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The Intentional ECE is a podcast for educators seeking fresh ideas and practical tools to bring authenticity to their teaching and meaningful learning to their classrooms.
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Building the Path While We Walk It with Paige Wernick, Ron Grady, and Misty Paterson (opens the original)
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What if the divide between infant and toddler, preschool, and school-age educators isn't really about age groups at all - but about status, hierarchy and whose work gets recognized as teaching? In this panel conversation, Paige Wernick, Ron Grady, and Dr. Misty Paterson explore the depth of knowledge educators carry, how it’s often not seen, the structural barriers that keep us from building bridges across rooms and programs, and what becomes possible when we stop treating collaboration as a ‘ni
Trauma Is a Wound: Regulation Through Connection, with Adam McCormick (opens the original)
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What looks like defiance is often a nervous system trying to stay safe. Adam McCormick, Professor of Social Work at St. Edward's University, explores trauma as an internal wound, the nervous system's constant search for safety, and why children can act out in the very relationships where they feel safest. We talk about what boys are taught to disconnect from, the practice of going shoulder to shoulder instead of face to face, and why connection - not correction - is what helps a child regulate.
The Shape of Learning (opens the original)
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What does meaningful learning actually look like - and why doesn't it move in a straight line? In this episode, I trace a week of colour exploration in Art Lab through Guy Claxton & Emily Poel's Bodies of Learning and Suzanne Axelsson's Original Learning Approach - and consider what it asks of myself and of educators, to stay present and trust the process. Resources: The Original Learning Approach ~ Suzanne Axelsson Bodies of Learning ~ Guy Claxton & Emily Poel
When Children Thrive: Trauma-Informed, Relational Care and Systems Change with Megan Graham (opens the original)
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When children's developmental needs go unmet, the effects ripple far beyond the learning environment. Megan Graham - play advocate and Child and Youth Care student - explores the brain science behind trauma-informed practice, the role of play in building a sense of self, and why educators' observational skills may be their greatest tool. A rich and honest conversation about reimagining systems, reducing burnout, and advocating for the conditions that allow every child - and every educator - to t
Collective Autonomy: What It Looks Like When We Work Together (opens the original)
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Children have a right to autonomy - and so do educators. And like children, we don't practice that autonomy in isolation; we work in teams, organizations, inside larger systems. In this episode, Collective Autonomy: What It Looks Like When We Work Together , drawing on Suzanne Axelsson's concept of collective autonomy, Brené Brown's BRAVING framework, and insights from Margaret Wheatley and Ross Gay, we explore what it takes for educators to build trust, generosity, and true belonging with one a
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