You have shared a lot, Liz, and I can see the thread running through it: your urgent work with Grade 1 students, your past experience in land-based learning, and your hope to explore what could better support younger students\u2019 well-being and self-regulation. Here\u2019s your material organized into a blog scaffold.<\/p>\n
Introduce your role and the contrast between the work that needs your attention now and the work you hope to contribute to over time.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn my Grade 1 homeroom at Montcrest, the urgent work includes teaching literacy and numeracy foundations and responding to families in a timely way.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Then add: What did the matrix help you notice about where your time goes and what you\u2019d like to make space for?<\/strong><\/p>\n
Middle: How your experience informs your idea<\/h3>\n
Describe your previous role as a land-based learning specialist, including the rotary schedule and divisional trips to places of local significance. Then introduce your idea of a similar student-facing opportunity at Montcrest for JK\u2013Grade 2<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
You could describe the rotary schedule as a possibility you want to explore\u2014not a decision already made. You might also share your perspective as a veteran teacher: you have questions about how some specialty-period content fits younger children, and you\u2019ve noticed behavior difficulties during those periods.<\/p>\n
Sentence starter:<\/strong> \u201cMy experience as a land-based learning specialist has me wondering what a similar opportunity for younger students at Montcrest might look like.\u201d<\/p>\n
Middle: What you hope students might gain<\/h3>\n
Describe your hopes for students to develop respect and awareness of the land as a relation, as a gesture of reconciliation, and to learn to assess risk while recognizing that risk can vary between students.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want wellbeing to be part of the CITY FARM FOREST connection because it is essential for student success.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
You could connect this hope to your own words: \u201cthe best humans they can be\u201d<\/strong> and learning to self-regulate<\/strong>. Keep these as the outcomes you hope to explore, rather than guaranteed effects of a program.<\/p>\n
Closing: Your next step<\/h3>\n
Name your next step: researching the benefits of outdoor time for students and meeting with the staff member developing the CITY FARM FOREST curriculum.<\/p>\n
Sentence starter:<\/strong> \u201cMy next step is to learn more by\u2026\u201d
\nThen close with what you hope to discover about what might be possible for students.<\/p>\nImage ideas<\/h3>\n
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- A spark igniting at intersecting lines<\/li>\n
- A compass on a blank map<\/li>\n
- A lit match among unlit ones<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
You can turn this outline into rough sentences, and I can help revise them while keeping the post in your voice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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