Musings from Mrs. Galvan

I wrote this for the CATDC blog last week . It includes a bit from my previous summary of Women in Leadership Circle plus a section on what I have learned along the way that might be helpful for others looking to start  a group. On my to do list is to plan a meeting for March... My Bujo February to do list : Get the baby to take a bottle Prepare to teach my class at UCLA Pull together my thoughts to finally write a definitive educational philosophy blog post Organize 2016 photos Get kids cleats for soccer Print all my retweeted articles to PDFs and organize them in my google drive Plan next WiL Circle Meeting Make a Facebook group for WiL Plan a trip to Disneyland Find Daycare for Luke Decide if I am going to my master's graduation Make playlists on Spotify (obvi not crucial) Declutter the house Exercise/lose baby weight Start doing thinking about what I need to do to be ready to go back to work on March 27 Update the baby book and journal the magic that is ...

I look forward to going to the CATDC Women in Leadership workshop every year as I find it inspiring and reinvigorating to hear the stories of women who have sought out leadership opportunities. Their stories are powerful because they don’t hold back. They share, earnestly, stories of frustration, failures, risk taking and heartbreak, along side examples of opportunity, success and exacting positive change. This year we gathered at The Skirball Cultural Center and heard from several leaders in independent schools whose stories centered around the theme of Yes...and, culminating in an improv activity to encourage better collaboration and communication skills. From Dr. Bryson's slides We also heard from Dr. Tina Bryson who shared her research on the brain and how it relates to discipline and engaging cooperation. Her talk helped me to see the science behind attachment based teaching and parenting. Say your student (or coworker or child or spouse) is upset and behaving b...