Changes Brewing

I don't usually go into much detail about my work with my friends and family. It's both consuming and gratifying, which makes it difficult to make the story short.

My work in creating Abeona House in collaboration with so many dedicated parents and teachers, is a great joy in my life. The challenges of the work is a puzzle to piece together, and thinking it through is intriguing and stimulating. I'm very proud of our little school...but mostly of our (the board, the staff, the parents) willingness to look at what we're doing, and make meaningful, thoughtful changes when things aren't working. It's pure Reggio...embracing the why.

Today, the staff met for a professional development day to discuss the physical space. After meeting at the Children's Museum on Thursday to see how their view of the child manifested itself in the preparation of the space. It's a real challenge to have no budget, then walk into the museum and see the ideal, and come away inspired and ready to make changes with what you have...but that's just what our talented staff did. So today, we began discussing the Master Plan for the space, which will hopefully take shape for the coming school year. I'm confident that, with or without the money, we will continue to make strides to have our environment act as the third teacher, and give the children a space to reflect and communicate their ideas.