https://www.susanharrismackay.com/home daily 1.0 2024-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623d17fdc29bd64609298a40/9a6d362e-46d4-495d-9f99-9aa8294181ef/DSCN3791+%281%29.jpg Home - Education Professionals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623d17fdc29bd64609298a40/24fe1d43-fd28-4337-9735-c356864c36b2/IMG_9387.jpg Home - Parents https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623d17fdc29bd64609298a40/ab7f7567-de38-4a03-9f5d-8a80de17d1dc/Version+2.jpg Home - Listen. Most of us long for things we’ve lost since we were children: our sense of wonder, our powerful imagination, our willing curiosity. When we listen to children, we remember the promise those gifts hold - for the individual and for the community and for the world. When we listen to our own curiosity, wonder, and imagination, when we rekindle those gifts for ourselves, we make it possible for the children we care for to sustain theirs - and we make the world we want to live in together. https://www.susanharrismackay.com/about daily 0.75 2024-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623d17fdc29bd64609298a40/e698c907-bb39-41ed-a885-36b175329411/IMG_1218.jpg About I’m grateful for the privilege of extending a hand to other adults who love children as we navigate the uncertain terrain in front of us, nurturing their sense of wonder, compassion, and curiosity, and strengthening their sense of agency in this interdependent world - as we do our own. Some highlights of my experience: Co-Founder: Center for Playful Inquiry and the Studio for Playful Inquiry Author: Story Workshop: New Possibilities for Young Writers (Heinemann, 2021), a variety of other chapters and articles in print and online Speaker: TEDx, Harvard Askwith Forum, Playful Schools Conference, NAEYC PLI keynote, Sydney’s Inspire Conference, numerous other national and international keynotes and conferences Pedagogical Director: Portland Children’s Museum and Opal School Teacher: diverse settings, ages 3 - 11 and Lewis and Clark Graduate School of Education adjunct faculty Advisor: Pedagogy of Play (Lego Foundation and Project Zero) Consultant: public and private schools and districts around the world Artist: mixed media, photography, music Mama: Sophie (26), Max (23), Stella (16) Partner: Bob Graduate: Vassar College, Lewis and Clark Graduate School of Education, and Wayfinder Coach Training https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623d17fdc29bd64609298a40/85c3b2f7-bd7b-42ce-a9ac-7fcec41edb39/WLCT+badge_400x400.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623d17fdc29bd64609298a40/4991e0e7-bf66-4c12-9bc8-5014a277a48c/SW+Cover.jpg About Buy the book https://www.susanharrismackay.com/parents daily 0.75 2024-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623d17fdc29bd64609298a40/93ad7be9-993b-4df7-a6ee-17cc01f8f7ac/IMG_6278.jpg Parents - Create it. In order to support our children to sustain their dreams, we need to re-ignite our own. As we find our way towards our own true passions and interests, our children will absorb our model - because that’s what they do to survive - and we’ll be better equipped to help them navigate their own path towards happiness, and to strengthen their sense of agency, self-efficacy, and belonging along the way. We take care of our children by showing them how to care for themselves — by nurturing our own dreams, our own creativity, our own curiosity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623d17fdc29bd64609298a40/a2adca25-73e7-4b16-b97a-1a185cb81814/DSCN4742.jpg Parents - Dream it. When asked what their hopes and dreams are for their children, all parents I’ve ever met say some version of this: I want my child to be happy. I want them to be confident. Creative. Compassionate. Passionately curious. Most people assume that obedience and spelling are required prerequisites to all that - the tedious stuff we focus on when our children are young so they can do the good stuff later. But it really doesn’t work that way. What we sacrifice when we are young, we sacrifice - until we find our way back again. https://www.susanharrismackay.com/educators daily 0.75 2024-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623d17fdc29bd64609298a40/a8787b19-5cf7-42ee-b4c4-b90c3414c0d6/IMG_0039.jpeg Educators - Seek connections. Adults have a critical role to play in the creation of the world we live in. That seems obvious enough. But we often forget that the childhood an adulthood cultivates at any given time is really where the difference gets made. Childhood is where we develop our deepest understanding of our place in the world. Where do we belong? Are we worthy? Are we loved? Adults cannot offer to children what they haven’t imagined for themselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623d17fdc29bd64609298a40/098b0432-5a73-49c4-9893-070fa52c4b3d/IMG_0046.jpg Educators - Nurture compassion. Becoming the teacher and leader you want to be is just about the most challenging task there is. The work of an educator is creative, intellectual, political, and personal. It requires emotional maturity, content knowledge, risk-taking, passionate curiosity, and sustained energy. It’s easy to get lost in a tangle of “shoulds” as you seek balance between competing priorities. You can lose sight of your vision and your values. Coaching will support you to secure your footing as you find meaning in your experience and strengthen your capacity to navigate your complex work. https://www.susanharrismackay.com/what-is-coaching daily 0.75 2024-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694583486-2PQT0LQ193RL7MCB6DX4/20140228_Trade+151_0046.jpg What is Coaching? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618497259178-6XJGK9GR6YAVBQL5L519/20140301_Trade-151_012-2.jpg What is Coaching? https://www.susanharrismackay.com/shop daily 0.75 2022-10-18