07school
- 0:09feels
- 0:09like.
- 0:10What
- 0:11if
- 0:11one
- 0:11of
- 0:11the
- 0:11most
- 0:12powerful
- 0:12forces
- 0:13shaping
- 0:14student
- 0:14behavior
- 0:15isn't
- 0:16instruction?
- 0:18It's
- 0:18embarrassment
- 0:20or
- 0:20shame?
- 0:22In
- 0:22this
- 0:22episode,
- 0:23Dr.
- 0:24Tanya
- 0:24Manning
- 0:25Yard
- 0:26joins
- 0:26us
- 0:27to
- 0:27name
- 0:27what's
- 0:28usually
- 0:28left
- 0:29unsaid.
- 0:30How
- 0:31students
- 0:31learn
- 0:31to
- 0:31hide.
- 0:32How
- 0:33parents
- 0:33learn
- 0:34to
- 0:34stay
- 0:34quiet,
- 0:35and
- 0:35how
- 0:36systems
- 0:37without
- 0:37meaning
- 0:38to
- 0:39can
- 0:39make
- 0:39both
- 0:39worse.
- 0:41Because
- 0:41if
- 0:41students
- 0:42are
- 0:42trying
- 0:43not
- 0:43to
- 0:43look
- 0:44dumb,
- 0:45they're
- 0:45not
- 0:45learning.
- 0:47And
- 0:47if
- 0:47parents
- 0:48feel
- 0:49judged,
- 0:51they're
- 0:51not
- 0:51partnering.
- 0:53A
- 0:54new
- 0:54episode
- 0:54of
- 0:54the
- 0:55Wheelhouse
- 0:56begins
- 0:57right
- 0:57now.
- 1:09Welcome
- 1:09to
- 1:09another
- 1:10episode
- 1:10of
- 1:10the
- 1:11Wheelhouse.
- 1:12In
- 1:12this
- 1:12season,
- 1:13we're
- 1:13exploring
- 1:14what
- 1:14it
- 1:14means
- 1:15to
- 1:15build
- 1:16future
- 1:16ready
- 1:17schools
- 1:18rooted
- 1:18in
- 1:18humanity
- 1:19and
- 1:20built
- 1:20through
- 1:20coherent
- 1:21human
- 1:21systems.
- 1:23Over
- 1:23the
- 1:23last
- 1:23two
- 1:24episodes,
- 1:24we
- 1:25listened.
- 1:26Students
- 1:26told
- 1:27us
- 1:27what
- 1:27it
- 1:27feels
- 1:28like
- 1:28to
- 1:28be
- 1:28unheard.
- 1:30A
- 1:30principal
- 1:31showed
- 1:31us
- 1:32what
- 1:32it
- 1:32looks
- 1:32like
- 1:33to
- 1:33lead
- 1:34inside
- 1:34that
- 1:35reality.
- 1:36Today,
- 1:37we
- 1:38go
- 1:38a
- 1:38layer
- 1:38deeper
- 1:40because
- 1:40there's
- 1:40something
- 1:41we
- 1:41don't
- 1:41name
- 1:42in
- 1:42education,
- 1:43even
- 1:43though
- 1:43it's
- 1:46embarrassment,
- 1:48shame.
- 1:50Not
- 1:50as
- 1:50big
- 1:50dramatic
- 1:51moments,
- 1:52but
- 1:52as
- 1:52quiet,
- 1:53daily
- 1:54experiences
- 1:55that
- 1:56shape
- 1:56whether
- 1:57students
- 1:57take
- 1:58risks
- 1:59or
- 1:59shut
- 2:00down,
- 2:01whether
- 2:01parents
- 2:02lean
- 2:02in
- 2:04or
- 2:04step
- 2:04back.
- 2:06Joining
- 2:06us
- 2:07is
- 2:07Dr.
- 2:08Tanya
- 2:08Manning
- 2:09Yard,
- 2:10educator,
- 2:11consultant,
- 2:12literacy
- 2:13expert,
- 2:14podcaster,
- 2:15and
- 2:15a
- 2:16mother
- 2:16navigating
- 2:17the
- 2:17system
- 2:18in
- 2:19real
- 2:19time.
- 2:20This
- 2:20conversation
- 2:21is
- 2:21honest.
- 2:23At
- 2:23times,
- 2:24it's
- 2:25uncomfortable,
- 2:27but
- 2:27it's
- 2:28necessary
- 2:29because
- 2:30you
- 2:30can't
- 2:31build
- 2:31human
- 2:32centered
- 2:33schools
- 2:34if
- 2:34the
- 2:35people
- 2:35inside
- 2:36them
- 2:36don't
- 2:37feel
- 2:37safe
- 2:38being
- 2:38human.
- 2:40Let's
- 2:40get
- 2:40into
- 2:41it.
- 2:47Good
- 2:48morning.
- 2:48I'm
- 2:48Dr.
- 2:49Grant
- 2:49Chandler,
- 2:50and
- 2:50this
- 2:50is
- 2:50another
- 2:51episode
- 2:51of
- 2:51the
- 2:52Wheelhouse.
- 2:52And
- 2:53again,
- 2:53I'm
- 2:54super
- 2:54excited.
- 2:54So
- 2:55first,
- 2:55let
- 2:55me
- 2:55welcome
- 2:56the
- 2:56Wheelhouse
- 2:57team
- 2:57of
- 2:57Kathy
- 2:57Mone,
- 2:58Michael
- 2:58Pipa,
- 2:59and
- 2:59Dr.
- 2:59Alicia
- 3:00Monroe.
- 3:00Good
- 3:00morning.
- 3:02Good
- 3:02morning.
- 3:03Good
- 3:03morning.
- 3:05Oh,
- 3:05my
- 3:05goodness.
- 3:06Grant,
- 3:06you
- 3:06were
- 3:06like
- 3:07this
- 3:07radio
- 3:08voice
- 3:08when
- 3:08you.
- 3:08I
- 3:09know.
- 3:09I'm
- 3:09trying
- 3:09to
- 3:09be
- 3:10with
- 3:10Michael
- 3:10today.
- 3:11Like,
- 3:12I
- 3:12know
- 3:12he's
- 3:13out
- 3:13there
- 3:13just
- 3:13doing
- 3:13all
- 3:14this
- 3:14stuff.
- 3:14I
- 3:15know
- 3:15he's
- 3:15on
- 3:15podcasts
- 3:16and
- 3:16you,
- 3:17like.
- 3:17I
- 3:17pull
- 3:17up
- 3:18my
- 3:18LinkedIn
- 3:18and
- 3:18there
- 3:19he
- 3:19is
- 3:19talking
- 3:20in
- 3:20his
- 3:20little
- 3:20radio.
- 3:21Voice
- 3:22on
- 3:22Facebook
- 3:23like,
- 3:23he's
- 3:23everywhere.
- 3:24He's
- 3:24everywhere.
- 3:25Yeah.
- 3:26Yeah.
- 3:26It's
- 3:27my
- 3:27goal
- 3:28just
- 3:28to
- 3:28be
- 3:28everywhere.
- 3:29Beautiful.
- 3:30You're
- 3:30doing
- 3:30a
- 3:30great
- 3:31job
- 3:31everywhere
- 3:31includes
- 3:32being
- 3:32here
- 3:32in
- 3:32the
- 3:32wheelhouse.
- 3:33Mr.
- 3:33Piper,
- 3:34I
- 3:34love
- 3:34you.
- 3:34Absolutely.
- 3:36So
- 3:36it's
- 3:36absolutely
- 3:37great
- 3:37to
- 3:37have
- 3:37you
- 3:37all
- 3:37back.
- 3:38This
- 3:38is
- 3:38episode
- 3:39six
- 3:40already.
- 3:41Season
- 3:4112
- 3:42is
- 3:42flying
- 3:43by.
- 3:43We've
- 3:44had
- 3:44some
- 3:44amazing
- 3:45conversations.
- 3:48I
- 3:48want
- 3:48to
- 3:48just
- 3:48go
- 3:49back
- 3:49for
- 3:49a
- 3:49moment
- 3:49because
- 3:50the
- 3:50four
- 3:51of
- 3:51us
- 3:51spent
- 3:52a
- 3:52couple
- 3:52of
- 3:52episodes
- 3:53talking
- 3:53about
- 3:53the
- 3:54theme
- 3:54of
- 3:54the
- 3:54season,
- 3:55innovation
- 3:56rooted
- 3:56in
- 3:57humanity.
- 3:58Built
- 3:59through
- 3:59coherent
- 3:59human
- 4:00systems.
- 4:01This
- 4:01whole
- 4:01idea
- 4:01of
- 4:02future
- 4:02ready
- 4:02schools
- 4:03we
- 4:03were
- 4:03able
- 4:04to
- 4:04talk
- 4:04to.
- 4:04We're
- 4:05going
- 4:05to
- 4:05talk
- 4:05to
- 4:05a
- 4:05lot
- 4:05of
- 4:05people
- 4:06that
- 4:07are
- 4:07connected
- 4:07to
- 4:07education,
- 4:08but
- 4:08we
- 4:08talked
- 4:09to
- 4:09some
- 4:09students
- 4:10a
- 4:10couple
- 4:10episodes
- 4:11ago.
- 4:11We're
- 4:11gonna
- 4:11talk
- 4:11to
- 4:12some
- 4:12more
- 4:13as
- 4:13the
- 4:13season
- 4:14continues.
- 4:16And
- 4:16they,
- 4:17of
- 4:17course,
- 4:17told
- 4:17us
- 4:18we
- 4:19really
- 4:19need
- 4:19to
- 4:19be
- 4:20heard,
- 4:20not
- 4:20hurted.
- 4:22And
- 4:22then
- 4:22we
- 4:23had
- 4:24an
- 4:24incredible
- 4:24conversation
- 4:25with
- 4:25a
- 4:25middle
- 4:25school
- 4:26principal,
- 4:26Rhonda
- 4:26Simli,
- 4:28who
- 4:28leads
- 4:29that
- 4:30effort
- 4:30to
- 4:31make
- 4:31sure
- 4:31that
- 4:31her
- 4:31students
- 4:32are
- 4:32heard
- 4:33and
- 4:33not
- 4:33herded.
- 4:34And
- 4:35today
- 4:35we're
- 4:35gonna
- 4:36talk
- 4:36to
- 4:36another
- 4:36amazing
- 4:37educator.
- 4:38I
- 4:38introduced
- 4:38her
- 4:39and
- 4:39talked
- 4:39about
- 4:39her
- 4:40in
- 4:40the
- 4:40introduction.
- 4:42She
- 4:42is
- 4:42an
- 4:42educator,
- 4:43a
- 4:43consultant,
- 4:44a
- 4:44fellow
- 4:45podcaster.
- 4:46She's
- 4:47a
- 4:47mom.
- 4:48She's
- 4:48got
- 4:49every
- 4:50role
- 4:50that
- 4:50you
- 4:50can
- 4:51think
- 4:51of.
- 4:53This
- 4:53woman
- 4:54embodies.
- 4:54So
- 4:55we
- 4:55are
- 4:55super
- 4:55excited
- 4:56to
- 4:56welcome
- 4:56Dr.
- 4:57Tanya
- 4:58Banning
- 4:58Yard
- 4:59to
- 4:59the
- 4:59Wheelhouse.
- 5:01Tanya,
- 5:01welcome.
- 5:02Oh,
- 5:02my
- 5:02gosh.
- 5:03Good
- 5:04morning.
- 5:04It's
- 5:05so
- 5:05good
- 5:05to
- 5:05be
- 5:05here.
- 5:06Thank
- 5:06you
- 5:06for
- 5:07that.
- 5:07Thank
- 5:07you.
- 5:08We
- 5:09are
- 5:09thrilled
- 5:10to
- 5:10have
- 5:10you
- 5:10here
- 5:11and
- 5:12you're
- 5:12going
- 5:12to
- 5:12offer
- 5:13so
- 5:13many
- 5:13different
- 5:14perspectives
- 5:15than
- 5:15what
- 5:15we've
- 5:16had
- 5:16so
- 5:16far
- 5:17in
- 5:17the
- 5:18wheelhouse
- 5:18in
- 5:18season
- 5:1812.
- 5:19And
- 5:20I'm
- 5:20really
- 5:20excited
- 5:20to
- 5:21hear
- 5:22where
- 5:22this
- 5:22conversation
- 5:23is
- 5:23going
- 5:23to
- 5:23go.
- 5:24But
- 5:24if
- 5:25the
- 5:25theme
- 5:25is,
- 5:25of
- 5:25course,
- 5:26innovation
- 5:27rooted
- 5:27in
- 5:27humanity,
- 5:28built
- 5:28through
- 5:29coherent
- 5:30human
- 5:30systems,
- 5:31talk
- 5:32to
- 5:32us
- 5:32first
- 5:32for
- 5:33a
- 5:33moment
- 5:33about
- 5:33who
- 5:34are
- 5:34you
- 5:34as
- 5:34a
- 5:34human?
- 5:35I
- 5:36have
- 5:36been,
- 5:36as
- 5:36I
- 5:37think
- 5:37all
- 5:37of
- 5:37us
- 5:37have
- 5:37been,
- 5:38evolving
- 5:38over
- 5:39time.
- 5:39So
- 5:41where
- 5:41I
- 5:42am
- 5:42now
- 5:43is
- 5:43somebody
- 5:43who
- 5:44is
- 5:44trying
- 5:44to,
- 5:46in
- 5:46as
- 5:46much
- 5:46as
- 5:48with
- 5:48everything
- 5:48that's
- 5:48happening
- 5:50politically
- 5:50and
- 5:51in
- 5:512026,
- 5:53I'm
- 5:53trying
- 5:53to
- 5:54stay
- 5:54grounded
- 5:55in
- 5:56how
- 5:56do
- 5:57I
- 5:57live
- 5:58my
- 5:58best
- 5:59life
- 6:00as
- 6:00Tonya
- 6:01each
- 6:01day?
- 6:02How
- 6:02do
- 6:02I
- 6:02live
- 6:03my
- 6:03best
- 6:04life
- 6:04in
- 6:05advocacy
- 6:05of
- 6:06my
- 6:06children,
- 6:07of
- 6:07my
- 6:08husband,
- 6:09my
- 6:09family,
- 6:11larger
- 6:12communities.
- 6:12And
- 6:13so
- 6:13I'm
- 6:13trying
- 6:14to
- 6:14live
- 6:15this
- 6:16human
- 6:16life
- 6:17not
- 6:17stifled
- 6:18by
- 6:18fear
- 6:19or
- 6:20affliction,
- 6:23while
- 6:23also
- 6:24trying
- 6:24to
- 6:24be
- 6:25compassionate
- 6:26and
- 6:26also
- 6:27trying
- 6:27to
- 6:27make
- 6:28sure
- 6:28that
- 6:29in
- 6:29terms
- 6:29of,
- 6:30like,
- 6:30my
- 6:30own
- 6:30footprints
- 6:31in
- 6:31this
- 6:31day,
- 6:32how
- 6:32am
- 6:33I
- 6:33also
- 6:33trying
- 6:34to
- 6:34blaze
- 6:34a
- 6:35path
- 6:35for
- 6:35those
- 6:35that
- 6:36are
- 6:36following
- 6:36behind
- 6:37me?
- 6:38Wow.
- 6:39We
- 6:39could
- 6:39talk
- 6:39about
- 6:39that
- 6:40for
- 6:40days
- 6:41and
- 6:42days
- 6:43and
- 6:43we
- 6:44could
- 6:44even
- 6:44launch
- 6:44a
- 6:44new
- 6:45podcast
- 6:45to
- 6:46talk
- 6:46about
- 6:46that
- 6:46because
- 6:48that's
- 6:48pretty.
- 6:49I
- 6:49mean,
- 6:49there's
- 6:50so
- 6:50much
- 6:50there,
- 6:51right?
- 6:51I
- 6:52want
- 6:52to
- 6:52be
- 6:52your
- 6:52friend.
- 6:56Can
- 6:56we
- 6:57be
- 6:57friends?
- 6:57Oh,
- 6:58Kathy,
- 6:58absolutely.
- 6:59Blessings
- 7:00and
- 7:00gratitude
- 7:01for
- 7:01that.
- 7:01Thank
- 7:01you.
- 7:02Thank
- 7:02you.
- 7:03So,
- 7:04because
- 7:05this
- 7:05is
- 7:05an
- 7:05education
- 7:06podcast,
- 7:07right?
- 7:09What
- 7:09experiences
- 7:11as
- 7:12an
- 7:12educator,
- 7:13as
- 7:13an
- 7:13educational
- 7:14consultant,
- 7:14as
- 7:15a
- 7:15podcaster,
- 7:16as
- 7:16a
- 7:17mom,
- 7:19what
- 7:19experiences
- 7:20are
- 7:20shaping
- 7:22how
- 7:22you
- 7:23see
- 7:24schools
- 7:24today?
- 7:26One
- 7:26of
- 7:26the
- 7:26things
- 7:27that
- 7:27I
- 7:28loved
- 7:29and
- 7:29also
- 7:30feared
- 7:30When
- 7:30I
- 7:31first
- 7:31started
- 7:31my
- 7:31career
- 7:32as
- 7:32a
- 7:32high
- 7:32school
- 7:32English
- 7:33teacher
- 7:34is
- 7:34being
- 7:34in
- 7:35a
- 7:35classroom
- 7:35with
- 7:36these
- 7:3720
- 7:37some
- 7:37odd
- 7:38vessels
- 7:39who
- 7:39come
- 7:39with
- 7:40their
- 7:40own
- 7:41quirks
- 7:42and
- 7:42interests
- 7:43and
- 7:44questions
- 7:45and
- 7:46thinking
- 7:47in
- 7:47that
- 7:47limited
- 7:48amount
- 7:48of
- 7:48time
- 7:48that
- 7:49we
- 7:49had,
- 7:49how
- 7:50to
- 7:52live
- 7:52in
- 7:52that
- 7:53space
- 7:53as
- 7:54a
- 7:54community
- 7:54and
- 7:55also
- 7:55at
- 7:55the
- 7:55same
- 7:56time,
- 7:57prepare
- 7:57them
- 7:57for
- 7:58the
- 7:58world
- 7:58to
- 7:58come.
- 7:59And
- 7:59that's
- 8:00one
- 8:00of
- 8:00the
- 8:00things
- 8:00I've
- 8:01loved
- 8:01about
- 8:01being
- 8:01a
- 8:02teacher.
- 8:02I've
- 8:04tried
- 8:04my
- 8:05best
- 8:05not
- 8:05to
- 8:05be
- 8:06pedantic
- 8:06in
- 8:07the
- 8:07sense
- 8:07of
- 8:07I'm
- 8:07coming
- 8:08in
- 8:08as
- 8:10all
- 8:10knowing
- 8:11and
- 8:12I'm
- 8:12responsible
- 8:13for
- 8:13making
- 8:13sure
- 8:13you
- 8:13know
- 8:14A,
- 8:14B,
- 8:14C,
- 8:14D
- 8:14and
- 8:15getting
- 8:15you
- 8:15from
- 8:15here
- 8:16to
- 8:16there.
- 8:16I
- 8:16mean,
- 8:16you
- 8:17have
- 8:17things
- 8:17like
- 8:17the
- 8:17Regents
- 8:18exam
- 8:18and
- 8:18other
- 8:19high
- 8:19stakes
- 8:20things.
- 8:20But
- 8:20I
- 8:21really
- 8:22wanted
- 8:22the
- 8:22classroom
- 8:23to
- 8:23be
- 8:24a
- 8:24living
- 8:24and
- 8:25breathing
- 8:26space,
- 8:26and
- 8:26I
- 8:27wanted
- 8:27it
- 8:27to
- 8:27be
- 8:27a
- 8:27place
- 8:28and
- 8:28space
- 8:28of
- 8:28conversation.
- 8:31And
- 8:31that
- 8:32was
- 8:32something
- 8:32that
- 8:32I
- 8:33wanted
- 8:33because
- 8:33I
- 8:34know
- 8:34everybody
- 8:34comes
- 8:34in
- 8:34with
- 8:35their
- 8:35own
- 8:35ways
- 8:35of
- 8:35thinking
- 8:36and
- 8:36doing,
- 8:36and
- 8:36I
- 8:37wanted
- 8:37the
- 8:37classroom
- 8:38to
- 8:40reflect
- 8:40that.
- 8:41But
- 8:41it
- 8:42also
- 8:42meant
- 8:42that
- 8:42was
- 8:42something
- 8:43that
- 8:43I
- 8:43needed
- 8:43to
- 8:44grow
- 8:44into
- 8:44as
- 8:45well.
- 8:45So.
- 8:45So
- 8:46that
- 8:46meant
- 8:46each
- 8:47day
- 8:48with
- 8:48varieties
- 8:49of
- 8:49types
- 8:49of
- 8:49literature,
- 8:50experiments
- 8:51with
- 8:51different
- 8:51types
- 8:52of
- 8:53activities
- 8:53and
- 8:54tasks,
- 8:54and
- 8:56different
- 8:57approaches
- 8:58to
- 8:58be
- 8:59open
- 8:59and
- 8:59vulnerable
- 9:00to
- 9:00those
- 9:00conversations
- 9:01that
- 9:01I
- 9:01was
- 9:02trying
- 9:02to
- 9:02get
- 9:02my
- 9:03students
- 9:03to
- 9:03have,
- 9:04while
- 9:05also
- 9:05evolving
- 9:06as
- 9:06a
- 9:07person
- 9:07who
- 9:07needed
- 9:07to
- 9:07learn
- 9:08how
- 9:08to
- 9:08actually
- 9:08foster
- 9:09and
- 9:09facilitate
- 9:10those
- 9:10conversations.
- 9:12So
- 9:13as
- 9:13a
- 9:13teacher,
- 9:15that
- 9:15was
- 9:15like
- 9:16my
- 9:16first,
- 9:17my
- 9:17first
- 9:17love,
- 9:18my
- 9:18first
- 9:18set
- 9:19of
- 9:19goals.
- 9:20As
- 9:20I
- 9:20evolved
- 9:21as
- 9:21an
- 9:21educator
- 9:22and
- 9:22started
- 9:22then
- 9:23working
- 9:23on
- 9:24a
- 9:24college
- 9:24level
- 9:25and
- 9:26working
- 9:26with
- 9:27as
- 9:27a
- 9:28teacher
- 9:29of
- 9:29teacher
- 9:30candidates,
- 9:31both
- 9:32inside
- 9:32the
- 9:32classroom
- 9:33and
- 9:33as
- 9:33a
- 9:33field
- 9:34supervisor,
- 9:35I
- 9:35felt
- 9:36like
- 9:36I
- 9:36had
- 9:36to
- 9:36teach
- 9:36my
- 9:37students
- 9:38how
- 9:39to
- 9:40keep
- 9:40the
- 9:40classrooms
- 9:41that
- 9:41they
- 9:41were
- 9:42about
- 9:42to
- 9:42inherit
- 9:43hopeful
- 9:44and
- 9:44not
- 9:45suffocate
- 9:46themselves
- 9:46or
- 9:47their
- 9:47students
- 9:48in
- 9:48their
- 9:48teaching
- 9:49experiences,
- 9:50and
- 9:50then
- 9:50also
- 9:51guide
- 9:51them
- 9:51as
- 9:52if
- 9:52to
- 9:52say,
- 9:52hey,
- 9:52here's
- 9:53some
- 9:53of
- 9:53the
- 9:53things
- 9:53you're
- 9:53going
- 9:53to
- 9:54need
- 9:54to
- 9:54know
- 9:54and
- 9:54understand
- 9:55about
- 9:56the
- 9:56world
- 9:56of
- 9:57teaching
- 9:57in
- 9:58terms
- 9:58of,
- 9:58like,
- 9:59administration,
- 10:01politics,
- 10:03where
- 10:03you
- 10:03may
- 10:03fall
- 10:04before
- 10:05tenure
- 10:05compared
- 10:06to
- 10:06after.
- 10:07How
- 10:07to
- 10:07build
- 10:08school
- 10:08climates
- 10:09that
- 10:11are
- 10:12evolving
- 10:13and
- 10:13open
- 10:14and
- 10:14possible
- 10:15and
- 10:15receptive.
- 10:16Also
- 10:17how
- 10:17to
- 10:17kind
- 10:17of
- 10:18close
- 10:18ranks
- 10:18when
- 10:18you
- 10:19see
- 10:19certain
- 10:19things
- 10:20coming
- 10:20down
- 10:20the
- 10:20pike,
- 10:21to
- 10:21just
- 10:21kind
- 10:21of
- 10:21prepare
- 10:23and
- 10:23trying
- 10:24to
- 10:24make
- 10:24sure
- 10:24that
- 10:25I
- 10:25prepared
- 10:26my
- 10:26students
- 10:27as
- 10:28best
- 10:28as
- 10:28possible
- 10:29for
- 10:30their
- 10:30own
- 10:31classrooms,
- 10:32how
- 10:32to
- 10:33stand
- 10:33in
- 10:33them
- 10:33and
- 10:34embrace
- 10:34them
- 10:35while
- 10:35at
- 10:35the
- 10:35same
- 10:35time,
- 10:36you
- 10:36know,
- 10:36letting
- 10:37them
- 10:37go
- 10:37as
- 10:38the
- 10:39year
- 10:39ends
- 10:40and
- 10:41allowing
- 10:41their
- 10:41students
- 10:42to
- 10:42then
- 10:42go
- 10:43forth.
- 10:43Being
- 10:44an
- 10:44educational
- 10:45consultant
- 10:46and
- 10:46working
- 10:47in
- 10:48varieties
- 10:48of
- 10:49schools.
- 10:49So
- 10:50one
- 10:50set
- 10:50of
- 10:50schools
- 10:51I
- 10:51worked
- 10:51in
- 10:51was
- 10:51known
- 10:51as
- 10:52transfer
- 10:52schools.
- 10:52And
- 10:53these
- 10:53are
- 10:53the
- 10:53schools
- 10:53that
- 10:54have
- 10:54students
- 10:55who
- 10:55are
- 10:56over
- 10:56age
- 10:57undercredited.
- 10:58We're
- 10:58trying
- 10:59to
- 10:59get
- 10:59them
- 10:59back
- 10:59into
- 11:00a
- 11:00school
- 11:00setting
- 11:01and
- 11:01they've
- 11:02left
- 11:02for
- 11:02a
- 11:02variety
- 11:03of
- 11:03reasons
- 11:05to
- 11:05buy
- 11:05into
- 11:06trying
- 11:06to
- 11:07graduate
- 11:09from
- 11:09school
- 11:10that
- 11:10required
- 11:11a
- 11:11kind
- 11:11of
- 11:11different
- 11:12mindset
- 11:12to
- 11:13kind
- 11:13of
- 11:13like
- 11:13regardless
- 11:14of
- 11:14where
- 11:14you
- 11:14may
- 11:15academically
- 11:16stand,
- 11:17this
- 11:18is
- 11:18a
- 11:18place
- 11:19that
- 11:19we're
- 11:19going
- 11:19to
- 11:19try
- 11:20to
- 11:20support
- 11:20you
- 11:21and
- 11:21forge
- 11:21ahead
- 11:21in
- 11:22your
- 11:22own
- 11:22possibilities.
- 11:23And
- 11:24also
- 11:24supporting
- 11:25teachers
- 11:25on
- 11:26the
- 11:26instructional
- 11:26side
- 11:27that
- 11:28it's
- 11:29easy
- 11:30to
- 11:30think
- 11:31that
- 11:31these
- 11:31kids
- 11:32are
- 11:32fill
- 11:32in
- 11:32the
- 11:33blank
- 11:33because
- 11:33they've
- 11:33dropped
- 11:34out
- 11:34and
- 11:34now
- 11:34they're
- 11:34coming
- 11:34back
- 11:35in.
- 11:35But
- 11:36you
- 11:36have
- 11:36to
- 11:37embrace
- 11:38their
- 11:38individual
- 11:39stories
- 11:39and
- 11:39their
- 11:40individual
- 11:40experiences
- 11:41and
- 11:41help
- 11:42usher
- 11:42them
- 11:43in
- 11:43the
- 11:43midst
- 11:43of
- 11:43their
- 11:44insecurities,
- 11:45their
- 11:45frustrations,
- 11:47their
- 11:47pushback,
- 11:49their
- 11:49anger,
- 11:50their
- 11:52some
- 11:52of
- 11:52them
- 11:52are
- 11:53coming
- 11:53from
- 11:54very,
- 11:54very
- 11:54challenging
- 11:55circumstances
- 11:56to
- 11:56try
- 11:57to
- 11:57help
- 11:57actualize
- 11:58their
- 11:58best
- 11:59and
- 11:59most
- 11:59possible
- 12:00good
- 12:00and
- 12:01to
- 12:01teach
- 12:01them
- 12:01to
- 12:01do
- 12:02the
- 12:02same
- 12:02once
- 12:02they
- 12:02leave
- 12:03your
- 12:03classroom.
- 12:05And
- 12:05that's
- 12:05not
- 12:06easy
- 12:06because
- 12:07in
- 12:07working
- 12:08in
- 12:08these
- 12:08transfer
- 12:09schools
- 12:10in
- 12:11New
- 12:11York
- 12:11City
- 12:12and
- 12:12Newark,
- 12:13New
- 12:13Jersey,
- 12:14there's
- 12:14kind
- 12:14of
- 12:14also
- 12:15embedded
- 12:15given
- 12:16the
- 12:16population
- 12:16of
- 12:17the
- 12:17students
- 12:17already,
- 12:18predeterminations
- 12:19and
- 12:19judgments
- 12:19about
- 12:19who
- 12:20they
- 12:20are,
- 12:21the
- 12:22unlikelihood
- 12:22of
- 12:22their
- 12:23success,
- 12:23et
- 12:23cetera.
- 12:24So
- 12:25you're
- 12:25trying
- 12:25to
- 12:25teach
- 12:25teachers
- 12:26to
- 12:26not
- 12:26buy
- 12:27into
- 12:27that,
- 12:27but
- 12:28at
- 12:28the
- 12:28same
- 12:28time
- 12:29recognizing
- 12:29that's
- 12:29a
- 12:30reality.
- 12:31And
- 12:31you're
- 12:31also
- 12:31working
- 12:32in
- 12:32a
- 12:32particular
- 12:33system
- 12:34that
- 12:34is
- 12:35very
- 12:35challenging
- 12:36while
- 12:36also
- 12:37trying
- 12:37to
- 12:37create
- 12:38competency
- 12:38based
- 12:39instruction
- 12:40and
- 12:41portfolio
- 12:41based
- 12:42approaches
- 12:42to
- 12:42assessment
- 12:44with
- 12:44a
- 12:44population
- 12:45who
- 12:45may
- 12:45not
- 12:45show
- 12:46up
- 12:46every
- 12:46day
- 12:46to
- 12:46class
- 12:47in
- 12:48working
- 12:48with
- 12:49other
- 12:49schools
- 12:50in
- 12:52behavioral
- 12:53programs.
- 12:54So
- 12:54when
- 12:54working
- 12:55as
- 12:55an
- 12:55educational
- 12:55consultant
- 12:56with
- 12:56Ramapo
- 12:57for
- 12:57children,
- 12:58this
- 12:58is
- 12:58reimagining
- 13:00how
- 13:00to
- 13:00create
- 13:02school,
- 13:03how
- 13:03to
- 13:03create
- 13:03classrooms
- 13:04and
- 13:05systems
- 13:06in
- 13:06terms
- 13:06of
- 13:07behavioral
- 13:07approaches
- 13:08that
- 13:08are
- 13:08restorative
- 13:09as
- 13:09compared
- 13:10to
- 13:10punitive.
- 13:11And
- 13:13that
- 13:13approach
- 13:13required
- 13:14me
- 13:14at
- 13:14least
- 13:15when
- 13:15I
- 13:15took
- 13:16on
- 13:16was
- 13:17it
- 13:17needs
- 13:17to
- 13:18be
- 13:18data
- 13:19driven,
- 13:19but
- 13:19it
- 13:19needs
- 13:20to
- 13:20be
- 13:21handled
- 13:22with
- 13:22empathy.
- 13:23So
- 13:23I
- 13:23love
- 13:23the
- 13:24way
- 13:24you
- 13:24answered
- 13:24that
- 13:25question
- 13:25and
- 13:25as
- 13:26I
- 13:26digested
- 13:27that
- 13:28I
- 13:28engaged
- 13:29in
- 13:29the
- 13:30thinking
- 13:30around
- 13:31where
- 13:31we
- 13:31are
- 13:32in
- 13:32this
- 13:32season
- 13:32on
- 13:33the
- 13:33podcast
- 13:34and
- 13:34I
- 13:34know
- 13:34we
- 13:34have
- 13:35questions
- 13:36that
- 13:36we're
- 13:36all
- 13:37asking,
- 13:37but
- 13:38if
- 13:38you
- 13:38will,
- 13:38I'd
- 13:39like
- 13:39to
- 13:39ask
- 13:41a
- 13:42question
- 13:42that
- 13:42dovetails
- 13:43off
- 13:44of
- 13:44your
- 13:44eloquent
- 13:45response.
- 13:46Dr.
- 13:46Manningard.
- 13:48So
- 13:48how
- 13:48do
- 13:48you
- 13:49humanize
- 13:50the
- 13:50educator
- 13:51student
- 13:51experience,
- 13:53cultivate
- 13:53hope
- 13:54within
- 13:55established
- 13:56systems
- 13:56where
- 13:57some
- 13:57teachers
- 13:57are
- 13:58motivated
- 13:58by
- 13:58self
- 13:59serving
- 13:59benefits,
- 14:01vacation
- 14:01day,
- 14:02summer
- 14:02break,
- 14:03pension,
- 14:03comprehensive
- 14:04health
- 14:04coverage
- 14:05and
- 14:05a
- 14:06check
- 14:06every
- 14:06two
- 14:06weeks
- 14:07to
- 14:07really
- 14:07focus
- 14:08on
- 14:09student
- 14:10centeredness
- 14:11and
- 14:12the
- 14:12fact
- 14:12that
- 14:13each
- 14:13and
- 14:13every
- 14:13student
- 14:14matters
- 14:15and
- 14:16they
- 14:16deserve
- 14:16our
- 14:17best.
- 14:17And
- 14:18this
- 14:19actually,
- 14:21actually
- 14:22spun
- 14:22off
- 14:23of
- 14:23the
- 14:23fact
- 14:23that
- 14:23you
- 14:24did
- 14:24mention
- 14:25pensions
- 14:25as
- 14:26motivators
- 14:26and
- 14:26things
- 14:27like
- 14:27that.
- 14:28But
- 14:28that
- 14:28holistic
- 14:29educator
- 14:30heart
- 14:31and
- 14:31spirit
- 14:32within
- 14:33an
- 14:34empathic
- 14:34experience
- 14:36is
- 14:36oftentimes
- 14:39extracted
- 14:41when
- 14:41the
- 14:41tangibles
- 14:42come
- 14:42into
- 14:42the
- 14:43space.
- 14:44So
- 14:44if
- 14:44you
- 14:44will,
- 14:44could
- 14:45you
- 14:45continue
- 14:46your
- 14:46conversation
- 14:47around
- 14:47that
- 14:48with
- 14:48a
- 14:48response
- 14:49to
- 14:49my
- 14:50question?
- 14:50I'd
- 14:50greatly
- 14:51appreciate
- 14:51that.
- 14:52Absolutely.
- 14:53I'll
- 14:53go
- 14:53back
- 14:54in
- 14:54particular
- 14:55to
- 14:55when
- 14:56I
- 14:56was
- 14:56working
- 14:56as
- 14:56an
- 14:57instructional
- 14:57coach
- 14:58for
- 14:59Diploma
- 14:59plus
- 14:59and
- 14:59then
- 15:00move
- 15:00that
- 15:00forward
- 15:01because
- 15:02it's
- 15:02important
- 15:03to
- 15:03create
- 15:04relationships.
- 15:05And
- 15:05one
- 15:05of
- 15:05the
- 15:05things
- 15:06that
- 15:06I
- 15:06liked
- 15:06as
- 15:07in
- 15:07being
- 15:07an
- 15:07instructional
- 15:08coach,
- 15:08was
- 15:08that
- 15:09I
- 15:10can
- 15:10create
- 15:11relationships
- 15:12with
- 15:12the
- 15:12teachers
- 15:13they
- 15:13knew
- 15:13from
- 15:14their
- 15:14administration.
- 15:15I
- 15:15was
- 15:15coming
- 15:15in
- 15:16to
- 15:16support
- 15:16them.
- 15:16So
- 15:17there
- 15:17was
- 15:17a
- 15:17kind
- 15:17of,
- 15:18you
- 15:18would
- 15:18have
- 15:18to
- 15:19cooperate
- 15:19with
- 15:20me
- 15:20in
- 15:20some
- 15:20respect.
- 15:20Although
- 15:21there
- 15:21was
- 15:21variations
- 15:22of
- 15:22success
- 15:22with
- 15:23that
- 15:23as
- 15:23well.
- 15:23But
- 15:24one
- 15:24of
- 15:24the
- 15:25things
- 15:25that
- 15:25I
- 15:25think
- 15:26was
- 15:26very
- 15:26important
- 15:27to
- 15:27establish
- 15:28with
- 15:29each
- 15:29of
- 15:29the
- 15:29teachers
- 15:29I
- 15:29work
- 15:30with
- 15:30is
- 15:30a
- 15:30relationship.
- 15:31It's
- 15:31a
- 15:31level
- 15:32of
- 15:32rapport
- 15:32because
- 15:34I'm
- 15:34trying
- 15:35to
- 15:35support
- 15:35you
- 15:35where
- 15:36you
- 15:36are.
- 15:37And
- 15:38we
- 15:39all
- 15:39have
- 15:39kind
- 15:39of
- 15:40like,
- 15:40you
- 15:40know,
- 15:40there's
- 15:40other
- 15:41things
- 15:41we're
- 15:41looking
- 15:41for.
- 15:42I'm
- 15:42in
- 15:42this
- 15:42job
- 15:42because
- 15:43it's
- 15:43a
- 15:43pension,
- 15:43or
- 15:44I'm
- 15:44in
- 15:44this
- 15:44job
- 15:44because
- 15:45their
- 15:46summer's
- 15:46off,
- 15:46or
- 15:46I'm
- 15:47in
- 15:47this
- 15:47job
- 15:47because
- 15:48I
- 15:48don't
- 15:49have
- 15:49to
- 15:49work
- 15:49weekends.
- 15:51But
- 15:51you're
- 15:51in
- 15:51this
- 15:52classroom.
- 15:54You've
- 15:54taken
- 15:54on
- 15:54the
- 15:55responsibility
- 15:56of
- 15:57transforming
- 15:57other
- 15:57people's
- 15:58lives.
- 15:59And
- 15:59so
- 15:59I'm
- 16:00going
- 16:00to
- 16:00come
- 16:00into
- 16:00this
- 16:00space
- 16:01with
- 16:01you
- 16:01to
- 16:02support
- 16:02you
- 16:02in
- 16:02that
- 16:03and
- 16:04to
- 16:04support
- 16:05your
- 16:05thinking
- 16:05around
- 16:06that,
- 16:07even
- 16:07while
- 16:08there
- 16:08may
- 16:08be
- 16:08other
- 16:09ulterior
- 16:09motives
- 16:10or
- 16:10even
- 16:10while
- 16:10there
- 16:11may
- 16:11be
- 16:11other
- 16:11pressures
- 16:12like
- 16:12by
- 16:12and
- 16:13large,
- 16:13we
- 16:13are
- 16:14here
- 16:14to
- 16:14think
- 16:14about
- 16:14how
- 16:15we
- 16:15can
- 16:15bring
- 16:16these
- 16:1713,
- 16:1714,
- 16:1815.
- 16:18I'm
- 16:18thinking
- 16:18mainly
- 16:19about
- 16:19high
- 16:19school
- 16:19just
- 16:19in
- 16:20this
- 16:20example,
- 16:21from
- 16:22being
- 16:23in
- 16:24homes
- 16:25that
- 16:26may
- 16:26not
- 16:26be
- 16:26supportive
- 16:27of
- 16:27them
- 16:28in
- 16:29social
- 16:29situations
- 16:30that
- 16:31could
- 16:31be
- 16:32very
- 16:32challenging
- 16:33in
- 16:34personal
- 16:35struggles
- 16:36where
- 16:36there
- 16:37may
- 16:37be
- 16:37variables
- 16:38that
- 16:38are
- 16:39at
- 16:39play
- 16:39that
- 16:40they're
- 16:40really
- 16:40struggling
- 16:41hard
- 16:41against,
- 16:43while
- 16:43also
- 16:43trying
- 16:44to
- 16:45help
- 16:45them
- 16:45understand
- 16:46this
- 16:47kind
- 16:47of
- 16:49approach
- 16:50to
- 16:50learning
- 16:50about
- 16:51this
- 16:51particular
- 16:51text
- 16:51and
- 16:52just
- 16:52kind
- 16:52of
- 16:52thinking
- 16:53kind
- 16:54of
- 16:54out
- 16:54loud.
- 16:54So
- 16:56in
- 16:56order
- 16:57to
- 16:57get
- 16:57these
- 16:58social
- 16:58beings
- 17:00invested
- 17:01in
- 17:02you
- 17:02as
- 17:02a
- 17:02teacher
- 17:03and
- 17:03in
- 17:03this
- 17:04journey
- 17:04and
- 17:04in
- 17:04this
- 17:05classroom
- 17:05community,
- 17:07you're
- 17:07going
- 17:07to
- 17:07have
- 17:07to
- 17:08center
- 17:08yourself
- 17:09as
- 17:09a
- 17:10support
- 17:10for
- 17:10all
- 17:10of
- 17:11that
- 17:11and
- 17:12not
- 17:12a
- 17:13kind
- 17:13of
- 17:13selfish
- 17:13orientation
- 17:14to
- 17:14round
- 17:15a
- 17:15self
- 17:15selfish
- 17:16orientation
- 17:17around.
- 17:17I'm
- 17:18in
- 17:18here
- 17:18to
- 17:18get.
- 17:19Cause
- 17:19if
- 17:19you're
- 17:20in
- 17:20a
- 17:20classroom,
- 17:20that's
- 17:21the,
- 17:21that's
- 17:21the
- 17:22most,
- 17:23erroneous,
- 17:23decision
- 17:23to
- 17:24make
- 17:24is
- 17:24to
- 17:24come
- 17:24into
- 17:25a
- 17:25teaching
- 17:26job
- 17:26or
- 17:26position
- 17:27because
- 17:28you're
- 17:28coming
- 17:28to
- 17:28get
- 17:29something
- 17:30that,
- 17:30like
- 17:31day
- 17:31one,
- 17:32you.
- 17:32You
- 17:33have
- 17:33to
- 17:33be
- 17:34a
- 17:35person
- 17:35that
- 17:35is
- 17:36willing,
- 17:36that
- 17:37can
- 17:37be
- 17:37blunt,
- 17:38to
- 17:38give
- 17:39way
- 17:39more.
- 17:40Way
- 17:40more
- 17:40of
- 17:40yourself.
- 17:42Then
- 17:42you
- 17:42may
- 17:42even
- 17:42already
- 17:43have
- 17:43the
- 17:43capacity
- 17:44to
- 17:44give
- 17:44in
- 17:44that
- 17:44moment
- 17:45and
- 17:45then
- 17:45still
- 17:45be
- 17:46willing
- 17:46the
- 17:46next
- 17:46day
- 17:47to
- 17:47try
- 17:47again
- 17:48and
- 17:48then
- 17:48be
- 17:48willing
- 17:49the
- 17:49next
- 17:49day
- 17:49also
- 17:49to
- 17:50learn
- 17:50more.
- 17:52So
- 17:54you
- 17:54have
- 17:55a
- 17:55long
- 17:56and
- 17:56very
- 17:57accomplished
- 17:58career
- 17:59as.
- 18:00And
- 18:00you're
- 18:00still
- 18:00very
- 18:00young,
- 18:01but
- 18:01you
- 18:01have
- 18:02a
- 18:02long
- 18:02and
- 18:03very
- 18:03accomplished
- 18:03career
- 18:04as
- 18:04an
- 18:05educator,
- 18:06and
- 18:06you've
- 18:07done
- 18:07many
- 18:07different
- 18:08roles.
- 18:08And
- 18:09hearing
- 18:10you
- 18:10speak
- 18:10about
- 18:11what
- 18:12you're
- 18:12doing
- 18:12in
- 18:12classrooms
- 18:13or
- 18:13what
- 18:13you've
- 18:13done
- 18:13in
- 18:13classrooms
- 18:14obviously
- 18:14proves
- 18:15that.
- 18:15But
- 18:16I
- 18:16want
- 18:17to
- 18:17add
- 18:17a
- 18:17layer
- 18:18to
- 18:18the
- 18:18conversation
- 18:20because
- 18:20you're
- 18:21a
- 18:21parent
- 18:23as
- 18:23well.
- 18:24You
- 18:24are
- 18:25raising
- 18:25children
- 18:27who
- 18:27are
- 18:27two
- 18:27of
- 18:28them.
- 18:28I
- 18:28met
- 18:28them,
- 18:28and
- 18:28they're
- 18:29lovely,
- 18:32and
- 18:32they're
- 18:33in
- 18:33school.
- 18:34And
- 18:35so
- 18:36not
- 18:36only
- 18:37are
- 18:37you
- 18:37a
- 18:37seasoned,
- 18:39dedicated,
- 18:39and
- 18:39hardworking
- 18:40educator
- 18:41yourself,
- 18:41but
- 18:41you're
- 18:42also
- 18:43a
- 18:43mom
- 18:45of
- 18:45children
- 18:45who
- 18:46are
- 18:46in
- 18:46school.
- 18:47So
- 18:48what
- 18:49has
- 18:49surprised
- 18:50you
- 18:51most
- 18:53about
- 18:53navigating
- 18:54schools,
- 18:55not
- 18:55now
- 18:56as
- 18:56an
- 18:56educator,
- 18:57but
- 18:57as
- 18:57a
- 18:57mom?
- 18:59What
- 18:59has
- 19:00surprised
- 19:01me
- 19:01is
- 19:02that
- 19:02when
- 19:03you
- 19:03meet
- 19:03educators
- 19:05that
- 19:06love
- 19:07your
- 19:08child,
- 19:09and
- 19:09I
- 19:10don't
- 19:10just
- 19:10mean
- 19:10my
- 19:11two
- 19:11sons
- 19:11in
- 19:12particular,
- 19:12but
- 19:12I
- 19:12mean,
- 19:13as
- 19:13any
- 19:13parent
- 19:14that
- 19:14experiences
- 19:16the
- 19:16love
- 19:17of
- 19:17other
- 19:18educators
- 19:18for
- 19:19your
- 19:19child,
- 19:20it
- 19:21is
- 19:21like
- 19:21the
- 19:21most
- 19:23wonderful
- 19:25feeling
- 19:25because
- 19:26you
- 19:26feel
- 19:26like
- 19:26there's
- 19:27a
- 19:27team
- 19:28that
- 19:28is
- 19:28volunteering
- 19:29to
- 19:29be
- 19:30on
- 19:30board
- 19:30with
- 19:31believing
- 19:31as
- 19:31you
- 19:32do
- 19:33that
- 19:35your
- 19:35baby,
- 19:36if
- 19:36you
- 19:36will,
- 19:38is
- 19:38in.
- 19:39Your
- 19:39baby
- 19:40is
- 19:40in
- 19:40good
- 19:41hands,
- 19:42capable
- 19:42hands,
- 19:43hands
- 19:44that
- 19:44will
- 19:44not
- 19:44drop
- 19:45your
- 19:45child.
- 19:46And
- 19:46that
- 19:47is.
- 19:48Oh,
- 19:49I
- 19:49got
- 19:49so
- 19:49many
- 19:49examples.
- 19:50Oh,
- 19:51so
- 19:51many
- 19:51examples
- 19:51of
- 19:52that.
- 19:53I
- 19:53gotta
- 19:53pin
- 19:53that
- 19:54one.
- 19:54And
- 19:54then
- 19:55when
- 19:55you
- 19:56meet
- 19:57people
- 19:57who
- 19:59have
- 20:00already
- 20:01predetermined
- 20:03your
- 20:04child's
- 20:06trajectory,
- 20:07irregardless
- 20:07of
- 20:08your
- 20:08child
- 20:08even
- 20:08saying
- 20:08one
- 20:09word
- 20:09or
- 20:09even
- 20:09showing
- 20:10up,
- 20:11they've
- 20:11already
- 20:12drawn
- 20:13conclusions
- 20:14that
- 20:14are
- 20:15not
- 20:16for
- 20:16the
- 20:17greater
- 20:17good
- 20:17of
- 20:17your
- 20:18child.
- 20:18And
- 20:19when
- 20:19they
- 20:19make
- 20:19those
- 20:20beliefs
- 20:21and
- 20:22dispositions
- 20:23and
- 20:23that
- 20:23agenda
- 20:24known
- 20:25and
- 20:25they
- 20:26act
- 20:26on
- 20:26it,
- 20:27and
- 20:27frankly,
- 20:28when
- 20:28they
- 20:28act
- 20:28on
- 20:28it
- 20:29with
- 20:29cruelty,
- 20:30it
- 20:30is
- 20:31one
- 20:31of
- 20:32the
- 20:32most
- 20:33heartbreaking
- 20:34things
- 20:34that
- 20:35can
- 20:35happen.
- 20:36And
- 20:36I'm
- 20:37thinking
- 20:37of,
- 20:37like,
- 20:37one
- 20:38particular
- 20:38experience.
- 20:38And
- 20:38I
- 20:39can.
- 20:39I'll
- 20:39unpack
- 20:40that
- 20:40in
- 20:40a
- 20:40moment
- 20:40where
- 20:41after
- 20:42this
- 20:42particular
- 20:43experience,
- 20:43I
- 20:43remember
- 20:44there's
- 20:45only
- 20:45two
- 20:46moments
- 20:47in
- 20:47my
- 20:47life
- 20:48where
- 20:48I
- 20:48have
- 20:48ever
- 20:50cried
- 20:50and
- 20:51have
- 20:51been
- 20:51inconsolable.
- 20:52And
- 20:53one
- 20:53was
- 20:53with
- 20:54the
- 20:54death
- 20:54of
- 20:54my
- 20:54mother,
- 20:55and
- 20:55the
- 20:55other
- 20:56was
- 20:56with
- 20:56this
- 20:56incident
- 20:57with
- 20:58what
- 20:58this
- 20:58principal
- 20:59had
- 20:59pronounced
- 21:00over
- 21:00my
- 21:00youngest
- 21:01son,
- 21:01Maceo
- 21:02and
- 21:03it
- 21:03was
- 21:04just,
- 21:05phew.
- 21:06So
- 21:06going
- 21:07to
- 21:07the
- 21:07good
- 21:07example
- 21:08first.
- 21:09That
- 21:09example
- 21:10is
- 21:11of
- 21:11my
- 21:12eldest
- 21:12son,
- 21:13Keith,
- 21:13when
- 21:14he
- 21:14was
- 21:15in
- 21:15elementary
- 21:16school
- 21:18and
- 21:18he
- 21:19had,
- 21:20he's
- 21:20identified
- 21:21as
- 21:21gifted
- 21:21and
- 21:21talented.
- 21:22And
- 21:22he
- 21:22had
- 21:23this
- 21:23teacher,
- 21:24Dr.
- 21:24Callahan.
- 21:26She
- 21:27was
- 21:27incredible.
- 21:28In
- 21:28fact,
- 21:28not
- 21:29only
- 21:29she
- 21:29was
- 21:29incredible
- 21:30as
- 21:31his
- 21:31gifted
- 21:31and
- 21:31talented
- 21:32teacher,
- 21:32but
- 21:33the
- 21:33school
- 21:34as
- 21:34a
- 21:34whole,
- 21:36from
- 21:36first
- 21:37grade
- 21:37to
- 21:37fifth
- 21:38grade,
- 21:39every
- 21:39single
- 21:40one
- 21:40of
- 21:40his
- 21:40teachers
- 21:41were
- 21:41just
- 21:42very,
- 21:45very
- 21:45great
- 21:46people
- 21:48who
- 21:49one
- 21:49helped
- 21:50Keith
- 21:51navigate
- 21:52the
- 21:53pandemic,
- 21:55but
- 21:56also
- 21:57were
- 21:57very
- 22:00creative,
- 22:03invested,
- 22:05loving,
- 22:06supportive,
- 22:08like,
- 22:08just
- 22:08wow.
- 22:09But
- 22:09I
- 22:09want
- 22:09to
- 22:09focus
- 22:09particularly
- 22:10on,
- 22:11on
- 22:11Dr.
- 22:11Callahan
- 22:12because
- 22:12she
- 22:15asked
- 22:16a
- 22:16lot
- 22:16of
- 22:16questions
- 22:18and
- 22:19she
- 22:19wanted
- 22:20to
- 22:20know
- 22:21what
- 22:21was
- 22:22Keith's.
- 22:22And
- 22:23in
- 22:23this
- 22:23particular
- 22:24school
- 22:24district,
- 22:24they
- 22:25also
- 22:25wrote
- 22:25IEPs
- 22:26for
- 22:26the
- 22:26gifted
- 22:27kids.
- 22:27So
- 22:28she
- 22:28wanted
- 22:29to
- 22:29have
- 22:29input
- 22:30from
- 22:30us
- 22:30about
- 22:31what
- 22:31do
- 22:31we
- 22:31know
- 22:31about
- 22:32our,
- 22:32our
- 22:32son,
- 22:33what
- 22:33does
- 22:33he
- 22:33like
- 22:34to
- 22:34do,
- 22:35what
- 22:35are
- 22:35his
- 22:37strengths,
- 22:38what
- 22:38are
- 22:38his
- 22:39interests?
- 22:40And
- 22:41she
- 22:41treated
- 22:42Keith
- 22:43and
- 22:43still
- 22:44does
- 22:44because
- 22:44we
- 22:44still
- 22:44have
- 22:45a
- 22:45relationship
- 22:45with
- 22:45her,
- 22:45even
- 22:46with
- 22:46him
- 22:46now
- 22:46approaching
- 22:47high
- 22:48school.
- 22:49She
- 22:49treated
- 22:49Keith
- 22:50on
- 22:50this
- 22:51upward
- 22:51trajectory
- 22:52like
- 22:52all
- 22:52he
- 22:52could
- 22:53go
- 22:53was
- 22:53up.
- 22:54And
- 22:54the
- 22:54activities
- 22:55that
- 22:56she
- 22:57gave
- 22:57in
- 22:57class,
- 22:58the
- 22:58assignments,
- 22:59the
- 22:59projects,
- 23:01they
- 23:01were
- 23:01like,
- 23:02they
- 23:02had
- 23:02these
- 23:03moving
- 23:03parts.
- 23:04And
- 23:04the
- 23:05way
- 23:05she
- 23:05created,
- 23:06like,
- 23:06the
- 23:07opportunities
- 23:07for
- 23:08kids
- 23:08to
- 23:08collaborate
- 23:09and
- 23:09question
- 23:10and
- 23:11their
- 23:11own
- 23:12individual.
- 23:12It
- 23:12was
- 23:12just,
- 23:13it
- 23:13was
- 23:14like
- 23:14what
- 23:14you
- 23:14would
- 23:15want
- 23:15to
- 23:15see
- 23:17every
- 23:17school
- 23:17doing
- 23:18with
- 23:18every
- 23:19single
- 23:19child.
- 23:20Like,
- 23:20this
- 23:20is
- 23:21what
- 23:21learning
- 23:21looks
- 23:22like.
- 23:22When
- 23:22a
- 23:22teacher
- 23:23creates
- 23:24opportunities
- 23:25for
- 23:26parents
- 23:26to
- 23:26give
- 23:27their
- 23:27input
- 23:27on
- 23:27their
- 23:28child's
- 23:28learning,
- 23:29they're
- 23:29bringing
- 23:29in
- 23:30other
- 23:30people
- 23:30to
- 23:31collaborate,
- 23:31they're
- 23:32bringing
- 23:32in
- 23:32these
- 23:33different
- 23:34opportunities.
- 23:35Like,
- 23:35Keith
- 23:35was
- 23:35learning
- 23:36Scratch,
- 23:36and
- 23:37they
- 23:37had
- 23:37a
- 23:373D
- 23:38printer
- 23:38and
- 23:39they
- 23:39were
- 23:39doing
- 23:40different
- 23:41math
- 23:41competitions
- 23:42and
- 23:42they
- 23:42were
- 23:42doing
- 23:43things
- 23:43online,
- 23:44they
- 23:44were
- 23:44doing
- 23:45things
- 23:46in
- 23:46gardens.
- 23:47And
- 23:47it
- 23:47was
- 23:47just
- 23:48like,
- 23:49like
- 23:49learning
- 23:49was
- 23:50everywhere
- 23:50all
- 23:50the
- 23:51time.
- 23:51And
- 23:51that's
- 23:52something
- 23:52that
- 23:52to
- 23:52this
- 23:52day,
- 23:54I
- 23:54just
- 23:55really
- 23:55appreciated
- 23:56about,
- 23:57about
- 23:58Dr.
- 23:58Callahan
- 23:59as
- 23:59a
- 23:59teacher.
- 24:00And
- 24:00interestingly
- 24:01enough,
- 24:01at
- 24:01the
- 24:01time,
- 24:02she
- 24:02was
- 24:02also
- 24:02enrolled
- 24:03in
- 24:04grad
- 24:04school.
- 24:04So
- 24:05she
- 24:05got
- 24:06her
- 24:06doctorate
- 24:07after
- 24:08Keith
- 24:08left
- 24:09the
- 24:09elementary
- 24:10school.
- 24:11So
- 24:11her
- 24:12also
- 24:12being
- 24:12a
- 24:12continuous
- 24:13learner
- 24:14was
- 24:15evidential
- 24:16throughout
- 24:16what
- 24:17she
- 24:17was
- 24:17doing
- 24:17in
- 24:18the
- 24:18classroom
- 24:18with
- 24:19the
- 24:19students,
- 24:19which
- 24:20was
- 24:20wonderful.
- 24:21In
- 24:21fact,
- 24:21the
- 24:21funniest
- 24:22thing
- 24:22was
- 24:22like,
- 24:22when
- 24:22we
- 24:23first
- 24:23met
- 24:24and
- 24:24she
- 24:24asked
- 24:26Keith,
- 24:27Keith
- 24:28had
- 24:28seen
- 24:28the
- 24:293D
- 24:29printer
- 24:30in
- 24:30the
- 24:30classroom,
- 24:31and
- 24:31so
- 24:31she
- 24:31had
- 24:31asked
- 24:32him,
- 24:32like,
- 24:32you
- 24:32know,
- 24:32and
- 24:32this
- 24:32is
- 24:33when
- 24:33we
- 24:33moved
- 24:33into
- 24:33the
- 24:34school
- 24:34district
- 24:34and
- 24:35meeting
- 24:35for
- 24:35the
- 24:35first
- 24:36time
- 24:36and
- 24:36getting
- 24:36acclimated.
- 24:37And
- 24:37so
- 24:38she
- 24:38asked
- 24:38Keith,
- 24:38well,
- 24:38what'd
- 24:39be
- 24:39something
- 24:39you'd
- 24:39like
- 24:40to
- 24:40do
- 24:41to
- 24:42create
- 24:42on
- 24:42the
- 24:423D
- 24:43printer?
- 24:43You
- 24:43know,
- 24:43Trying
- 24:43to
- 24:44prime
- 24:44to
- 24:44see
- 24:44where
- 24:44Keith's
- 24:45mind
- 24:45is.
- 24:45And
- 24:45Keith
- 24:46was
- 24:46like,
- 24:46I
- 24:46want
- 24:47to
- 24:47build
- 24:47a
- 24:47Millennium
- 24:47Falcon.
- 24:48And
- 24:48I
- 24:49was
- 24:49like.
- 24:50I
- 24:50was
- 24:50like,
- 24:51exactly,
- 24:52exactly.
- 24:53She
- 24:54gave
- 24:54him
- 24:55a
- 24:55wooden
- 24:56one,
- 24:56like
- 24:56the
- 24:57pieces
- 24:57to
- 24:57make
- 24:57and
- 24:57build
- 24:58a
- 24:58wooden
- 24:58one
- 24:58instead.
- 24:59Because
- 24:59the
- 25:00firmament
- 25:00for
- 25:01the
- 25:013D
- 25:02printer
- 25:02would
- 25:02have
- 25:02been
- 25:02much.
- 25:03But
- 25:04that's
- 25:04just
- 25:04one
- 25:04example
- 25:05of
- 25:06when
- 25:07you're
- 25:07in
- 25:07a
- 25:07place
- 25:08where
- 25:09a
- 25:09teacher
- 25:09believes
- 25:10you
- 25:10can
- 25:10learn
- 25:12and
- 25:12they
- 25:12give
- 25:12you
- 25:13opportunities
- 25:13to
- 25:13do
- 25:14it
- 25:14in
- 25:14different.
- 25:14In
- 25:15various
- 25:15modalities,
- 25:17year
- 25:17after
- 25:17year
- 25:18is
- 25:18just,
- 25:19wow,
- 25:19that's
- 25:20like
- 25:20when
- 25:20learning
- 25:21goes
- 25:21well.
- 25:23And
- 25:23I
- 25:23just
- 25:23want
- 25:23to
- 25:24give
- 25:24another
- 25:24brief
- 25:25example
- 25:25too.
- 25:25If
- 25:26we're
- 25:26now.
- 25:27Keith
- 25:27is
- 25:27now
- 25:27in
- 25:28private
- 25:28school
- 25:28and
- 25:29that's
- 25:29because
- 25:29unfortunately,
- 25:30of
- 25:31experiences
- 25:31both
- 25:32our
- 25:32students,
- 25:32both
- 25:32of
- 25:33our
- 25:33sons
- 25:33had
- 25:33in
- 25:33a
- 25:33particular
- 25:34middle
- 25:35school,
- 25:35we
- 25:35had
- 25:35to
- 25:36take
- 25:36both
- 25:36of
- 25:36them
- 25:36out
- 25:37of
- 25:37it.
- 25:37Keith
- 25:38is
- 25:38enrolled
- 25:39in
- 25:40a
- 25:41math
- 25:41class
- 25:41where
- 25:41it's
- 25:42reverse
- 25:42curriculum
- 25:43and
- 25:43it's
- 25:43accelerated
- 25:44math.
- 25:44So
- 25:45they're
- 25:45in
- 25:45accelerated
- 25:46algebra.
- 25:47And
- 25:48rather
- 25:48than
- 25:49the
- 25:49teacher
- 25:50come
- 25:50in
- 25:50and
- 25:50teach,
- 25:51there's
- 25:51units
- 25:52of
- 25:52study,
- 25:52but
- 25:53the
- 25:53kids
- 25:53are
- 25:53the
- 25:54one
- 25:54that
- 25:54drive
- 25:54the
- 25:55question
- 25:55course.
- 25:55It's
- 25:56flipped.
- 25:56It's
- 25:57flipped.
- 25:57Exactly.
- 25:58Dr.
- 25:59And
- 25:59so
- 26:00this
- 26:00actually
- 26:01threw
- 26:01Keith
- 26:02for
- 26:02a
- 26:02while
- 26:02because
- 26:03Keith
- 26:03was
- 26:03very
- 26:04used
- 26:04to,
- 26:05this
- 26:05is
- 26:05what
- 26:05we're
- 26:05going
- 26:06to
- 26:06do.
- 26:06This
- 26:06is
- 26:07how
- 26:07the
- 26:08pacing,
- 26:08this
- 26:08is
- 26:08the
- 26:09curriculum,
- 26:09this
- 26:09is
- 26:10the
- 26:10sequence.
- 26:11This
- 26:11is
- 26:11instead
- 26:13predominantly
- 26:14inquiry
- 26:15driven.
- 26:16And
- 26:17this
- 26:17has
- 26:17been
- 26:18hard
- 26:18for
- 26:18Keith,
- 26:19but
- 26:19I
- 26:20love
- 26:20it
- 26:20for
- 26:20him
- 26:21because
- 26:21he
- 26:21has
- 26:22the
- 26:22capability
- 26:23in
- 26:23terms
- 26:23of
- 26:24the
- 26:24mathematical
- 26:25aspects.
- 26:26But
- 26:26now
- 26:26he's
- 26:27being
- 26:27empowered
- 26:28to
- 26:28engage
- 26:29in
- 26:29his
- 26:29own
- 26:30inquiry,
- 26:30to
- 26:31investigate
- 26:32what
- 26:32it
- 26:32is
- 26:32he
- 26:33doesn't
- 26:33know,
- 26:34how
- 26:35can
- 26:35he
- 26:35find
- 26:35it
- 26:36out
- 26:36and
- 26:36who
- 26:37does
- 26:37he
- 26:37need
- 26:37to
- 26:37ask
- 26:37for
- 26:38support
- 26:39in
- 26:39order
- 26:39to
- 26:39find
- 26:40these
- 26:40things
- 26:40out?
- 26:40And
- 26:41then
- 26:41what
- 26:41does
- 26:42he
- 26:42need
- 26:42to
- 26:42do
- 26:42in
- 26:42terms
- 26:43of
- 26:43practice
- 26:43to
- 26:44master
- 26:44it?
- 26:45So
- 26:45it
- 26:45is
- 26:46just,
- 26:47I
- 26:48love
- 26:48this
- 26:48for
- 26:49him
- 26:49and
- 26:49I
- 26:49love
- 26:50this
- 26:50for
- 26:50him
- 26:51in
- 26:51this
- 26:51setting
- 26:52and
- 26:53in
- 26:53this
- 26:53moment
- 26:54of
- 26:54his
- 26:54life
- 26:54and
- 26:54now
- 26:55being
- 26:55a
- 26:56preteen
- 26:57teenager,
- 26:58rather
- 26:58becoming
- 26:58a
- 26:58teenager.
- 27:00So
- 27:00that's
- 27:01the
- 27:01good
- 27:01part.
- 27:02I
- 27:03also
- 27:03wanted
- 27:03to
- 27:03share
- 27:03in
- 27:04regards
- 27:04to
- 27:04Maceo.
- 27:05One
- 27:05of
- 27:05the
- 27:06things
- 27:06I
- 27:06loved
- 27:07about
- 27:08his
- 27:08experience
- 27:08in
- 27:09elementary
- 27:09school
- 27:10was
- 27:11both
- 27:11from
- 27:11the
- 27:11administration
- 27:13through
- 27:14all
- 27:14of
- 27:14his
- 27:14teachers
- 27:15from
- 27:15kindergarten
- 27:15through
- 27:16fifth
- 27:16grade,
- 27:17from
- 27:17both
- 27:17his
- 27:18autism
- 27:18support
- 27:19teachers
- 27:20as
- 27:20well
- 27:20as
- 27:20general
- 27:21education
- 27:21teachers
- 27:22and
- 27:22the
- 27:23therapeutic
- 27:24staff
- 27:25and
- 27:26the
- 27:26music
- 27:27teacher
- 27:27and
- 27:27art
- 27:27teacher
- 27:28and
- 27:28gym
- 27:28teachers.
- 27:29There
- 27:29was
- 27:30an
- 27:30integrated
- 27:31approach
- 27:32to
- 27:32supporting
- 27:33him
- 27:33and
- 27:33the
- 27:34other
- 27:34students
- 27:34who
- 27:34were
- 27:35on
- 27:35the
- 27:35spectrum
- 27:35where
- 27:36they
- 27:37really
- 27:38made
- 27:38learning
- 27:39as
- 27:39inclusive
- 27:41as
- 27:41possible.
- 27:42So
- 27:42even
- 27:43with
- 27:43having
- 27:43their
- 27:44own
- 27:44individual
- 27:45classrooms
- 27:45in
- 27:45each
- 27:46grade
- 27:46level,
- 27:47they
- 27:47were
- 27:47immersed
- 27:48in
- 27:48the
- 27:48other
- 27:49classrooms
- 27:49with
- 27:49the
- 27:49other
- 27:50kids
- 27:50as
- 27:51Much
- 27:51as
- 27:51could
- 27:51be
- 27:52supported,
- 27:53as
- 27:53much
- 27:53as
- 27:54it
- 27:54could
- 27:54be.
- 27:55I
- 27:55don't
- 27:55want
- 27:55to
- 27:55say
- 27:56tolerated,
- 27:56but,
- 27:56you
- 27:57know,
- 27:57sometimes,
- 27:58like,
- 27:58behaviorally,
- 27:59Maceo
- 27:59may
- 27:59need
- 28:00to
- 28:00be,
- 28:00you
- 28:00know,
- 28:01brought
- 28:01back
- 28:01to
- 28:01his
- 28:01classroom,
- 28:02et
- 28:02cetera,
- 28:03but
- 28:03it
- 28:03was
- 28:03always
- 28:04with
- 28:04the
- 28:05thought
- 28:05that
- 28:05he
- 28:06belongs
- 28:06with
- 28:06the
- 28:07other
- 28:07students.
- 28:08And
- 28:09that
- 28:09to
- 28:09me
- 28:09was
- 28:10just
- 28:10so
- 28:10empowering,
- 28:12so
- 28:12wonderful
- 28:12to
- 28:13see.
- 28:13Because
- 28:14ironically,
- 28:15and
- 28:16I'm
- 28:16saying
- 28:16this
- 28:16from
- 28:16having
- 28:17been
- 28:17the
- 28:17IEP
- 28:18meetings
- 28:18where
- 28:18it
- 28:19is
- 28:20heartbreaking
- 28:21that
- 28:21the
- 28:21IEP
- 28:22meetings
- 28:22we've
- 28:23had
- 28:23with
- 28:24his.
- 28:24With
- 28:24the
- 28:25staff
- 28:25while
- 28:25he
- 28:25was
- 28:25in
- 28:26elementary
- 28:26school
- 28:28have
- 28:28been
- 28:29like
- 28:29celebrations.
- 28:30Like,
- 28:30what
- 28:30did
- 28:30he
- 28:31accomplish?
- 28:32What
- 28:32do
- 28:33next?
- 28:33How
- 28:33can
- 28:34we
- 28:34challenge
- 28:34him?
- 28:35Like,
- 28:35those
- 28:35were
- 28:36the
- 28:36questions
- 28:36that
- 28:36were
- 28:37constantly
- 28:37on
- 28:37the
- 28:38table
- 28:38about
- 28:38how
- 28:38can
- 28:39we
- 28:39challenge
- 28:39him
- 28:40going
- 28:40forward,
- 28:42rather
- 28:43than
- 28:43just
- 28:43using
- 28:43this
- 28:44document
- 28:44as
- 28:44can
- 28:45we
- 28:45just
- 28:45cya
- 28:46kind
- 28:46of
- 28:46thing.
- 28:47And
- 28:48one
- 28:48particular,
- 28:50not
- 28:50just
- 28:50one
- 28:50particular
- 28:50teacher,
- 28:51like
- 28:51every
- 28:51one
- 28:52of
- 28:52his
- 28:52teachers,
- 28:53I
- 28:53really
- 28:53love
- 28:54them
- 28:54as
- 28:54human
- 28:55beings
- 28:55as
- 28:55well.
- 28:56And.
- 28:56And
- 28:56we
- 28:56keep
- 28:56in
- 28:56contact
- 28:57even
- 28:57after
- 28:58Macio
- 28:58has
- 28:58now
- 28:59left
- 28:59the
- 28:59school
- 29:00and
- 29:00the
- 29:00administrators.
- 29:02But
- 29:02his
- 29:02music
- 29:03teacher
- 29:04really
- 29:04poured
- 29:05into
- 29:05him
- 29:06and
- 29:06with
- 29:06the
- 29:07support
- 29:07of
- 29:07the
- 29:08administration,
- 29:09also
- 29:10created
- 29:10an
- 29:10opportunity
- 29:11for
- 29:12him
- 29:12to
- 29:13learn
- 29:13how
- 29:14to
- 29:14play
- 29:14the
- 29:14cello,
- 29:16piano,
- 29:17xylophone,
- 29:18and
- 29:18just
- 29:19in
- 29:19small
- 29:19little
- 29:20bites,
- 29:20like
- 29:2015
- 29:21minutes
- 29:21a
- 29:21day.
- 29:22And
- 29:23for
- 29:23the
- 29:23whole
- 29:24school
- 29:25to
- 29:25be
- 29:25able
- 29:25to
- 29:26support
- 29:27this
- 29:27one
- 29:27little
- 29:27child,
- 29:28to
- 29:28just
- 29:29have
- 29:29that
- 29:29joy,
- 29:30to
- 29:30then
- 29:30be
- 29:31able
- 29:31to
- 29:31sit
- 29:31and
- 29:32perform
- 29:32in
- 29:32different
- 29:33concerts,
- 29:34to
- 29:34be
- 29:35on
- 29:35stage
- 29:36and
- 29:36be
- 29:36seen
- 29:37next
- 29:37to
- 29:37his
- 29:37peers
- 29:38performing
- 29:40was
- 29:40just
- 29:41wonderful
- 29:42and
- 29:43empowering
- 29:44and
- 29:45just
- 29:45something
- 29:46that
- 29:46I.
- 29:48I
- 29:48just
- 29:48wish
- 29:48for
- 29:48every
- 29:50child
- 29:50that
- 29:51is
- 29:51neurodiverse.
- 29:52I
- 29:52just
- 29:52would
- 29:53love
- 29:53for
- 29:53them
- 29:54to
- 29:54be
- 29:54in
- 29:55schools
- 29:55where
- 29:56there's
- 29:56this
- 29:56intentionally
- 29:57concerted
- 29:58effort
- 29:59to
- 29:59support
- 30:00and
- 30:00actualize
- 30:01their
- 30:01best
- 30:01and
- 30:01most
- 30:02possible
- 30:02good.
- 30:04And
- 30:04I've
- 30:05seen
- 30:05it
- 30:05happen
- 30:05in
- 30:06this
- 30:07particular
- 30:07school
- 30:07that
- 30:08Maceo
- 30:08had
- 30:08attended
- 30:09in
- 30:09elementary
- 30:10school.
- 30:12But
- 30:12on
- 30:12the
- 30:12flip
- 30:12side,
- 30:13yes,
- 30:15a
- 30:15lot
- 30:15of
- 30:15parents
- 30:15also
- 30:16experience,
- 30:18especially
- 30:18when
- 30:18they
- 30:18have
- 30:19students
- 30:20who
- 30:20have
- 30:20additional
- 30:21needs
- 30:21or
- 30:22additional
- 30:22struggles.
- 30:23And
- 30:23one
- 30:23could
- 30:24argue
- 30:24that
- 30:24almost
- 30:24every
- 30:25single
- 30:25human
- 30:26has
- 30:26those,
- 30:27but
- 30:27we
- 30:27tend
- 30:28to
- 30:28classify
- 30:28some
- 30:30more
- 30:30than
- 30:31others.
- 30:32When
- 30:33do
- 30:33parents
- 30:34feel
- 30:35embarrassment
- 30:36or
- 30:36shame
- 30:37when
- 30:37they
- 30:37interact
- 30:38with
- 30:38schools?
- 30:39I
- 30:39got
- 30:39a
- 30:39list
- 30:39of
- 30:40those
- 30:40experiences
- 30:41too.
- 30:41So
- 30:41the
- 30:42embarrassment
- 30:42and
- 30:43shame
- 30:43can
- 30:43come
- 30:44when
- 30:45your
- 30:45child
- 30:46behaviorally
- 30:47does
- 30:48not
- 30:48comply
- 30:49with
- 30:50how
- 30:50others
- 30:50expect
- 30:51them
- 30:51to
- 30:52perform
- 30:53and
- 30:54how
- 30:54others
- 30:55may,
- 30:56even
- 30:56with
- 30:56their
- 30:57training,
- 30:58may
- 30:58just
- 30:59perhaps
- 30:59choose
- 31:00that.
- 31:00Well,
- 31:01that's
- 31:01not
- 31:02my
- 31:02problem.
- 31:03So
- 31:04examples
- 31:04of
- 31:04that
- 31:05I
- 31:05have
- 31:05are
- 31:06in
- 31:07Maceo's
- 31:08pre
- 31:08K
- 31:09experiences,
- 31:10where
- 31:11to
- 31:11the
- 31:12credit
- 31:12of,
- 31:13in
- 31:13this
- 31:13particular
- 31:14school
- 31:14district,
- 31:15to
- 31:16the
- 31:16board
- 31:16of
- 31:17the
- 31:18board's
- 31:19president,
- 31:19who
- 31:20really
- 31:20was
- 31:21advocating
- 31:22for
- 31:23a
- 31:23preschool
- 31:24for
- 31:25children
- 31:26between
- 31:26ages
- 31:27of
- 31:273
- 31:27and
- 31:275
- 31:27who
- 31:28were
- 31:28diagnosed
- 31:28with
- 31:29autism
- 31:29to
- 31:29create
- 31:30a
- 31:30program
- 31:31where
- 31:32the
- 31:32students
- 31:33could
- 31:33attend
- 31:34and
- 31:34get
- 31:34acclimated
- 31:35and
- 31:35prepared
- 31:36for
- 31:37the
- 31:37actual,
- 31:39you
- 31:39know,
- 31:39the
- 31:39start
- 31:39of
- 31:40school,
- 31:40if
- 31:40you
- 31:40will,
- 31:40like,
- 31:41with
- 31:41all
- 31:41best
- 31:41intentions.
- 31:42But
- 31:43when
- 31:43the
- 31:43rollout
- 31:44of
- 31:44the
- 31:44actual
- 31:44pre
- 31:45K
- 31:45program
- 31:45started,
- 31:46it
- 31:46was
- 31:46something
- 31:46completely
- 31:47different.
- 31:48So
- 31:48some
- 31:49of
- 31:49the
- 31:49experiences
- 31:50that
- 31:50we
- 31:50had,
- 31:51which,
- 31:51you
- 31:52know,
- 31:52again,
- 31:52to
- 31:52the
- 31:53part
- 31:53about,
- 31:53like,
- 31:53being
- 31:54embarrassed
- 31:54and
- 31:54hurt
- 31:55and
- 31:55frustrated
- 31:56would
- 31:56be
- 31:56things
- 31:56like,
- 31:57you
- 31:57know,
- 31:57the
- 31:57Every,
- 31:58seemingly
- 31:59almost
- 31:59every
- 31:59day
- 32:00getting
- 32:00the
- 32:00phone
- 32:00call
- 32:01of,
- 32:02can
- 32:02you
- 32:02please
- 32:02pick
- 32:02up
- 32:03your
- 32:03child?
- 32:03He's
- 32:03mucusy.
- 32:05Can
- 32:05you
- 32:05please
- 32:05pick
- 32:06up
- 32:06your
- 32:06child?
- 32:06He
- 32:06took
- 32:07off
- 32:07his
- 32:07shoes
- 32:07over
- 32:08a
- 32:08hundred
- 32:08times
- 32:09today.
- 32:11I
- 32:11had
- 32:11one
- 32:12experience
- 32:13where
- 32:14this
- 32:14was
- 32:14heartbreaking.
- 32:15So
- 32:16I
- 32:16was
- 32:16out
- 32:16with
- 32:17Keith,
- 32:17and
- 32:17Keith
- 32:18had
- 32:18just
- 32:19graduated.
- 32:20This
- 32:20was
- 32:20kindergarten,
- 32:21so
- 32:21I
- 32:22was
- 32:22taking
- 32:22him
- 32:22out
- 32:23to
- 32:24celebrate.
- 32:25And
- 32:25I
- 32:25get
- 32:26the
- 32:26phone
- 32:26call
- 32:27from
- 32:27Maceo
- 32:28school.
- 32:29Can
- 32:29you
- 32:29come
- 32:29get
- 32:29your
- 32:29child?
- 32:30So
- 32:31when
- 32:31I
- 32:31go
- 32:32to
- 32:32get
- 32:33Maceo,
- 32:34I
- 32:34walk
- 32:35down
- 32:35the
- 32:35corridor
- 32:36and
- 32:37I'm
- 32:37walking
- 32:38to
- 32:38what
- 32:39I
- 32:39can
- 32:39hear
- 32:39is
- 32:39just
- 32:40inconsolable
- 32:41screaming.
- 32:42Now,
- 32:42if
- 32:43you
- 32:43know
- 32:43Maceo,
- 32:44Maceo's
- 32:45temperament,
- 32:45Maceo
- 32:46is
- 32:46not
- 32:46a
- 32:47screaming
- 32:47child.
- 32:47May
- 32:48steal
- 32:48is
- 32:48a
- 32:49very
- 32:50happy,
- 32:50joyful,
- 32:51hugs
- 32:52and
- 32:52kisses
- 32:53kind
- 32:53of
- 32:53child.
- 32:53May
- 32:53still
- 32:54is
- 32:54not
- 32:54a
- 32:54screamer.
- 32:55He's
- 32:56not
- 32:58physically
- 32:58violent.
- 32:59None
- 33:00of
- 33:00that.
- 33:00So
- 33:01I'm
- 33:01walking
- 33:01down
- 33:02the
- 33:02hallway
- 33:02and
- 33:02I'm
- 33:03looking
- 33:03at
- 33:03my
- 33:03child
- 33:04on
- 33:04the
- 33:04floor
- 33:05screaming
- 33:05and
- 33:06crying.
- 33:06I
- 33:07see
- 33:07two
- 33:07teachers
- 33:08standing
- 33:08over
- 33:09him
- 33:10with
- 33:10mask
- 33:11and
- 33:11gloves
- 33:12on
- 33:13and,
- 33:14like,
- 33:14treating
- 33:14him
- 33:15like
- 33:15a
- 33:15biohazard.
- 33:16And
- 33:17principal
- 33:17standing
- 33:18over
- 33:18watching
- 33:19this.
- 33:20And
- 33:21I
- 33:22lost
- 33:23what
- 33:23felt
- 33:24in
- 33:24that
- 33:24moment,
- 33:24like,
- 33:25all
- 33:25of
- 33:25my
- 33:26composure
- 33:26and
- 33:26my
- 33:27dignity.
- 33:27Why
- 33:28are
- 33:28people
- 33:28letting
- 33:28this
- 33:29child
- 33:29roll
- 33:29on
- 33:30the
- 33:30floor
- 33:30like
- 33:30this
- 33:30and
- 33:31watch
- 33:31like
- 33:32a
- 33:32specimen?
- 33:32These
- 33:32are
- 33:33supposed
- 33:33to
- 33:33be
- 33:33the
- 33:33people
- 33:34trained
- 33:35in
- 33:35special
- 33:35education
- 33:37in,
- 33:37In.
- 33:37In.
- 33:38In.
- 33:38In
- 33:39compassion.
- 33:40Like,
- 33:41this
- 33:41is
- 33:41my
- 33:41first
- 33:41time
- 33:42having
- 33:42a
- 33:42child
- 33:43with
- 33:43autism.
- 33:44You've
- 33:44taught
- 33:45multiple
- 33:45children
- 33:46on
- 33:46the
- 33:46spectrum.
- 33:47I
- 33:47don't
- 33:47understand
- 33:48why
- 33:48this
- 33:48situation
- 33:49is
- 33:49happening,
- 33:50but
- 33:50I
- 33:51knew
- 33:51I
- 33:51needed
- 33:51to
- 33:51walk
- 33:52in
- 33:52there
- 33:52with
- 33:52dignity
- 33:53and
- 33:53I
- 33:53needed
- 33:54to
- 33:54walk
- 33:54with
- 33:54my
- 33:54child
- 33:55out
- 33:55with
- 33:56dignity.
- 33:57So
- 33:57I
- 33:57went,
- 33:58I
- 33:58got
- 33:59Maceo,
- 34:00picked
- 34:00him
- 34:00up,
- 34:01and
- 34:01I
- 34:01walked
- 34:02out
- 34:02the
- 34:02building
- 34:02and
- 34:03I
- 34:03called
- 34:03Kerwin,
- 34:04because
- 34:04at
- 34:04the
- 34:04time,
- 34:04Kerwin
- 34:05was
- 34:05working
- 34:06in
- 34:06a
- 34:06different
- 34:07state.
- 34:07And
- 34:07I
- 34:07told
- 34:07him
- 34:07what
- 34:08had
- 34:08happened.
- 34:08And
- 34:08I
- 34:08said,
- 34:09I'm
- 34:09never
- 34:09bringing
- 34:09my
- 34:09child
- 34:10back
- 34:10to
- 34:10this
- 34:10school
- 34:10again.
- 34:11Never
- 34:11bringing
- 34:11him
- 34:11back
- 34:11again.
- 34:12And
- 34:13even
- 34:13though
- 34:13his
- 34:14graduation
- 34:14was
- 34:15just
- 34:15supposed
- 34:15to
- 34:15be
- 34:16a
- 34:16little
- 34:16over
- 34:16a
- 34:17week
- 34:17later,
- 34:18and
- 34:18they
- 34:19were
- 34:19calling
- 34:20and
- 34:20saying,
- 34:20hey,
- 34:21come
- 34:21back,
- 34:21et
- 34:22cetera,
- 34:22it
- 34:22was
- 34:22like,
- 34:22no,
- 34:23no,
- 34:23not,
- 34:23not
- 34:24this,
- 34:24not
- 34:24this,
- 34:25not
- 34:25again.
- 34:26I've
- 34:27had
- 34:27the
- 34:27other
- 34:27Experiences.
- 34:28And
- 34:28I'll
- 34:29fast
- 34:29forward
- 34:30to
- 34:30when
- 34:31Maceo
- 34:32started
- 34:33his
- 34:33first
- 34:33year
- 34:34in
- 34:34middle
- 34:35school.
- 34:35And
- 34:35this
- 34:36was
- 34:38August,
- 34:39and
- 34:39we
- 34:39were
- 34:40already
- 34:40getting
- 34:40calls
- 34:41from
- 34:41his
- 34:42teacher,
- 34:42who
- 34:43at
- 34:43the
- 34:43time
- 34:43was
- 34:44somebody
- 34:44who
- 34:44worked
- 34:45in.
- 34:46On
- 34:47a
- 34:47county
- 34:47level,
- 34:48was
- 34:48working
- 34:49in
- 34:49an
- 34:49intermediary
- 34:50program
- 34:51with
- 34:51children
- 34:52of
- 34:53special
- 34:53needs.
- 34:53So
- 34:54this
- 34:54is
- 34:54supposed
- 34:55to
- 34:55be
- 34:55a
- 34:55professional
- 34:56who
- 34:56has
- 34:56worked
- 34:56with
- 34:57this
- 34:57population
- 34:57who
- 34:58is
- 34:58now
- 34:59transferred
- 34:59to
- 34:59the
- 35:00middle
- 35:00school.
- 35:01And
- 35:01we're
- 35:02getting
- 35:02the
- 35:02phone
- 35:02calls
- 35:03from
- 35:03this
- 35:04individual
- 35:04already
- 35:04and
- 35:05saying,
- 35:06you
- 35:06know,
- 35:06there's
- 35:06concerns.
- 35:08We
- 35:08don't
- 35:08know
- 35:08if
- 35:08we
- 35:08can
- 35:09take
- 35:09him
- 35:09out
- 35:09on
- 35:09a
- 35:10field
- 35:10trip,
- 35:11even
- 35:11to
- 35:11the
- 35:11point
- 35:12where
- 35:12they
- 35:12got
- 35:12the
- 35:12superintendent
- 35:13of
- 35:13the
- 35:14school
- 35:14district
- 35:14involved,
- 35:14because
- 35:15we
- 35:15kept
- 35:15pushing
- 35:15on
- 35:16of
- 35:16all
- 35:16the
- 35:16kids
- 35:16that
- 35:17need
- 35:17to
- 35:17be
- 35:17out
- 35:17of
- 35:17the
- 35:18school
- 35:18and
- 35:18out
- 35:19of
- 35:19the.
- 35:19Out
- 35:19of
- 35:19the
- 35:20classroom
- 35:20and
- 35:21out
- 35:21into
- 35:21the
- 35:21field
- 35:22and
- 35:22on
- 35:22field
- 35:22days
- 35:23with
- 35:23their.
- 35:23With
- 35:23their
- 35:24peers,
- 35:24this
- 35:25is
- 35:25one
- 35:25of
- 35:25them.
- 35:26And
- 35:26it
- 35:26went
- 35:27all
- 35:27the
- 35:27way
- 35:27up
- 35:27to
- 35:27the
- 35:27principal,
- 35:28to
- 35:28the
- 35:28superintendent.
- 35:29And
- 35:29we
- 35:29had
- 35:29to
- 35:29get
- 35:29push
- 35:30and
- 35:30was
- 35:30like,
- 35:30no,
- 35:31this
- 35:31child
- 35:31has
- 35:32every
- 35:32right
- 35:33to
- 35:33being
- 35:33outside
- 35:34with
- 35:34the
- 35:35children
- 35:35just
- 35:35like
- 35:35everybody
- 35:36else.
- 35:36So
- 35:36to
- 35:36fast
- 35:37forward
- 35:37one
- 35:37instance
- 35:38when
- 35:38Maceo
- 35:39was
- 35:39out
- 35:40on
- 35:40this
- 35:40particular
- 35:40field
- 35:41trip,
- 35:41he
- 35:42wandered
- 35:42over
- 35:42to
- 35:43where
- 35:43they
- 35:43had
- 35:43these
- 35:43food
- 35:44trucks,
- 35:44and
- 35:44the
- 35:44food
- 35:44trucks
- 35:45were
- 35:45closed.
- 35:46And
- 35:46rather
- 35:47than
- 35:47just
- 35:47bringing
- 35:47him
- 35:48back
- 35:48from
- 35:48what
- 35:49we
- 35:49were
- 35:49told,
- 35:49you
- 35:49know,
- 35:50Maceo
- 35:50had
- 35:50a
- 35:50meltdown.
- 35:51These
- 35:51things
- 35:51happen.
- 35:52But
- 35:52this
- 35:53then
- 35:53became
- 35:53the
- 35:53justification
- 35:54for
- 35:54letting
- 35:55us
- 35:55know
- 35:55that
- 35:55going
- 35:55forward,
- 35:56Maceo
- 35:57would
- 35:57require
- 35:59two
- 35:59aides
- 36:00to
- 36:00accompany
- 36:01him
- 36:01all
- 36:02day
- 36:02at
- 36:02all
- 36:03times.
- 36:03And
- 36:03that
- 36:03has
- 36:04never
- 36:04been
- 36:04the
- 36:04case.
- 36:04As
- 36:05I
- 36:05gave
- 36:05an
- 36:06example
- 36:06of
- 36:06when
- 36:06he
- 36:06was
- 36:07at
- 36:07the
- 36:07elementary
- 36:08school.
- 36:08That
- 36:09was
- 36:09not
- 36:09anything
- 36:09that
- 36:09even
- 36:10ever
- 36:10came
- 36:10up
- 36:10in
- 36:10the
- 36:10IEP
- 36:11meetings.
- 36:11It
- 36:11was
- 36:11never
- 36:12required.
- 36:12He
- 36:13would
- 36:13need
- 36:13two
- 36:13aides
- 36:14ever.
- 36:14And
- 36:15Maceo
- 36:15went
- 36:15on
- 36:15field
- 36:16trips
- 36:16to
- 36:18the
- 36:18fire
- 36:19station,
- 36:20the
- 36:20library,
- 36:21the
- 36:22mall.
- 36:23The
- 36:23mall
- 36:23to
- 36:24see
- 36:24Santa
- 36:24during
- 36:25Christmas,
- 36:27going
- 36:27out
- 36:27for
- 36:28apple
- 36:28picking.
- 36:29And
- 36:29never
- 36:30required.
- 36:31And
- 36:32never
- 36:32did
- 36:32we
- 36:32hear
- 36:32any
- 36:33type
- 36:33of
- 36:33feedback
- 36:34like
- 36:34that
- 36:34to
- 36:35what
- 36:35we
- 36:35were
- 36:35hearing
- 36:36from
- 36:36just
- 36:36his
- 36:37start
- 36:37at
- 36:38the
- 36:38middle
- 36:39school
- 36:39in
- 36:39August.
- 36:40So
- 36:41third
- 36:41week
- 36:41in
- 36:42September
- 36:42of
- 36:42that
- 36:43same
- 36:43year,
- 36:44we
- 36:44had
- 36:44the
- 36:44meeting
- 36:44with
- 36:45the
- 36:45principal
- 36:46because
- 36:46the
- 36:47same
- 36:47teacher
- 36:47is
- 36:47coming
- 36:48in
- 36:48and
- 36:48saying,
- 36:48well,
- 36:49Maceo
- 36:49is
- 36:50eloping
- 36:50to
- 36:50the
- 36:50bathroom
- 36:5128
- 36:52times
- 36:52in
- 36:52a
- 36:52given
- 36:52day.
- 36:53Don't
- 36:53even
- 36:53know
- 36:53how
- 36:54that
- 36:54mathematically
- 36:55compose
- 36:55computes,
- 36:56because
- 36:57how
- 36:58was
- 36:58he
- 36:58going
- 36:58to
- 36:58the
- 36:58bathroom
- 36:5928
- 37:00times
- 37:00in
- 37:00a
- 37:01day?
- 37:01What
- 37:01are
- 37:01you.
- 37:02If
- 37:02you're
- 37:02recording
- 37:03that,
- 37:03what
- 37:04are
- 37:04you
- 37:04doing
- 37:04in
- 37:05the
- 37:05classroom
- 37:06to
- 37:06interrupt
- 37:07that?
- 37:07Why
- 37:08is
- 37:08even
- 37:09from
- 37:09an
- 37:09ABC
- 37:10approach,
- 37:10what's
- 37:10the
- 37:10antecedent?
- 37:11What
- 37:11is
- 37:11it
- 37:12that's
- 37:12happening
- 37:12that
- 37:13is
- 37:13making
- 37:13him
- 37:13behaviorally
- 37:14go
- 37:14to
- 37:15the
- 37:15Bathroom.
- 37:15And
- 37:15then
- 37:15what's
- 37:16the
- 37:16consequence?
- 37:17What
- 37:17are
- 37:17you
- 37:17trying
- 37:17to
- 37:17shift
- 37:18in
- 37:18that
- 37:19kind
- 37:19of
- 37:19dynamic
- 37:19so
- 37:20it
- 37:20doesn't
- 37:20get
- 37:20too.
- 37:21The
- 37:2128th
- 37:22time?
- 37:22So
- 37:23we
- 37:23never
- 37:23got
- 37:24an
- 37:24answer
- 37:24for
- 37:24that.
- 37:24But
- 37:25in
- 37:25this
- 37:25meeting,
- 37:26this
- 37:26is
- 37:26when
- 37:27the
- 37:27principal
- 37:27who,
- 37:28you
- 37:28know,
- 37:28basically
- 37:29then
- 37:29looks
- 37:29to
- 37:30us
- 37:30and
- 37:30says
- 37:31very
- 37:31plainly,
- 37:32quote,
- 37:32My
- 37:3311
- 37:33years
- 37:33as
- 37:34a
- 37:34principal,
- 37:35your
- 37:35son
- 37:35is
- 37:35the
- 37:36worst,
- 37:36and
- 37:37puts
- 37:38that
- 37:38in
- 37:38the
- 37:38room.
- 37:38And
- 37:39that
- 37:39is
- 37:39why
- 37:40that
- 37:40is
- 37:40only
- 37:40the
- 37:40second
- 37:41time
- 37:41in
- 37:41my
- 37:41life
- 37:41I
- 37:42have
- 37:42ever
- 37:42cried
- 37:42at
- 37:43a
- 37:43point
- 37:43that
- 37:43I
- 37:44was
- 37:44inconsolable.
- 37:45And
- 37:45after
- 37:46that
- 37:46is
- 37:46when
- 37:46he
- 37:47then
- 37:47said
- 37:47that
- 37:47basically
- 37:48we
- 37:48would
- 37:48need
- 37:48to
- 37:48find
- 37:49placement
- 37:49for
- 37:49our
- 37:49child
- 37:50somewhere
- 37:50else.
- 37:51Um,
- 37:52moments
- 37:52like
- 37:52that
- 37:53can
- 37:53be
- 37:53embarrassing
- 37:54and
- 37:55humiliating
- 37:56for
- 37:56a
- 37:57parent
- 37:57because
- 37:58that's
- 37:59an
- 37:59administrator
- 38:00already
- 38:00signaling
- 38:02to
- 38:02staff
- 38:03this
- 38:03is
- 38:03the
- 38:04child
- 38:04to
- 38:04give
- 38:04up
- 38:05on,
- 38:05child
- 38:05to
- 38:06no
- 38:06longer
- 38:06invest
- 38:07in.
- 38:07And
- 38:08I'm
- 38:08articulating
- 38:09that
- 38:09to
- 38:09you
- 38:09now
- 38:10because
- 38:10I'm
- 38:11setting
- 38:11the
- 38:11tone
- 38:11for
- 38:12how
- 38:12this
- 38:13is
- 38:13how
- 38:13we're
- 38:13going
- 38:13to
- 38:14deal
- 38:14with
- 38:14this
- 38:14child
- 38:14going
- 38:15forward.
- 38:16Mind
- 38:16you,
- 38:16this
- 38:17was
- 38:17Maceo
- 38:17entering
- 38:18the
- 38:18equivalent
- 38:18of
- 38:19the
- 38:19fifth
- 38:19grade.
- 38:20This
- 38:20is
- 38:20a
- 38:2010
- 38:20year
- 38:21old
- 38:21that
- 38:21you
- 38:22are
- 38:22pronouncing
- 38:23this
- 38:23over
- 38:23as
- 38:24if
- 38:24to
- 38:24suggest
- 38:25this
- 38:25is,
- 38:25you
- 38:25know,
- 38:26terminal.
- 38:27End
- 38:27of
- 38:27story.
- 38:28The
- 38:28story
- 38:28has
- 38:28a
- 38:29happy
- 38:29ending
- 38:29because
- 38:30even
- 38:30though
- 38:31we
- 38:31had
- 38:31to
- 38:31take
- 38:32him
- 38:32out
- 38:32of
- 38:32that
- 38:33school
- 38:33and
- 38:34put
- 38:34him
- 38:34now
- 38:34in
- 38:35an
- 38:35approved
- 38:35private
- 38:36school,
- 38:37Maceo
- 38:37is
- 38:38thriving.
- 38:39We
- 38:39just
- 38:39had
- 38:39his
- 38:40IEP
- 38:41meeting
- 38:41a
- 38:41few
- 38:41weeks
- 38:42ago
- 38:43and
- 38:43in
- 38:43collaboration
- 38:44with
- 38:44our
- 38:45current
- 38:45school
- 38:45district
- 38:46and
- 38:47the
- 38:47private
- 38:47school,
- 38:48the
- 38:48school
- 38:49district
- 38:49is
- 38:50very
- 38:50supportive,
- 38:51agrees
- 38:51with
- 38:52the
- 38:52therapeutic
- 38:53and
- 38:53educational
- 38:54approach
- 38:55that
- 38:55the
- 38:55school
- 38:55is
- 38:55suggesting
- 38:56from
- 38:56aco.
- 38:57They
- 38:57also
- 38:58are,
- 38:59in
- 38:59terms
- 38:59of
- 38:59the
- 38:59staff,
- 39:01very
- 39:02like
- 39:03competency
- 39:03based,
- 39:04very
- 39:04data
- 39:05driven
- 39:06and
- 39:06very
- 39:07empathetic.
- 39:08Like
- 39:08we
- 39:08have
- 39:09never
- 39:09had.
- 39:11We
- 39:11had
- 39:12like,
- 39:12you
- 39:12know,
- 39:12had
- 39:13the.
- 39:13What's
- 39:13the
- 39:13conversation?
- 39:14I'm
- 39:14thinking
- 39:14of,
- 39:14you
- 39:15know,
- 39:15different
- 39:15ways
- 39:15to
- 39:15kind
- 39:16of
- 39:16interrupt
- 39:16different
- 39:16aberrant
- 39:17behaviors.
- 39:18But
- 39:18it
- 39:18has
- 39:18never
- 39:19been
- 39:19a
- 39:19deficit
- 39:20model
- 39:20and
- 39:20it
- 39:20has
- 39:21never
- 39:21been
- 39:21punitive
- 39:22either.
- 39:22It
- 39:22has
- 39:22always
- 39:22been,
- 39:23well,
- 39:23this
- 39:23is
- 39:23what
- 39:24happened
- 39:24this
- 39:24day,
- 39:25this
- 39:25is
- 39:25how
- 39:25we
- 39:25approached
- 39:26it.
- 39:27There
- 39:27have
- 39:27maybe
- 39:28since
- 39:28Maceo
- 39:28has
- 39:28been
- 39:29at
- 39:29this
- 39:29school,
- 39:30and
- 39:30this
- 39:30is
- 39:30now
- 39:30going
- 39:31on
- 39:31two
- 39:31and
- 39:31a
- 39:31half
- 39:32years,
- 39:32one
- 39:32or
- 39:33two
- 39:33times
- 39:33in
- 39:33which
- 39:33they've
- 39:34had
- 39:34to
- 39:34implement
- 39:35a
- 39:35restraint
- 39:35on
- 39:36Maceo.
- 39:37But
- 39:37that
- 39:37was
- 39:37literally
- 39:38at
- 39:38the
- 39:38beginning
- 39:38of
- 39:39when
- 39:39he
- 39:39started.
- 39:40But
- 39:40I
- 39:40can
- 39:41tell
- 39:41you,
- 39:41and
- 39:41our
- 39:41guessing
- 39:42is
- 39:42because
- 39:42of
- 39:43the
- 39:43trauma
- 39:44that
- 39:45he
- 39:45has
- 39:45experienced
- 39:46at
- 39:46this
- 39:47other
- 39:47school,
- 39:48that
- 39:49once
- 39:49he
- 39:49acclimated
- 39:50to
- 39:50this
- 39:50school,
- 39:50we
- 39:51have
- 39:51never
- 39:51had
- 39:51conversations
- 39:52like
- 39:52that
- 39:52about
- 39:53Maceo.
- 39:53Again,
- 39:54as
- 39:54a
- 39:54tangent,
- 39:55I
- 39:55think
- 39:55one
- 39:56of
- 39:56the
- 39:56things
- 39:57that
- 39:58has
- 39:58helped
- 39:59in
- 39:59setting
- 39:59the
- 39:59tone
- 40:00for
- 40:00as
- 40:00our
- 40:01lessons
- 40:01Learned
- 40:01is
- 40:02to
- 40:02be
- 40:02in
- 40:02constant
- 40:03conversation
- 40:03with
- 40:04staff.
- 40:04We've
- 40:04initiated
- 40:06and
- 40:06the
- 40:06school
- 40:06that
- 40:06he's
- 40:07at
- 40:07has
- 40:07sustained
- 40:08that.
- 40:08We
- 40:08talk
- 40:09with
- 40:09therapists
- 40:10as
- 40:10well
- 40:11as
- 40:11his
- 40:11teachers,
- 40:13bcba,
- 40:14occupational
- 40:15speech
- 40:16teachers
- 40:16as
- 40:16well,
- 40:17in
- 40:17some
- 40:17rotation
- 40:18every
- 40:18single
- 40:19week.
- 40:19And
- 40:20not
- 40:20as
- 40:20in
- 40:20a
- 40:21kind
- 40:21of
- 40:22cya,
- 40:23for
- 40:23lack
- 40:23of
- 40:23a
- 40:23better
- 40:24term,
- 40:24but
- 40:24to
- 40:25just
- 40:25really
- 40:25have
- 40:26open
- 40:26lines
- 40:27of
- 40:27communications
- 40:28around.
- 40:28If
- 40:28there's
- 40:29any
- 40:29questions,
- 40:30we
- 40:30have.
- 40:30If
- 40:30there's
- 40:31any
- 40:31questions,
- 40:31they
- 40:32have
- 40:33celebrations
- 40:33of
- 40:34progress,
- 40:35inquiry
- 40:35about
- 40:36where
- 40:36we
- 40:36can
- 40:36take
- 40:36Maceo
- 40:37next.
- 40:38And
- 40:38having
- 40:39that
- 40:39type
- 40:39of
- 40:40dynamic
- 40:41in
- 40:41place
- 40:42that
- 40:42we're
- 40:43fostering
- 40:43and
- 40:43they're
- 40:44fostering
- 40:44and
- 40:45together
- 40:45we're
- 40:46sustaining
- 40:47is
- 40:47helping
- 40:48to
- 40:48keep
- 40:48at
- 40:49bay
- 40:50the
- 40:50other
- 40:50things
- 40:51that
- 40:51can
- 40:51then
- 40:51precipitate
- 40:52and
- 40:52make
- 40:52for
- 40:52these
- 40:53other
- 40:53bad
- 40:54situations
- 40:55that
- 40:55we've
- 40:55experienced
- 40:56previously.
- 40:58So
- 40:58needless
- 40:58to
- 40:59say,
- 40:59I'm
- 40:59alarmed
- 41:01and
- 41:01I
- 41:01constantly
- 41:02sit
- 41:02in
- 41:02a
- 41:03state
- 41:03of
- 41:03alarm
- 41:04because
- 41:04for
- 41:04me,
- 41:05this
- 41:05is
- 41:05a
- 41:05crisis
- 41:07in
- 41:07education.
- 41:09Last
- 41:09week,
- 41:09Dr.
- 41:10Manningard,
- 41:10we
- 41:10heard
- 41:11from
- 41:11a
- 41:11student
- 41:12who
- 41:13also
- 41:14identifies
- 41:15with
- 41:15neurodiverse
- 41:16classifications.
- 41:17And
- 41:17she
- 41:18told
- 41:18about
- 41:18the
- 41:19trauma
- 41:19that
- 41:19she,
- 41:20at
- 41:2035
- 41:20or
- 41:2137,
- 41:21still
- 41:22experienced
- 41:23from
- 41:23the
- 41:23third
- 41:24grade
- 41:24teacher
- 41:25that
- 41:25labeled
- 41:26her
- 41:26crippled
- 41:27in
- 41:27front
- 41:27of
- 41:27her
- 41:28entire
- 41:28class.
- 41:30Now
- 41:30I
- 41:30hear
- 41:30the
- 41:30story
- 41:31of
- 41:31Maceo.
- 41:32I
- 41:32go
- 41:32into
- 41:32school
- 41:33districts
- 41:33all
- 41:33the
- 41:33time,
- 41:34and
- 41:34I
- 41:34am
- 41:34a
- 41:34researcher
- 41:35in
- 41:35neurodiverse
- 41:36space.
- 41:36And
- 41:37I
- 41:37hear
- 41:38deficit
- 41:39stories,
- 41:40sob
- 41:40stories,
- 41:41stories
- 41:42of
- 41:42pain,
- 41:43anguish
- 41:43and
- 41:43trauma.
- 41:45I
- 41:45hear,
- 41:45thank
- 41:46God
- 41:46Maceo
- 41:47has
- 41:47parents
- 41:48and
- 41:48Carrie
- 41:48had
- 41:49parents
- 41:49that
- 41:49advocated
- 41:50for
- 41:50her.
- 41:51What
- 41:51about
- 41:51those
- 41:51who
- 41:52do
- 41:52not
- 41:52have
- 41:52voice?
- 41:53Right.
- 41:53What
- 41:54about
- 41:54those
- 41:55who
- 41:55speak
- 41:55a
- 41:55different
- 41:56language
- 41:56and
- 41:56are
- 41:57new
- 41:57to
- 41:57the
- 41:57westernized
- 41:58educational
- 41:59systems?
- 42:00This
- 42:00is
- 42:00why
- 42:01we
- 42:01really,
- 42:01in
- 42:02this
- 42:02space,
- 42:03focus
- 42:03on
- 42:03the
- 42:03humanizing
- 42:04approach
- 42:05to
- 42:05education.
- 42:07What
- 42:07is
- 42:07it
- 42:07to
- 42:08be
- 42:08in
- 42:08community
- 42:10and
- 42:11have
- 42:11us
- 42:11all
- 42:12realize
- 42:12that
- 42:13all,
- 42:14each
- 42:14and
- 42:14every
- 42:15student
- 42:16matters?
- 42:17And
- 42:17I
- 42:18know.
- 42:18Right.
- 42:19And
- 42:19I
- 42:19know
- 42:19that
- 42:20every
- 42:20educator
- 42:21has
- 42:21a.
- 42:21Has
- 42:23different
- 42:23levels
- 42:24of
- 42:24expertise
- 42:26and
- 42:26we
- 42:26have
- 42:26different
- 42:27levels
- 42:27of
- 42:27training
- 42:28and
- 42:28we
- 42:28have
- 42:28different
- 42:28levels
- 42:29of
- 42:29ability
- 42:30to
- 42:30deal
- 42:30with
- 42:32challenging
- 42:32situations.
- 42:33But,
- 42:33you
- 42:33know,
- 42:34we
- 42:34need
- 42:34to
- 42:34remember.
- 42:36We
- 42:36need
- 42:36to
- 42:36remember
- 42:37that
- 42:37in
- 42:37every
- 42:37interaction
- 42:38we
- 42:38have
- 42:39with
- 42:39a
- 42:39child,
- 42:40that
- 42:40that
- 42:41child
- 42:43is
- 42:44someone's
- 42:44baby.
- 42:47Yeah,
- 42:47right.
- 42:47That
- 42:48that
- 42:48child,
- 42:50even
- 42:50if
- 42:50that
- 42:51person
- 42:52can't
- 42:52speak
- 42:53and
- 42:53can't
- 42:53participate
- 42:55in
- 42:55what's
- 42:55going
- 42:56on,
- 42:58they
- 42:59are
- 42:59someone's
- 42:59baby.
- 43:01And
- 43:01we
- 43:01need
- 43:02to
- 43:02remember
- 43:02that.
- 43:02We
- 43:02need
- 43:03to
- 43:03remember
- 43:03that.
- 43:04We're
- 43:04going
- 43:04to
- 43:04need
- 43:04to
- 43:04have
- 43:04you
- 43:05come
- 43:05back.
- 43:07Yes.
- 43:09Because
- 43:10we
- 43:10need
- 43:10to
- 43:11continue
- 43:11this
- 43:11conversation
- 43:12because
- 43:13there's
- 43:13a
- 43:13lot
- 43:13of
- 43:13places,
- 43:14there's
- 43:14a
- 43:14lot
- 43:14of
- 43:15conversation
- 43:15yet
- 43:16unsaid
- 43:18that
- 43:19we
- 43:19need
- 43:19to
- 43:20talk
- 43:20about.
- 43:21But.
- 43:22But
- 43:22we
- 43:22have
- 43:22run
- 43:22to
- 43:23the
- 43:23end
- 43:23of
- 43:23this
- 43:24particular
- 43:24episode.
- 43:25And
- 43:26thank
- 43:27you
- 43:27so
- 43:27much
- 43:28for
- 43:29joining
- 43:29us
- 43:29here
- 43:30today
- 43:31in
- 43:31the
- 43:31Wheelhouse.
- 43:32I
- 43:32can't
- 43:33wait
- 43:33for
- 43:33people
- 43:34to
- 43:34hear
- 43:34your
- 43:35story
- 43:35and
- 43:36to
- 43:36hear
- 43:36so
- 43:36many
- 43:37nuggets
- 43:37of
- 43:37wisdom
- 43:38that
- 43:38you
- 43:39bring
- 43:39to
- 43:39us
- 43:39to
- 43:40help
- 43:40us
- 43:40remember
- 43:41through
- 43:42all
- 43:42of
- 43:42these
- 43:42beautiful
- 43:43stories
- 43:44how
- 43:44important
- 43:45it
- 43:45is
- 43:46to
- 43:46humanize
- 43:47the
- 43:47learning
- 43:48space,
- 43:48not
- 43:49just
- 43:49for
- 43:49our
- 43:50students,
- 43:50but
- 43:50for
- 43:51our
- 43:51educators,
- 43:51too.
- 43:52So
- 43:53thank
- 43:53you
- 43:53so
- 43:53much.
- 43:53Yes.
- 43:54Every
- 43:54child
- 43:54is
- 43:55someone's
- 43:55baby.
- 43:56Every
- 43:56child
- 43:57is
- 43:57someone's
- 43:57baby.
- 43:58And
- 43:58with
- 43:58that,
- 43:59my
- 43:59friends,
- 43:59we'll
- 44:00see
- 44:00you
- 44:00next
- 44:00week
- 44:00for
- 44:01another
- 44:01episode
- 44:01of
- 44:02the
- 44:02Wheelhouse.
- 44:08Let's
- 44:08not
- 44:08overcomplicate
- 44:09this.
- 44:10If
- 44:11students
- 44:11are
- 44:11managing
- 44:12embarrassment,
- 44:14they're
- 44:14not
- 44:14managing
- 44:15learning.
- 44:16If
- 44:16parents
- 44:17are
- 44:17managing
- 44:17judgment,
- 44:19they're
- 44:19not
- 44:19managing
- 44:20partnership.
- 44:21And
- 44:22if
- 44:22our
- 44:22systems
- 44:23rely,
- 44:24even
- 44:25quietly,
- 44:26on
- 44:26shame
- 44:27to
- 44:27function,
- 44:28then
- 44:29we
- 44:29have
- 44:29to
- 44:29ask
- 44:29a
- 44:29harder
- 44:30question.
- 44:32Are
- 44:32we
- 44:32building
- 44:32schools
- 44:33that
- 44:33work
- 44:34or
- 44:35schools
- 44:35that
- 44:35are
- 44:36truly
- 44:36human?
- 44:38This
- 44:39isn't
- 44:39about
- 44:40perfection.
- 44:41It's
- 44:41about
- 44:42awareness
- 44:43and
- 44:43the
- 44:44choices
- 44:44we
- 44:45make.
- 44:45Next.
- 44:46So
- 44:46here's
- 44:47the
- 44:47move.
- 44:48Pay
- 44:48attention
- 44:49to
- 44:49the
- 44:49moments
- 44:50that
- 44:50don't
- 44:50show
- 44:51up
- 44:51in
- 44:51your
- 44:51data.
- 44:52The
- 44:52hesitation,
- 44:54the
- 44:54silence,
- 44:55the
- 44:56withdrawal.
- 44:57That's
- 44:58where
- 44:58the
- 44:58real
- 44:58story
- 44:58is.
- 45:00Thank
- 45:00you
- 45:00for
- 45:00joining
- 45:01us
- 45:01for
- 45:01another
- 45:02episode
- 45:03of
- 45:03the
- 45:03Wheelhouse.
- 45:04Until
- 45:05next
- 45:05time,
- 45:06keep
- 45:06your
- 45:06doors
- 45:06open
- 45:08and
- 45:08your
- 45:08heart's
- 45:09even
- 45:09wider.