A3: Get out into the community! Let people see you as a person in addition to as a teacher. Ball games. Feasts. Church. Funerals. Anywhere people are, be there too. #akedchat
A5: When I realized Brevig Mission didn't have a HS until the 1980s, a lot of things made sense regarding some local attitudes toward education #akedchat
A5.2: After interviewing young elders about their experiences at Lower 48 and regional boarding schools, the stories I'd read about in history books were more real. #akedchat
A6: Just start talking to people. Ask them what they remember about their teachers. As what their favorite/least favorite parts of school were. I've had loads of conversations in people's homes just listening to them tell stories. #akedchat
A7: Relevance increases engagement. It can also allow the teacher to take the role of the learner as the students share what they know about things that my be unfamiliar to the teacher. #akedchat
A10: Our school has a permission slip that covers any local outings for the entire year supervised by teachers. We have parents sign them during our first-day orientation. That way we can take spur of the moment outings. #akedchat
#akedchat Right, if you're skilled at something but afraid to use those skills, they don't help anybody. If you're competent but clueless, you can do real damage. :)
