Posts Tagged ‘Empowering students’
We Need More Innovators – I Know Where To Find Them
Not only is the innovation/start-up/incubator world a significant sector of the global and many local economies, as the source of new business, it is also the best indicator to show us what our future will look like. Unfortunately for all of us, growth in this sector has been slowing. As an educator, I am concerned with preparing…
Read MoreJoin my Team! Let’s DISRUPT Education and (Un)Employment!
Want to SOLVE the IMPENDING #UnemploymentCrisis? Want to #DisruptEducation? JOIN MY START-UP TEAM! For the past 9 months I have been building an experiment – a global virtual classroom to prove 2 things: That it is not only viable to teach students #EmployabilitySkills, they are begging for a new way to learn these skills that…
Read MoreStop Saying Education is the Solution to Poverty
I have spent my career in the field of education, spanning the United States and several parts of the world. So often, I have heard leaders, “experts” and institutions make the claim that “education is the key to ending poverty.” This is only part of the answer and it will not work alone. There are…
Read MoreWhy the Future Depends on YOU Not Comparing Yourself To Anything
One of the most important lessons we are not teaching young people and we MUST: COMPARE YOURSELF TO NO ONE. EVER. We are not meant to have the same life experiences as the next person. We are not meant to hold ourselves up to societally driven standards. In comparing ourselves to others, we are willingly…
Read More10 Steps: LEAP That Transition Gap From Student to Adult
Here are 10 things all students MUST do in order to be prepared to make the leap from school to life in the real world. The world is more connected than ever. The entire landscape of employment and college acceptance is such that young people are competing for jobs and college acceptance in an ecosystem…
Read MoreThe Path to Wisdom is Paved with Mistakes: Teaching Children Self-Trust
It’s true: The path to wisdom is paved with mistakes. You and I know this because we are adults and we have made our fair share of mistakes. We have gained wisdom and knowledge from those mistakes, and with that, a level of confidence in ourselves. It is very fair to say that mistakes are…
Read MoreFive Key Post-Secondary Preparations
Bridging The Greatest Opportunity Divide The heart of Amy Carrier’s model and mission. This work is copyrighted 2012-2016 © Perhaps the greatest opportunity divide that exists for all American K-12 public school students is the unsupported transition between high school and adulthood. Students are ill-prepared and sent into the world without adequate knowledge, skills, and…
Read MoreYOU 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 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…
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