If there is progress in a teacher's work as a result of an approach like this, it builds the teacher's capacity, and it creates trust in the work the coach and the teacher are doing together, so that there may be even deeper dives into difficult work in the future as the teacher embarks on their own improvement.
Read MoreAnd when it comes to how the Santa Fe High School community is choosing to deal with this on the national/international stage, it most definitely strikes a different tone than what we may normally expect when something like this happens. I would be surprised to see the Parkland survivors and the Santa Fe survivors collaborating on any major advocacy work. Then again, I could be wrong.
Read MoreWith Sesame Street trying to help in refugee camps, and Fred Rogers' work reaching a 50 year anniversary, it is worth considering, in Rogers' words from his mother, "Find the helpers."
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