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Empowering the Next Generation of Leaders
At Peers Not Fears, we believe leadership is for everyone. It’s not about titles—it’s about action, influence, and showing up fully in your own life.
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How do we advise Students about the uncertainty of their future After High School?
There are many different paths young people can take after high school.
Lorraine Connell
Dec 27, 20222 min read
How Vulnerability and Authenticity Can Help Build Trust in the Classroom
In order to build relationships with our students, we must be vulnerable.
Lorraine Connell
Dec 21, 20222 min read
Leaders are born...
Many people believe that leaders are born - I do not agree.
Lorraine Connell
Oct 31, 20222 min read
Transistioning Teachers
Education is not “one size fits all.”
Lorraine Connell
Sep 21, 20222 min read
Consent
It is really a misnomer that consent resides only in the bedroom. It actually happens very early in our lives.
Lorraine Connell
Aug 3, 20223 min read
Being Present
I traded a job that I didn’t take home with me, for a job that went everywhere with me.
Lorraine Connell
Aug 3, 20223 min read
Guilty, too
As parents, we post things on social media about our kids at such a young age that they are not able to give consent...
Lorraine Connell
Aug 3, 20222 min read
Why Self-care is Important for Leaders
Where should we draw the line with work at home? If we bring work home, it then becomes normal. Let’s just look at the numbers:
Lorraine Connell
Apr 18, 20223 min read
Cell Phone Policy
We should be working to help students, and ourselves honestly, know how and when to effectively use cell phones.
Lorraine Connell
Feb 13, 20223 min read
Carrying our baggage
We all carry baggage, and some days the bags we carry are too much and get in the way of what we are trying to achieve.
Lorraine Connell
Jan 9, 20222 min read
Sense of Belonging
I recently had the opportunity to listen to Soledad O'Brien speak at a conference. In her keynote, she talked about a sense of belonging,...
Lorraine Connell
Dec 22, 20212 min read
'I didn't know...'
“I didn’t know.” While true, this doesn’t excuse me from knowing the truth about the past.
Lorraine Connell
Dec 11, 20212 min read
Failing Bravely - something to be Celebrated!
Think of the successful students - they are the top of the class, right? Wrong. The most successful students are the ones who struggle.
Lorraine Connell
Jul 31, 20212 min read
Wearing Masks
If we are wearing a mask as a teacher, we don’t give our students permission to take off their own masks.
Lorraine Connell
Jul 15, 20213 min read
Being Joyful...is hard
Was your 20-21 school year really negative? Do you want to try and change it for yourself? Try practicing gratitude.
Lorraine Connell
Jun 28, 20213 min read
The Destination
In my perfect world, each student gets to choose their destination, my class is support put in place to get them to their destination.
Lorraine Connell
May 25, 20214 min read
The Power of an Educator's Connection
We remember teachers for two reasons for years after we leave their classroom.
Lorraine Connell
Apr 28, 20214 min read
What's best for kids...not a question
This is simplistic, we can't directly compare schools to a business, but signs exist schools are businesses & serving the wrong customers.
Lorraine Connell
Apr 9, 20213 min read
Substitutes, bathrooms, and responsibilities
Students have to ask permission before leaving the classroom to doing these things, is it because we don't trust them?
Lorraine Connell
Mar 16, 20213 min read
This is NOT Normal!
I wonder if we stop thinking that this is normal, or should be normal, would we stop trying to fix it, and instead make it a new normal?
Lorraine Connell
Mar 1, 20213 min read
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