Karin Halpin

Do you know of any 6-12 grade math/science teachers looking to have a rewarding, fulfilling, challenging and fun time teaching in a small rural remote school in Goodnews Bay, AK? We have some cool projects happening here in our school. #AkEdChat

Lesson from Harvard: instead of having families opt in to receive information about their child’s learning have them opt out to not receive information. Little shift in our work that can have a positive impact. We need to make getting information easier for our families.

Honored and excited to be attending the Family Engagement in Education Institute at Harvard this week.

So excited to be at Harvard this week learning from Dr. Karen Mapp and others how we can strengthen our family engagement efforts to support student learning and success.

Learning how to understand conflicts as a means to support children.

ASD Title I teachers give up a Saturday to continue to develop SEL tools. Thank you teachers and facilitators.

What did your after work workout look like? This was mine. Anchorage, a great place to live, work and play! #AncParksandrec

LEGO robotics at Taku on Saturday of spring break. This young programmer taught me how to create a program for the robot to move. Thank you to 21st Century After-school Program for providing this great opportunity for our future engineers.

Thanks for the live music at Westchester today Quinn. Good luck w your @npr Tiny Desk Contest entry! #NPR

@BetsyDeVosED I invite you to come to Alaska and see our highly engaging classrooms Secretary. Here are students learning about polymers.

Does this look familiar? Students lined up in rows. A teacher in front of a blackboard. Sit down; don’t talk; eyes up front. Wait for the bell. Walk to the next class. Everything about our lives has moved beyond the industrial era. But American education largely hasn’t. #SXSWEDU

Family science night at Airport Heights. Come see science fair projects, short eared owl presentation, learn about bees and explore building LEGO structures and robots. Thank you school staff for giving families this opportunity to learn together.

Making slime. Did you know slime is a polymer? That’s what these kids are learning.

I learned from these budding scientists that one can make edible slime and different Alaskan mammals have different family structures. Girls in science rocks!

Girls in science rocks! What happens when one puts raw quail eggs in vinegar for 2 days? The shells gets rubbery. I wanted to pop it...but I didn’t.

Excited girls at Willow Crest as they get ready to participate in Girls on the Run. Physical active children tend to do better in school. Thank you staff for providing this opportunity to our students.

Need a house built? This child might be your person in 20 years. Play allows children to explore and learn.

Future designer for the Academy Awards? One never knows. Play is critical to a child’s development.

115 kids at Fairview celebrating perfect attendance for the month of February...setting good habits early in life.

Developing healthy eating habits at an early age. Who ever said it’s not ok to play w ones food?

Future landscape architect learning through play in our PreK program. Play is critical for a child’s development.