As promised, I'm back today to share a special offer for all my members! This community is free for all, but for those looking for more structured professional development, I created Mini-Reflective Courses. For just $10 a month, you get access to the pre-recorded course video lesson, a reflective workbook, a live guided reflective discussion, and a Padlet of resources! For all members who join the free community this month, you will receive 7 days of free access to my first Mini Reflective Course: Reclaiming Early Childhood Education and Care. In this course, we explore what has been lost, what remains worth protecting, and what it means to reclaim early childhood education as a field grounded in development, care, and joy. Today, I will give each of you access to this course for free for 7 days. Please check it out, and if you like the course, upgrade to a Premium membership to receive access to each monthly Mini-Reflective Course. Want to access all 12 courses? Upgrade to VIP membership and receive all 12 courses for $100, a savings of $20!

I'm so excited to have you here! I've been sharing lots of stuff, so please take some time to view the older posts. Here are a few announcements I want to share with you: 1. Beginning on Wednesday this week, I will give every member of this community 7 days free access to my first Mini-Reflective Course, Reclaiming Early Childhood Education and Care. More details to come on Wednesday. 2. This week, our guided reflection topic is Joyful Teaching. Check out the guided reflection prompts! 3. On Wednesday, 2/18 at 6 pm EST, I will host a free live guided discussion about joyful teaching. The live will happen here in the Skool community! 4. Check out this Padlet of Resources I created for you. I will add more resources, so if you have a favorite that aligns with one of the monthly guided reflection topics, please share it with me!

This month, we're talking about joyful teaching. We must reclaim joy as a legitimate, necessary condition of teaching and learning. We must interrogate how schoolification and academic pushdown have positioned joy as suspicious or expendable. Check out the guided reflective prompts for thinking about joy. And join me here on Wednesday, 2/18 at 6 pm EST for a live discussion about joyful teaching!

Check out this video I made introducing you to this community!