| Dwan Dunning-Pitre |
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| Dwan "The Packmule" Dunning-Pitre |
| Life in a Crowded Place: a found poem based on the writings of Ralph Peterson Holistic teachers Making a caring place Making learning communities Make use of ceremony Helping students to participate wholeheartedly Make use of ritual To intensify the spirit Make use of rite Establishing what is of value in the learning community. Holistic teachers Recognize celebration Our finest way of caring for others. Holistic teachers Know we are strengthened when others welcome us And recognize our efforts through caring talk And talk story to experience the presence of one another And keep discussion directed toward achieving an outcome And take delight in conversation Strengthening a community's social fabric. Holistic teachers See that play enriches the imagination Provides opportunities for developing originality And strengthens the individual's ability to cope. Holistic teachers Require students to exercise judgment Selecting routines and carrying out jobs To care for the classroom environment. Holistic teachers Seek to ensure that members are centered At ease in expressing what they think, how they feel, taking risks, and seeking out critique In an effort to grow. Holistic teachers Making a caring place Making a learning community See a web made up of the whole human world Individual and communal In a constant state of making and remaking In a process of self-construction A web of caring that makes a place for the group and the individual. |
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