Mindfulness and lessons for children and adults during Covid19 are on high demand. I’ve always been passionate about the mental, social, and emotional state of kids. Naturally, I’m concerned about kids at home during the quarantine and how they’re...
Anti-Bullying in Action has students holding an honesty mirror up to themselves as a community, and they have fun doing it! My workshop, Anti-Bullying in Action, is unique as it has students holding an honesty mirror up to themselves as a community, and they have fun...
Most of us want a healthy, long life. That’s a given. But, we might not always understand what we need to do to achieve that. Eat fat, don’t eat fat. Carbs, no carbs. Go vegan. Drink water! Take vitamins. And, for the love of God, stay away from processed food! But,...
It’s the second day of school and I’ve guided my students in short meditations, discussed how it’s a communications class, and ya, got into some heavy discussions about the terrorist attacks on 9/11. Social Emotional Lessons through Current Event Discussions! I’m...
Just because someone tells me to fear something doesn’t mean that I have to. The internet is spying on you. Your microwave is watching! Silliness aside, we are a culture of media projecting fear and I wonder how that’s playing out with our students and kids. I wonder...
Hello! It’s Jodi, founder of Imperative Education. You know, ever since I can remember I’ve been interested in how people communicate… how relationships are formed. At McGill University, I studied Communications so that I could take this focus from intuition to fact, and from serious interest to passion. I decided to become a teacher, like so many, to make a difference and that initial goal hasn’t paled at all throughout the years