Posts by Amy Carrier
YOU Play A Role In Preventing Childhood Trauma
The entire community is responsible for a child’s well-being. Everything is about relationships. Our interpersonal relationships with children are those that most people are aware of. However, as adults, there is a communal relationship we have to children that most people are unaware of – and in many ways, it is one that is just as…
Read MoreMost School-Business Partnerships Fail. Here Are 20 Free Tips From a Pro
Here’s the reality: Most school-business partnerships fail. Why? They need a third-party in the early stages to establish a mutually beneficial, reciprocal partnership agreement and ensure that all the sticky questions are asked and answered, but almost none have such a person looking out for both sides. Unfortunately, (and not dissimilar from other types of…
Read MoreThe Implications of Workplace Racism, Sexism and Pay Inequity: Our Kids Lose
The Gender Pay Gap. MoveOn.org posted this image with the hashtag #EqualPayDay. Lots of people are talking about it. It’s a deeper wound that it seems. Read on. I developed my curriculum 10 years ago to teach high school students how to navigate the world of work, build careers and follow their passion. I included…
Read MoreA Call To Action for All Grown-ups
Dear Awesome Grown-up, Do you know how important you are? You are important for many reasons. You do important work, you make a difference in the lives of those you love, and you’re so darned witty – and generally more so on Friday nights for some reason. You’re important to your team at work. You’re…
Read MoreDoes Your Teen Need Additional Support?
Exclusive teen coaching by a former teacher, accomplished social innovator & leader in rethinking education Teens (and their parents) face multiple challenges during their school career: College application process Executive functioning skills Academics Study habits Self-awareness and confidence in skills & gifts Telling their story on applications Life skills College & career planning Career & job…
Read MoreParents: 5 Things Your Teen Desperately Needs From You But Can’t Ask For
Your teenage years were confusing, oscillating and full of mystery. Mystery abut who you were, what the world wanted from you and how to be cool. Your teenager’s experience is much the same, but these are not your teenage years, they are theirs. Things have changed. What I have seen clearly in my work as a…
Read MoreThe Fallacy of Career Pathways in Education
Your Career Path Wasn’t Mapped Out Ahead of Time. Our Kids’ Won’t Be Either. But We CAN Prepare Them. Imagine being handed a plan, a prescription of steps to take if you will, at the age of 16 or 17 that will get you to age 30, or 45, or 65. It’s laughable, and kind of depressing to…
Read MoreWhat Good Can Blogging Do?
A lot of good. Maybe more GOOD than we can imagine. Why? Let me tell you how 7 teenage voices will change the world. Ladies and gentlemen, meet the game changers! It all started with a little conversation that, when summed up greatly, went something like this: “Getting our voices out there matters? How do…
Read MoreIt’s GO time! We Need to Give Kids Permission to Do These 10 Things
We put so many limitations and boundaries on our children. They hear us say “no” a lot. It’s time to empower them with some yeses. Here are 10 things we need to give kids permission to do: 1. Speak their truth and use their voice. We need their ideas, their solutions to problems and their…
Read MoreBeyond the Testing Curtain: 10 Things Kids Really Need to Hear from Us Right Now
We are their teachers. All of us. We have never been more needed because their journey growing up has never been harder. Yes, it is much harder then when you and I (and even their older siblings) were growing up. Why? The barrage of standardized tests in their daily reality have never been more prolific.…
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