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About a month ago, I wrote about a similar practice in my classroom for the Greater Madison Writing Project blog.

#Gratitude #Teaching #Education #EduToot #RestoreHumanity #Writing
https://medium.com/gmwp/with-love-mr-p rimm-b24347535d4d

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About a month ago, I wrote about a similar practice in my classroom for the Greater Madison Writing Project blog.

#Gratitude #Teaching #Education #EduToot #RestoreHumanity #Writing
https://medium.com/gmwp/with-love-mr-p rimm-b24347535d4d

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Text screenshot from Medium: "One relationship builder I've been using this year is the simple act of writing positive notes to my students sharing something I appreciate about them, signed “With love, Mr. Primm”."

— With Love, Mr. Primm

skylarp.medium.com

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As we approached spring break, the vibes were off in my classroom—all of us were worn a little ragged and acting a bit testy with each other. So, after school one day I spontaneously decided to leave "I appreciate you" notes on each student's desk. The very next morning, a middle schooler wrote me one back in a virtuous cycle of gratitude. 🧡

Small actions can make a big difference on an individual basis, even when we feel like the system is stacked against us.

#RestoreHumanity #EduToot #Education #Teaching #Gratitude

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As we approached spring break, the vibes were off in my classroom—all of us were worn a little ragged and acting a bit testy with each other. So, after school one day I spontaneously decided to leave "I appreciate you" notes on each student's desk. The very next morning, a middle schooler wrote me one back in a virtuous cycle of gratitude. 🧡

Small actions can make a big difference on an individual basis, even when we feel like the system is stacked against us.

#RestoreHumanity #EduToot #Education #Teaching #Gratitude

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An orange Post-it note with the message "I appreciate you. –Mr. Primm" written on it in black sharpie.

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An yellow Post-it note with the message "I appreciate you too." written on it in black pen. The name of the note's author has been blurred out.

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This video from Holistic Think Tank (partners of @humrespro) is a beautiful paean to humanistic learning and the need to #RestoreHumanity to schools around the world. Trust me—you want to invest 21 minutes in watching this. 🧡 🚀 #Education #Teaching #ProgressiveEducation #EduToot
https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=9VS5ZB6cg6 w

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This video from Holistic Think Tank (partners of @humrespro) is a beautiful paean to humanistic learning and the need to #RestoreHumanity to schools around the world. Trust me—you want to invest 21 minutes in watching this. 🧡 🚀 #Education #Teaching #ProgressiveEducation #EduToot
https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=9VS5ZB6cg6 w

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The Call for Proposals for the 2023 Midwest Environmental Education Conference is live now! The Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education is seeking field trip and session proposals that tie into the theme At Hinųkwaseja: Restoring connections to land and each other! Proposals are due April 15th. Submit today at https://forms.gle/F55CV42m56qfsTsJ7 #meec2023 #environmentaleducation #wisconsin #iowa #illinois #minnesota

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The Call for Proposals for the 2023 Midwest Environmental Education Conference is live now! The Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education is seeking field trip and session proposals that tie into the theme At Hinųkwaseja: Restoring connections to land and each other! Proposals are due April 15th. Submit today at https://forms.gle/F55CV42m56qfsTsJ7 #meec2023 #environmentaleducation #wisconsin #iowa #illinois #minnesota

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Midwest Environmental Education Conference
La Crosse, WI
November 2nd - 4th 2023
To Hinųkwaseja: Restoring connections to land and each other
Call for Presenters:
Tracks:
• Environmental justice
• Nature is interdisciplinary
• Healing people & place
• Connecting to the land & each other
• The business of providing environmental education
Proposals due 4.15.23

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I wish I lived just a bit closer to Ohio so I could attend. If you’re a progressive educator who does live nearby, check out this great FREE opportunity!

Join Holistic Think Tank & Human Restoration Project (@humrespro) at the Ohio State University campus on March 4th from 10AM-5PM for a full day of collaboration centered on interdisciplinary learning, featuring a keynote from former Finnish education director Pasi Sahlberg!

Register for free @ https://www. eventbrite.com/e/htt-summit-20 23-interdisciplinary-school-subject-ids-w-pasi-sahlberg-tickets-533961311657

#restorehumanity #K12 #edchat #EduTooter #HTT2023

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I wish I lived just a bit closer to Ohio so I could attend. If you’re a progressive educator who does live nearby, check out this great FREE opportunity!

Join Holistic Think Tank & Human Restoration Project (@humrespro) at the Ohio State University campus on March 4th from 10AM-5PM for a full day of collaboration centered on interdisciplinary learning, featuring a keynote from former Finnish education director Pasi Sahlberg!

Register for free @ https://www. eventbrite.com/e/htt-summit-20 23-interdisciplinary-school-subject-ids-w-pasi-sahlberg-tickets-533961311657

#restorehumanity #K12 #edchat #EduTooter #HTT2023

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Promotional image for free educational conference featuring Pasi Sahlberg, March 4, 2023, from 10am-5pm at the Ohio Union on the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus, OH.

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I'm quoted in this #McGrawHill blog post about motivating students, stanning for #PlaceBased and #ProjectBased learning and strong student #relationships. 🧡

Tips from Teachers on Motivating Students to Learn | by McGraw Hill | Inspired Ideas | Feb, 2023 | Medium

https://medium.com/inspired-ideas-prek-12/tips-from-teachers-on-motivating-students-to-learn-a5c55dd24843

#Edutoot #Education #Teaching #RestoreHumanity

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I'm quoted in this #McGrawHill blog post about motivating students, stanning for #PlaceBased and #ProjectBased learning and strong student #relationships. 🧡

Tips from Teachers on Motivating Students to Learn | by McGraw Hill | Inspired Ideas | Feb, 2023 | Medium

https://medium.com/inspired-ideas-prek-12/tips-from-teachers-on-motivating-students-to-learn-a5c55dd24843

#Edutoot #Education #Teaching #RestoreHumanity

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My friend Jen turns an astonishing experience on a run into an extended meditation on the ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on #education.

"I kept running as if I didn’t watch a bear fall off a cliff."

If that doesn't hook you, I don't know what will.

The Day the Bear Fell. How the Pandemic Continues to Impact Education | by Jen Doucette | GMWP: Greater Madison Writing Project | Feb, 2023 | Medium
https://medium.com/gmwp/the-day-the-be ar-fell-5dcb5d39fd95

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My friend Jen turns an astonishing experience on a run into an extended meditation on the ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on #education.

"I kept running as if I didn’t watch a bear fall off a cliff."

If that doesn't hook you, I don't know what will.

The Day the Bear Fell. How the Pandemic Continues to Impact Education | by Jen Doucette | GMWP: Greater Madison Writing Project | Feb, 2023 | Medium
https://medium.com/gmwp/the-day-the-be ar-fell-5dcb5d39fd95

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This is a gem from Alex Shevrin Venet with great advice for all classroom teachers.

"[W]e need to ask ourselves hard questions. What do I truly believe about community? What would it look like if my decisions were really rooted in unconditional positive regard for every single student? What if I chose to teach in a way that centers the people, the children, over the learning every single time?"

What about the other kids in the room? – Unconditional
https://unconditionallearning.org/2023/02/01/what-about-the-other-kids-in-the-room/
#Teaching #Education #Edutoot #Equity #Trauma

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This is a gem from Alex Shevrin Venet with great advice for all classroom teachers.

"[W]e need to ask ourselves hard questions. What do I truly believe about community? What would it look like if my decisions were really rooted in unconditional positive regard for every single student? What if I chose to teach in a way that centers the people, the children, over the learning every single time?"

What about the other kids in the room? – Unconditional
https://unconditionallearning.org/2023/02/01/what-about-the-other-kids-in-the-room/
#Teaching #Education #Edutoot #Equity #Trauma

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Recent skies in my corner of #Wisconsin. #Photography #iPhone14Pro

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Recent skies in my corner of #Wisconsin. #Photography #iPhone14Pro

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Blue sky with wispy white clouds that thicken toward the bottom of the photo, where the light is brighter as well

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Pure blue sky with no clouds, grading into yellow-white in the bottom right

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A dark and cloudy night sky, with a rainbow halo of light around the moon, which is bright white in the center of the image

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White, cottony clouds with only a slight hint of blue behind them

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Well, it's official. I'm the 2023 Board Chair for the #Wisconsin Association for Environmental #Education. I'm excited to continue the work of building a diverse, resilient organization to support #EnviroEd in our state, and I couldn't ask for a better team to be working with on this. 💚 https://waee.org/board

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Well, it's official. I'm the 2023 Board Chair for the #Wisconsin Association for Environmental #Education. I'm excited to continue the work of building a diverse, resilient organization to support #EnviroEd in our state, and I couldn't ask for a better team to be working with on this. 💚 https://waee.org/board

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Screenshot of a webpage showing a headshot of a man with red hair, a beard, and glasses, shown from the shoulders up against the backdrop of a painted brick wall. Text next to the headshot reads: CHAIR / SKYLAR L. PRIMM / Koshkonong Trails School / skylar.primm@waee.org 

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@sara_peltola Accurate.

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@sara_peltola Accurate.

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@humrespro Yes to all of this. ⤵️

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@humrespro Yes to all of this. ⤵️

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Chris McNutt Offering obvious and banal platitudes of "working harder for students" mirrors the "work hard for success" methodology of self-help books, which pushes one to succeed as an individual but rarely questions systemic problems that demand collective action. - Schools Can't Accept the Corporate Status Quo chrishrp.medium.com

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“The simple act of having hope for a better future breaks the doom-loop and builds a platform for action.”

This sense of #Optimism and #Hope is something I am really excited to receive from @humrespro in 2023. We could all use a little dose of #Solarpunk visioning in our lives, I think. 🌞🚀 #RestoreHumanity #Education #Teaching
https://www. humanrestorationproject.org/wr iting/fighting-back-against-the-future

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“The simple act of having hope for a better future breaks the doom-loop and builds a platform for action.”

This sense of #Optimism and #Hope is something I am really excited to receive from @humrespro in 2023. We could all use a little dose of #Solarpunk visioning in our lives, I think. 🌞🚀 #RestoreHumanity #Education #Teaching
https://www. humanrestorationproject.org/wr iting/fighting-back-against-the-future

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@Liat_RO Welcome! Are you using the official Mastodon app? I don’t think it supports pinning posts. I had to use the web interface to pin. (Third party apps may also support it.)

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@Liat_RO Welcome! Are you using the official Mastodon app? I don’t think it supports pinning posts. I had to use the web interface to pin. (Third party apps may also support it.)

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Before every school break, I plan out how I’m going to:
1. Catch up on everything at school
2. Plan ahead for everything else at school
3. Catch up on chores and other household tasks
4. Get my life together (go to the gym regularly, meditate every day, get back into journaling, etc.)
At the end of every school break, I realize that I have:
1. Napped a lot
2. Read a lot
3. Done the bare minimum of work stay on track for returning to the classroom
I regret nothing. 😎
#EduTooter #Education #SchoolBreak #WhyAmITheWayIAm #RestIsResistance #RestoreHumanity

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Before every school break, I plan out how I’m going to:
1. Catch up on everything at school
2. Plan ahead for everything else at school
3. Catch up on chores and other household tasks
4. Get my life together (go to the gym regularly, meditate every day, get back into journaling, etc.)
At the end of every school break, I realize that I have:
1. Napped a lot
2. Read a lot
3. Done the bare minimum of work stay on track for returning to the classroom
I regret nothing. 😎
#EduTooter #Education #SchoolBreak #WhyAmITheWayIAm #RestIsResistance #RestoreHumanity

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For my inaugural #Caturday post on Mastodon, I present our little monster, Marvin, in the form of an #EduMeme handcrafted by The Drama Goat via Twitter (https:// thedramagoat.wordpress.com) before the whole place went to hell (i.e. three weeks ago).
#LearningLoss #Education #RestoreHumanity

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For my inaugural #Caturday post on Mastodon, I present our little monster, Marvin, in the form of an #EduMeme handcrafted by The Drama Goat via Twitter (https:// thedramagoat.wordpress.com) before the whole place went to hell (i.e. three weeks ago).
#LearningLoss #Education #RestoreHumanity

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A black cat, captured at the start of a yawn, so he looks like he’s baring his teeth angrily with one eye closed and one open. He is lying against a pink blanket, with a blurred background. Meme text reads: “Struggling to control my face through learning loss propaganda”

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@alexander Thanks very much for the warm welcome! Madison is a lovely place to be, particularly this time of year, when the air is crisp but not too cold. Cheers!

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@alexander Thanks very much for the warm welcome! Madison is a lovely place to be, particularly this time of year, when the air is crisp but not too cold. Cheers!

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Hey, @humrespro! Does this sentiment sound familiar? 🚀
“Imagine you need to establish a professional development plan for the year. One approach is to focus on loss and urgency. Another approach is to focus on joy and restoring our humanity.”
This #ASCD piece by Jamila Dugan makes for a fine follow up to her work with Shane Safir in #StreetData.
#RestoreHumanity #Education #Teaching
https://www. ascd.org/el/articles/radical-d reaming-for-education-now

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Hey, @humrespro! Does this sentiment sound familiar? 🚀
“Imagine you need to establish a professional development plan for the year. One approach is to focus on loss and urgency. Another approach is to focus on joy and restoring our humanity.”
This #ASCD piece by Jamila Dugan makes for a fine follow up to her work with Shane Safir in #StreetData.
#RestoreHumanity #Education #Teaching
https://www. ascd.org/el/articles/radical-d reaming-for-education-now

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👋🏻 I'm Skylar (he/him). I grew up in New Orleans and moved to Madison, Wisconsin for graduate school in #Geology before changing tracks and becoming a middle/high school #Teacher.

In the #Education realm, I'm particularly passionate about #OutdoorLearning, #ProgressiveEducation, and #StudentVoice. I currently teach at Koshkonong Trails School, a small, public charter school with an environmental and agricultural focus; serve on the boards for the Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education and Human Restoration Project (@humrespro); and lead the Wisconsin Teacher-Powered Schools Network.

I like to write about teaching, and take nature photos, which I post to Medium and Flickr, respectively. I'm particularly fond of rocks and lichen.

I was heavily invested in the bird network before the billionaire took over, but I deleted my account and am learning how to Mastodon. c.im seemed like a friendly server that wasn't as absurdly large as mastodon.social, which I initially joined.

I'm excited to have a new online community to explore, while also mourning the one I've left behind. #Introduction #TwitterMigration

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👋🏻 I'm Skylar (he/him). I grew up in New Orleans and moved to Madison, Wisconsin for graduate school in #Geology before changing tracks and becoming a middle/high school #Teacher.

In the #Education realm, I'm particularly passionate about #OutdoorLearning, #ProgressiveEducation, and #StudentVoice. I currently teach at Koshkonong Trails School, a small, public charter school with an environmental and agricultural focus; serve on the boards for the Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education and Human Restoration Project (@humrespro); and lead the Wisconsin Teacher-Powered Schools Network.

I like to write about teaching, and take nature photos, which I post to Medium and Flickr, respectively. I'm particularly fond of rocks and lichen.

I was heavily invested in the bird network before the billionaire took over, but I deleted my account and am learning how to Mastodon. c.im seemed like a friendly server that wasn't as absurdly large as mastodon.social, which I initially joined.

I'm excited to have a new online community to explore, while also mourning the one I've left behind. #Introduction #TwitterMigration