PEP Lifts Black Voices for Black History Month Black History Month is special at Positive Education Program. Although we believe it is important to study Black history every month, Black History Month helps us be even more intentional in shining a light on our Black heroes. Many classrooms have their own programs, decorations, and projects.
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Educator Reflections on Pandemic Positives THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT SEEING A TEACHER’S CRYING TODDLER WANDER INTO A ZOOM MEETING THAT SCREAMS, “WE ARE ALL HUMAN HERE!” Contributed by Julie Lanigan, educational services coordinator, and Christine Zanoni, educational services coordinator Wait. What? Does that title really say, “Pandemic Positives?” Is that even a
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Seven Remote Learning Tips to Boost Student Success TODAY, WITH MONTHS OF REMOTE LEARNING UNDER OUR BELTS, WE’VE LEARNED A FEW THINGS. Contributed by Christine Zanoni, PEP educational services coordinator; Denise Milner, special education supervisor, PEP Eastwood; and Lori Murphy, instructional coach, PEP Eastwood The Sudden Switch to Remote Learning We’ve been teaching remotely for
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Life is to be Lived Now I STUDIED THEO’S FACE, HIS BROW FURROWED WITH PENT-UP RAGE, AND KNEW HE WAS POISED ON THE PRECIPICE OF A CATACLYSMIC MELTDOWN. Contributed by Aaron Muttillo, Ph.D., director, student support services “Life is to be lived now, not in the past, and lived in the future only as
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