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New Year, New Classroom
With summer in full swing, educators in the Rainbow Classroom at Hilltop are gearing up for our biggest transition of the year, when we send our group of now-3-year-olds into their new classrooms. They are ready for this move and it is becoming more apparent with each passing day that they are outgrowing Rainbow room.
Inspirations from Italy – Reggio Emilia
This spring I had the opportunity to travel, with a group of colleagues from my graduate program at Portland State University, to Reggio Emilia, Italy to tour the schools. While I have many thoughts to share about my trip, I want to focus on teacher preparation in a...
Threshold of Imagination
One of my cherished childhood memories was working on my all-time favorite activity: building forts. I dove into a process of adding several layers of bedsheets combined with a set of mix-and-match chairs, creating an impervious stronghold. There was something really...
Creating LGBTQ+ Schools Resources
PREFACE:This space has been created for educators, administrators, parents, and youth advocates and attendees of "Creating LGBTQ+ and Gender-Inclusive Schools: A Human Rights Campaign" as a forum for sharing experiences and reflections as they work through these...
Indigenizing Edu – Resources
PREFACE:This space has been created for educators, administrators, parents, and youth advocates and attendees of "Indigenizing Education: A Discussion of Early Learning in Native America" as a forum for sharing experiences and reflections as they work through these...
Recruiting Male Teachers Resources
PREFACE: This space has been created for educators, administrators, parents, and youth advocates and attendees of "No Place for Men? Attracting More Males to ECE" as a forum for sharing experiences and reflections as they work through these resources. On this page, we...
Multiple Learning Styles
“Until you can recognize that you are living a racialized life and you’re having racialized experiences every moment of every day, you can’t actually engage people of other races around the idea of justice” – Whitney DowAs our schools become more diverse,...
I Need A White Ally
I don’t need a white savior. I need a white ally.As a person of color working in a predominately white city, state, and region, I’m often asked by my white colleagues “How can I be a stronger ally?” In any given year, those 7 little words would simply...