For the past year, I have end every keynote or professional development by having all participants follow the lead of a young Irish boy who shows how to spread love through making a love heart with your hands! 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼

My new school cluster principal colleagues from elementary to high school, Hunters Lane Cluster in Metro Schools. Ms. Steele, the principal on the far left gave me a chains and hired me in my first teaching position, 4th grade EL teacher at Amqui Elementary!

#proudprincipal

This is a pretty remarkable high school auditorium. It will be full shortly with educators who I hope with leave emotionally filled!
Every opportunity I get, reiterates just how honored I am to have the privilege to do this.
#tienetwork
#disruptersunite
#unapologeticDisrupter

I’m back in the principal role and I’d love to support you!

Episode #103: Heather Grow - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Episode #102: Dr. Larissa 'Ris' Rector - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

After a rise in suicide threats, a school counselor started teaching everyone from teachers to bus drivers about trauma-informed practices. Amy Riley
Mathew Portell

When Adults Learn about Trauma-Informed Practices, Students Can Recover
kqed.org/mindshift/6296…

Episode #2 on my dad and I’s new podcast Leave the Light On is ready for you to listen, review, and share!

You can listen to Leave the Light On Podcast on your podcast platform of it is now on Spotify, Souncloud, and iTunes!

Episode 101: Julia Chambers - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

SPECIAL EPISODE 100: The Author Team - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Episode #99: Dr. Katie Lohmiller & Halley Gruber - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Episode #98: Dr. Tyisha Noise - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Episode #97: Bethany Hill - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Meagan Baldwin mic droppin' on Saturday morning about the Sequence of Engagement and encouraging attendees to Find Their People @TTC-ESU Trauma Informed Boot Camp! #MARCHFORTH #UNAPOLOGETICDISRUPTER

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Mathew Portell bringing it for folks at the ATN #TSS2024ATN

“If it doesn’t take a degree let the kids do it”Mathew Portell ATN #TSS2024ATN

In America, we do not have the opportunity to heal from collective trauma. We act it out. We are inundated by it. But we rarely have the space to grieve, feel, and heal. Afterall, healing requires a sense of safety, and we are far from that.

I wonder if Tennessee would continue to punish schools/districts for low testing rates if parents opted their children out of spending a week taking TNReady/TCAP…

#parentschoice #Tennessee

Episode #96: Ginger Healy - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast x.com/i/broadcasts/1…