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Anna and Victoria discuss what they learned from Alicia McFarland about supporting children during Distance Learning, focusing on relationships and learning through play. Additionally, they take what they learned from Alicia and discuss how some of her great ideas apply to all children and students. 

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, read by Sissy Spacesick
• Heads of The Colored People by Nafissa Thompson-Spires
• The Overstory by Richard Powers

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Anna and Victoria talk with Alicia McFarland, a coordinator for Early Childhood Programs at Ventura County Office of Education. With a plethora of experiences and resources, Alicia shares ideas for teaching young children during Distance Learning, while keeping a focus on developmentally appropriate practices like provocations and building wonder. Alicia also shares considerations about how we might serve families of young children during Distance Learning.

#teachersofreadingread

• Night, by Elie Wiesel
• The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Additional resources from Alicia:

Websites

Local:

• Local Planning Council of Ventura County
• First 5 Ventura County
• 211 Ventura County
• Child Development Resources

SEL:

• NCPMI - national center for pyramid model innovations
• CA Teaching Pyramid – State endorsed and aligned to PBIS
• Simple Interactions;
• Fred Rogers Center

Math:

• Erickson Math Institute
• DREME - Standford

Inclusion:

• ECTA - early childhood TA center
• California Map to Inclusion

CA's ELDS:

• CECO -  CA early childhood online
• All About Young Children
• California Competencies SAT (COMPSAT)
• Desired Results

• Early Childhood Investigations Webinars
• Child Care Exchange resource: Surviving to Thriving
• NAEYC
• Zero to Three
• Ounce of Prevention
• First Five Years Fund

• Harvard Univ. Center on the Developing Child
• Harvard = Global Family Research Project
• Heckman Equation
• Azspire.com - focusing on ritural and traditions both online and for reentering to school
• No Small Matter

Favorite Podcasts:

For educator:

• The Brain Architects from Harvard Growing Brain
• Finding Fred
• Hidden Brain
• Kind World

Science based for children:

• Wow in the World
• Radiolab for Kids
• Brains On
• What if world

• Be calm Ahway Island - mindfulness
• Circle Rounds - NPR storytelling podcast for children

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Anna and Victoria break down all that Regina Reed shared with them about supporting Students with Disabilities during Distance Learning.  In their “What am I Currently Reading” segment, Anna and Victoria talk about how to escape into a book to support emotions. 

#TeachersofReadingRead:

• Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu
• A Woman Is No Man: A Novel by Etaf Rum

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Anna and Victoria talk with Regina Reed, a SELPA (Special Education Local Plan Area) Director at the Ventura County Office of Education.  Regina shares insight into some of the challenges Special Education teachers might face during Distance Learning and provides tips on how to prepare for next year.  In addition, Regina shares some successes and wins of local Special Education teachers and Specialists during Distance Learning. 

#TeachersofReadingRead:

• The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
• Sing, Unburied, Sing: A Novel by Jesmyn Ward

Contact Information:

• Regina Reed rreed@vcoe.org @reginaareed 

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Anna and Victoria break down what they learned from Paige Gonzales about Social Emotional Learning.  They also share what they are currently reading and discuss how important it is to give students more than one medium of text.  

#TeachersofReadingRead:

• Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi

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Anna and Victoria meet with Paige Gonzales, an educator at Ocean View Junior High School in Oxnard, California.  Paige teaches a Social Emotional Learning class to sixth, seventh, and eight grade students.  Today she shares what she has learned and how teachers can support students’ social emotional needs during the distance learning environment and beyond. 

#TeachersofReadingRead:

• How to Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

Contact Information:

• Paige Gonzales pgonzales@oceanviewsd.org @msgonzz

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Anna and Victoria could often be found at the Ventura County Office of Education, standing around one of their cubicles and discussing their most recent learnings.  Here, you will find Anna and Victoria recreating that casual, collegial “water cooler” conversation about what they learned in Episode One about PBIS.  As in every episode, Anna and Victoria will continue to share what they are currently reading and how teachers can talk to students about what they are reading. 

#TeachersofReadingRead:

• Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
• Jedi Academy Series by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
• A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel by Amor Towles

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Anna and Victoria interview Jeremy Resnick, a Curriculum and Instruction Director at the Ventura County Office of Education.  Jeremy has dedicated much of his professional career to PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention Supports) and is meeting with Anna and Victoria to discuss how teachers might use PBIS in a Distance Learning model. 

#TeachersofReadingRead:

• The Sandman Vol. 1 Prelude  by Neil Gaiman Illustrated by Sam Kieth

Contact Information:

• Jeremy Resnick jresnick@vcoe.org @jeremyresnick

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Meet Anna and Victoria and learn about their passion for literacy and reading. 

#TeachersofReadingRead:

• Blog post “When Adults Don’t Read, Kids Lose” by Todd Nesloney and Rennifer LaGarde 
• Kids Deserve It by Todd Nesloney and Adam Welcome 
• The Green Glass House by Kate Milford
• Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi