Goals and Objectives of this Course:

• Reflect on assumptions and insights of practitioners, researchers and self in relation to the need for vulnerability in teaching and learning.
• Examine how our ability to be vulnerable affects the way we teach, learn, and lead in our classrooms and schools.
• Summarize in writing how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and trauma impact students’ physical health, mental health, and ability to learn.
• Determine ways to create a classroom community and culture that supports all students.
• Design a lesson using resources that promote healthy emotions and combat fear and shame.
• Identify student and collegial feedback best practices.
• Enlist gratitude methods to increase the well-being of students and educators.