Designing our children’s learning experiences

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She’s home schooled her two children born 14 years apart. Her son now has his PhD. Her daughter is in grade 10. Much changed in the home-schooling culture between children. Our priority is equipping our children to individuate rather than

Update on the Ketchikan Community Garden

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Listening to Amanda, you can feel the excitement around the community gardening the library is fostering.

Walking the Appalachian Trail

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At yoga Kimber mentioned she was going for a six day hike on the West Coast Trail…. “Do you hike often?” Back in 2007 she walked for 6 months…. and accomplished this life-changing experience.

Find place and peace after walking the Appalachian Trail

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Adjusting to daily life upon her return to the ‘normal’ day-to-day after her six month meditative yet engaged adventure.

Dr Lisa Gunderson-Community School Interview

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Themes Getting past stereotypes – enjoying variety Moving into new territory Dealing with Difficult People and Situations Relaxation and Stress Management

Secretary discovers her big voice

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Rich ‘Story Time’ moments

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The multilayered magic that can be found during their library’s story time.

Innovative libraries

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align=”left” The expanding services and resources that libraries are bringing to our communities are stunning, and welcomed. Innovations are being driven by the cool ideas and generous spirit of librarians around the world.

Removing a teacher from a staff

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An experienced teacher was the wrong one for a high pressure school. Here’s how the principal, in the first year of her leading the school, dealt with this challenge.

Leadership…Building trust: learning names

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align=”left” To help change a culture of mistrust, a new principal learned all 325 school employees’ names. She then helped introduce them to each other. No principal had done this before.