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The Rewind | An Educator's Legacy with Krystal Hardy-Allen Mar 26, 2022

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Gearing up for season 2 of Rootwords we spent time thinking back with THE REWIND | IG Live Series with chill, casual, collaborative conversations with some dope folks about the concepts covered in season 1.

A movement all her own but shared with so many. Thank you Krystal Hardy-Allen @k.allen.consulting, for kicking off our Rootwords | The Rewind series being so open about your journey through educator and vision as an entrepreneur.

5.5 | Educator Edition - Confident Aug 26, 2020

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Students can't be confident in their abilities if they don't understand the power of their own brains and bodies. Let's start there. One of our core essential understandings is that the brain is malleable. Knowing that the brain is continually making new connections, creating new neurons, pruning away the unused, a TON in the early childhood and adolescence years, it makes me challenge the idea of learning styles. (Covers eyes and peeks through fingers...lol)

This may be an unpopular opinion, but I have my reasons, hear me out.

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5 | Confident Aug 09, 2020

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I know you may be thinking the last episode was about courage, isn't that the same thing as confidence? NOPE! While courage is more about the outward outcome and action, confidence is more about the inner work to need to get to that point.

"It is confidence in our bodies, minds, and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures." -Oprah Winfrey

I was listening to a panel on a virtual conference, and the panelist mentioned a definition of confidence that had a significant difference from what I thought confidence to mean. When I think about confidence, I automatically couple it with a fearless attitude. I think of a lion or lioness hunting with full confidence that they will catch their prey type of energy.

The panelist mentioned a definition that had a subtle beauty that I believe highlights a gentleness that is often missing when we raise our kids. Listen in and head over to the blog post to learn more about the definition of confident that gets the short end of the stick.

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Questions to Connection Worksheet | Confident

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4.5 | Educator Edition - Courageous Jul 04, 2020

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Would that child in your classroom that says they want to be a teacher when they get older still want to be a teacher after they have had you as their teacher?

I once said on a panel discussion that "teaching can be just as lucrative and progressive as any other career… doctor, lawyer, businessman or woman on Wall Street." The ballroom of educators gasped then took the ride with me. We see our work at Revolve Learning as a way to lift teachers in historically marginalized communities out of the poor profession mindset and into seeing the profession of teaching as a fruitful, meaningful, and impactful career where we move the needle of social justice, empowerment, and advocacy. We still need the kids to say, "I want to be a teacher when I grow up." There is no better place for children to learn than from teachers who love what they do and see their impact on their children's lives.

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4 | Courageous Jun 19, 2020

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There is so much going on in our world. It seems as if a light bulb has turned on for many people, a reckoning of sorts. The core of this podcast is for the empowerment of people to lean in with the opportunity they have to be an agent and a catalyst for changing the lives of people for generations to come. This support has to be in every way, not just when it is convenient for us. That is going to require a large helping of courage.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. -Anais Nin

The catalyst for that movement of shrinking or expanding is the people around you and the relationships that you have with them over time. The act and ability to choose to push through fear to participate in an experience fully is a skill that we must learn how to get back. That's courage! Courage is defined as the ability to do something that frightens one.

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3.5 | Educator Edition - Responsibility (SPECIAL) May 30, 2020

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Have you ever heard someone say, "That's not my job?" Maybe you have said it at one point in your career. I know I have been there. This episode takes a close look at THREE (plus a bonus…wink) things that are your job if you take on the great RESPONSIBILITY to educate children at any grade level. We are sensitive to the times we are in right now but want to be responsive and attuned to the needs of our students, which are guaranteed to return to school with a wide variety of new and potentially adverse experiences from home.

With the reality of education changing before our eyes after a global pandemic, now more than ever, we need to reset our mindset to be clear about the power that is within our control. You STILL have the power to make a meaningful impact on your students by building relationships, empowering change, and impacting the environments in your classroom (virtual or in-person) and throughout the school. If you are still committed to being a teacher, listen in, take notes, reflect on your mindset, and remember your purpose for being an educator. Come back stronger than ever with the tools that make sense for the times.

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3 | Responsible Mar 22, 2020

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"My life is immeasurably enriched by taking personal responsibility to do what I can, with what I have, where I am." Rob Waldrop

What does it mean to be truly responsible?

After watching The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez, a docuseries on Netflix that took a close look at the unthinkable treatment and killing of an 8-year-old boy in California, I was inspired to discuss the topic of this episode, responsibility. So many people had the responsibility to serve this child and failed to protect him. A few days later, I woke up to the news that hit a personal note that I couldn't deny as the basis for this podcast episode. Listen in to hear the story that rattled me to push record, scrapping the ideas I had for this episode to just share directly from the heart…

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2.5 | Educator Edition- Generous Mar 14, 2020

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In this Educator Edition episode, we are talking about being a GENEROUS educator with our colleagues and students, as well as giving student's the opportunity to showcase their generosity for each other. If you have ever said or heard someone tell their students, "I didn't have to buy this for you with my money," then this episode is going to open some eyes. Let's explore this concept together!

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2 | Generous Mar 07, 2020

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This is an opportunity to connect our actions to feelings. It's really not about what we do, it's about how it makes us feel. We want our young people to be selfless, and that takes a bit of work. Who am I kidding? It takes ALOT of work.

This week we are digging into the concept of being generous and planting the seed so that kids feel the love of giving, have a deep memory and experience so that they want to keep doing it... being a generous person.

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Questions to Connection Worksheet | Generous

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1.5 | Educator Edition - Legacy Feb 27, 2020

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Hi there, educators!

It's hard out here, and you may not often think about why you joined this profession. Just the practice of just reminding yourself of why you became an educator or school leader in the first place can change your life and daily experience in teaching…

I want to dive into thinking about what our student's perceptions are about us as the teachers in their lives. What would they remember about you?

Check out the Educator Edition - Legacy | Questions to Connections worksheet to guide the conversation with your students!

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