Building Communities of Hope Through Instructional Coaching with Elin Kelsey & Ivy Yan

In this #coachbetter episode Kim talks with Elin Kelsey and Ivy Yan. Elin is an author, researcher and leader in the solutions-focused environmental and climate justice movement. Her mission is to spread wild contagious hope. Ivy is an experiential learning designer and facilitator advocating for the happiness and well-being of human beings and nature as a whole. Together they bring so much hope, joy and happiness to their work, that it is truly contagious!

In this episode they talk about ...

• The ways emotions are contagious and how we, as educators and coaches can bring hope into our school contexts.

• How the world works in cycles and seasons, and how important it is for us to understand what season we are in, and how we can recognize that within our school communities.

• The importance of breaks, of being in nature, being vulnerable and recognizing the ways that we need to find space and time to heal

• Why emotions are important - even when we’re talking about facts

• How we are connected - and how important embracing that connection is.

• How and why we need to be shifting the narrative to one of hope.

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