Job Description ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL The Northampton Public Schools seeks a visionary and action-oriented leader who embraces the district’s core educational values and is capable of guiding others to enact them with ever-greater success. The principal prioritizes social justice and is … [Read more...]
Ontario Tribes Training from Beneve Educational Consulting
Beneve Educational Consulting Donna Bennett and Michael Eveleigh are your Certified Tribes TLC® trainers in Ontario. With over 35 years each as educators, Donna and Michael have used Tribes for over 16 years as teachers, counsellors and administrators, having trained over 4000 educators in … [Read more...]
A Taste of Tribes in Hawaii
TRIBES Registration and Lunch order Link----->http://bit.ly/2smmJdO … [Read more...]
Weekly Tribes 2018: End of the school year celebrations
Another school year is coming to a close and ‘Weekly Tribes’ is going to take a summer vacation. Here are some suggestions to celebrate the end of a great school year with your students and staff… Draw names and make a certificate for that fellow student or staff member. Get some wallpaper … [Read more...]
From our friends at Commonweal
Dear Friends, I write to share exciting news: There is a new 12 minute film about Power of Hope made by local filmmakers Brad Coley and Cassidy Friedman. It is an amazing documentary that captures the deep creative transformation that happens every summer at Commonweal. This … [Read more...]
Weekly Tribes 2018: Nice Bike
Weekly Tribes 2018: Nice Bike It’s all about relationships, right?! SEL characteristics Group development process Agreements Reflection Enjoy this book and it’s connections to ‘a way of being together’ – especially if you are a motorcycle enthusiast! Nice Bike: Making Meaningful … [Read more...]
Weekly Tribes 2018: ‘Dekaaz’
Here comes another offering from Catch the Fire. Musician and facilitator Rachel Bagby has created an elegant group reflection tool – a new poetic form called dekaaz. Consisting of three lines with just ten syllables, it’s a simple, fun, and powerful form for distilling and sharing insight. … [Read more...]
Weekly Tribes 2018: The AM/FM Conversation
Do you have this book yet? Catch the Fire Details for ‘The AM/FM Conversation’ are on page 87-88 and 91-92. Here’s the gist: Imagine we each have a radio inside – a metaphor for our inner-speak AM = ‘against me’ conversations, FM = ‘For me’ or Forward Moving conversations. … [Read more...]
Weekly Tribes 2018: Name Drawing
Here’s a fun way to activate some visual/spatial intelligence. Have students draw their names with pictures. Example: “Gary” could draw a bunch of grapes for G, an apple for A, a ring for R, and a blotch of yellow for Y. Once everyone has completed drawings, post or share in groups to guess … [Read more...]
Weekly Tribes 2018: Life Insurance? a rerun
Yes, It has been an entry for Weekly Tribes before, but who doesn’t need a little reminder now and then? … [Read more...]