Kindergarten Teacher | Blogger | Author of Teachers These Days
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About This Speaker: Laurie McIntosh
Some of the best lessons are taught in the moments between literacy and numeracy. This golden Storyteller, light bringer, and dreamer Laurie McIntosh is a Mama, teacher and author who uses her own personal trauma and triumph to forge new paths and build community connections. As a mental health warrior and advocate, a woman who has experienced loss and abuse and as well as a believer in the process of healing journeys for all, she can speak to parents (especially fellow mamas!), community members and teachers alike.
With the stories she held writing Teachers These Days with Dr. Jody Carrington and her two appearances on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Laurie strives to bring all humans together in a community and to define and exemplify what connection and community truly mean. Golden moments based on kindness, connection, and community are the moments Laurie lives for. With compassion and thoughtfulness, Laurie has an incredible way of acknowledging the accomplishments of those around her and in her community and affirms them as they journey on their paths, cheering them on as they use connection and relationships to revolutionize their lives.
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Based on the bestselling book ‘Teachers These Days’ by Laurie McIntosh and Dr. Jody Carrington, Laurie will hold conversations around all six chapters of her co-authored book, highlighting the research, stories and strategies in each section that make a difference in our school communities. Whether you have already read the book or have it in your “to be read” pile, Laurie can guide educators through the vocabulary and impact of lid flips, light-ups, emotional regulation, trauma and grief.
We will gently invite participants to examine their own practice and reflect on what it means to be a teacher these days and share stories and strategies along the way, as highlighted in the book. By acknowledging the challenges of education, allowing participants to reflect and celebrating the joys already occurring within our buildings and classrooms, Teachers These Days will no doubt leave your audience feeling affirmed and valued in all they bring to the table. Teachers can expect to leave with strategies especially surrounding lid flips, light ups and emotional regulation of ourselves and our learners.
What people will remember most about you, your legacy will have so much more to do with a felt sense than it ever will with words or numbers. It will remind our teachers that their job is to shine the incredible light that brought them into this profession in the first place. It will remind them that whatever you got on any given day is (more than) enough, which is something all teachers deserve to hear right now.
Led by Laurie McIntosh, we will be examining definitions of kindness and how “helpers high” can bring us closer together in a classroom, in our communities and in our staff rooms. Infused with strategies and activity ideas surrounding connection to be used in our schools, we will dive into why kindness matters now more than ever.
Now, more than ever, kindness is key to connection and relationships with our learners, colleagues and ourselves. Learn strategies and practices to infuse kindness into every day.
