Julie Sochacki

@EWhitteck Check out Penn's resilience skill set--6 pillars--one of them is strengths. When i talk about this framework, I started with surfacing strengths. ppc.sas.upenn.edu/resilience-pro…

This! I'm so tired of seeing mini-lectures on grit and resilience for students. Students need to be supported in surfacing the strengths they are bringing to the University.

@EWhitteck Awesome! I just emailed you and then saw this! So glad you are enjoying!

First ever live concert for the 11 year old and it was amazing. Thanks to the Killers for a night we will never forget.

@drnels @EWhitteck Nels you were missed. I looked for you! Our next one is in September. Enjoy your weekend!

@profjulies @EWhitteck I can’t believe the one year they move the festival from May is the one year I’m not in the state for it!

What a fun day interacting with faculty doing amazing things with their students. @profjulies thanks for organizing such a wonderful event. And thanks for being such a generous host.

@vijisathy Viji, I was in my provost's office the other day telling her how much I would love for you to speak at our teaching and learning festival this spring. Your work inspires me to serve and support faculty in all things related to inclusive teaching! Thank you!

Doing something strange (for me & this platform). I am being nominated (yay!) for recognition that pertains to teaching (not only doing the teaching, but helping teachers). It occurred to me that I might have had an impact on someone here. If that might be you, could you msg me?

Today is day one of Dir of Center for Teaching Excellence and Innovation--a 6 month deep dive into inviting, guiding, and leading conversations about inclusive teaching, including encouraging welcoming communities that cultivate belonging in our classrooms--my passion!

Kids don't plan to come to school to get into trouble. Behaviour is a form of communication and quite often - the reason for it will make you sad, not angry.

@LangOnCourse The same happened to my son! And even in my course this semester: after creating norms and having discussions about effective collaboration, I had a few issues.

Why is so much research in education still focused on “fixing students” and not the environment. Can we please get away from this deficit based approach?

@LindsayMasland @katherinemsd Thank you both for this suggestion! I am the interim director of our center for teaching excellence and innovation and was just tasked with choosing the book for new faculty, and this may be the perfect choice since my focus is inclusive teaching. I appreciate this!

bell hooks <3

Congratulations to my FYS students who presented on our course Becoming More Resilient and received the award in Creative Thinking! hartford.edu/unotes/2021/12…

Instead of asking: what do you want to be when you grow up? Ask: What problem do you want to solve?

The question is not how we help creative children thrive within our current system. The question is how can we transform the system to support all children who all have the potential to be creative and authentic--discovering their individual talents and gifts.

We must stop expecting educators to save themselves and instead start to address the group climate and culture of our schools We must decrease on-the-job stress and dismantle the stressful structures we created! edsurge.com/news/2021-11-0…

“Teaching is about taking things apart; writing is about putting things together.” ~ Toni Morrison