By Meaghan Dougherty and Gillian Judson Our educational ecosystem is increasingly complex. In North America, we are engaged in educational environments marked by vast disparities in funding and resources coupled with the ever-increasing physical, emotional, social, and academic needs of students. We are responsible for caring for students, for keeping them safe, in a context […]
Imagination, Justice, and Living in Relationship with the Land
by Heidi Wood, Indigenous Education Success, Culture & Curriculum Coordinator, Delta School District Note: This blog is an extension of the Episode 8 Cultivating Imagination podcast. Imaginative leadership holds a place in my heart where educators can bridge the worlds of Indigenous ways of being and pedagogy with the transformative possibilities of social and […]
lower case imagining through the wisdom of the body
by Sandeep Kaur Glover, Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University Note: This blog is an extension of the Episode 8 Cultivating Imagination podcast. Since my invigorating podcast interview with Heidi Wood, I have been ruminating on the nourishing resonances of our conversation. As I pondered what to share with you for this blog, […]
A Spa Day for Your Brain
By Christina Velasco, Leadership Coach, San Francisco Unified School District This blog is an extension of Episode 7 of the Cultivating Imagination podcast. Educational leaders who actively work for equity, excellence and social justice experience work-related stress and require spaces and strategies to support themselves and others. We need systems and structures to support […]