PD OpportunitiesWe were invited to join in on an online collaborative session on how to build your SEL Toolkit with Self-Awareness. Jen Cutler, SEL Director for Ashland Public Schools will be co-leading the conversation with Paul Vieira, Assistant Superintendent of Ashland Public Schools. The topic of merging SEL strategies into our curriculum and instruction is part of our strategic goals this year, so we hope you can join in. Liz Garden, principal of Mayo Elementary School in the Wachusett Regional School District will be our first guest for the Inspired Learning Conversation. Liz is known for her passion for reading and sharing that enthusiasm with students and staff alike. She'll share practical and creative strategies she's implemented to foster a community of joyful readers. In addition, we'll explore her strategies for building and enhancing school culture when administrators transition to a new school or district. We'll also dive into Mayo's new UDL initiative which has quickly yielding Inspired Learning opportunities for students and staff alike. We'll touch upon these topics and your questions as we kick off year three of the Inspired Learning Project. You can join us live at 3:30 PM ET by clicking here. We'll also post the video and a recap on the blog following the conversation next week. The #InspiredLearning Author Series is pleased to welcome @biblioracle next Tuesday @ 4:00 PM ET. We'll discuss his book "Why They Can't Write" and practical strategies to develop the writer in all of us. Join us live here: https://youtube.com/user/QuinnMURSD/live Portrait of a learner Twitter ChallengeBeginning November 1, we are launching a Portrait of a Learner Twitter Challenge. Each month we will choose one Portrait of a Learner competency and highlight through Twitter what that competency looks like in our classrooms and schools. If you post with the hashtags #MURSDInspires #PortraitofaLearner with your picture and/or description of the Portrait of a Learner in action, you will be entered into a raffle to win some fun prizes! Our Twitter Challenge POL competency for November will be: Skillful Collaborator Onward Book studyIt's not too late to join in on our monthly bookstudy of Onward in Google Classroom. With the start of November feel free to join in on the conversation. The Google Classroom class code is: 7munhxf if you'd like to join in. ResourcesArticles and Blogs from Twitter Self-Care Practice Try the Miracle Morning Routine: SAVERS 1. Silence--Meditation or sitting in silence helps to calm the anxious mind 2. Affirmations--Write and say an affirmation related to what you want to accomplish and how you will accomplish it. 3. Visualization--Picture your ideal day or your affirmations coming through 4. Exercise--Even 10 minutes every day gets the blood flowing. 5. Reading--Minimally read 10 minutes each morning 6. Scribing--Write anything and get thoughts out of your head. Set goals. Write about daily gratitude. Inspiration: “Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don't.”--Steve Maraboli. Upcoming District Events/Meetings
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