My Educational Pathway Over The Past Six Years

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   My educational journey over the past ten years…

   1 Love. I love humanity, I love our possibilities.
   2 Will Power. I started a school
   3 Challenge. It was the hardest thing I’d ever done.
   4 Passion. Without it, I would be lost.
   5 Commitment. I committed to the journey as a learner, then as a teacher
   6 Compassion. Life is hard enough in the 21st century
   7 Listening. Children need to be heard.
   8 Humility. I don’t have to know it all.
   9 Trust. Trust in the process.
   10 Community. It really takes a village.

   Posted by Donna Mikkelsen | January 23, 2012, 12:13 am
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   Thanks for sharing Donna!! What an incredible journey you have been on and thanks for adding all of the emotion behind what you have done as well. So exciting to not only see but feel your journey!! I appreciate this, as I think it helps more people to understand who you are, who I am, and who we all are. Most importantly, it allows us to reflect, which is always necessary, so that we can re-invent, question and even find some satisfying moments. Thanks once again.

   Posted by caseykcaronna | January 23, 2012, 2:05 am
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     Thanks for inspiring me to write it down. It was a good exercise for me.
     I wish you could come and work at our school. We are about to embark on expanding our programs for upper grades and we are heavily arts integrated. Do you live in NY by any chance?

     Posted by Donna Mikkelsen | January 23, 2012, 2:19 pm
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       Hi Donna,
       I wrote a personal e-mail to you, regarding this last post at… info@thegardenroad.org Just so you know. Thanks for reaching out.

       Posted by caseykcaronna | January 23, 2012, 2:55 pm
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   Trying to stand out in my classroom, school, division, and profession…
   Trying to stand out in testing results and ending the achievement gap…
   Trying to stand out as an administrator opening a school…
   Trying to disappear behind student-dircted learning in the classroom, trying to champion student-directed learning outside the classroom, and trying to hold myself and the system accountable for our failures.

   Great prompt – thank you, Casey!

   Best,
   C

   Posted by Chad Sansing | January 25, 2012, 7:30 am
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   1987 workaholic
   1998 + mother
   2001 + teacher
   2006 + activist
   2009 + writer
   2010 + runner
   2011 + student
   2012 + founder…

   Posted by Kim Wilkens (@kimxtom) | January 25, 2012, 5:09 pm
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   As I prepare myself for the rest of this year, I’ve been thinking a lot about my journey as well…

   2007 – After lots of tangents, travels, and diversions I became first Lacoste to graduate college (BA Psych)
   2007-09 – ECE cert program, but something’s missing from traditional ed, work at Montessori school
   2009-2011 – Confusion, more tangents, more travels
   2011 – Discover democratic ed. Cool, want to start a school. Epic fail/practice run. Mass volunteerism follows.
   2012 – Epiphany: It’s not you, it’s me. Time to build some bridges and get it together.
   Resolutions to evolve: No complaining, no (unnecessary) explaining, no accusing, stay positive, seek feedback, focus on relationships (not self).

   “Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be you in time. AYNIL”

   Posted by Jason Lacoste | February 1, 2012, 8:14 pm
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