Educators Reflect on the Year and Plan Ahead

DCAESJ Working Group Meeting - All Groups

May 13, 2024

The May working group meeting was held at the Teaching for Change office, and it was a reflective time for educators across all three groups to connect over a collaborative art project. Mollie guided the first activity, directing participants to reflect on the year and color a cherry blossom image in a way that represented how the year went based on the working group and/or their educational institutions’ experiences. This reflection laid the foundation for the second activity —dreaming into next school year (and beyond). 

Members thought both concretely and abstractly about what they wanted out of the working groups and wrote their thoughts down on Post-Its, organized by theme. For example, justice and field trips were just a few of the widely agreed upon features working group members wanted to continue. Participants then collaborated on a collage that illustrated the themes. This collaborative activity will be an annual, end-of-year approach to reflection on their work.