#016, Jennifer Spikner On Making Social Justice Part Of The School Culture

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In this week's episode, Principal Jennifer Spikner of Montessori Academy of Chicago talks about how teaching children to be aware of social justice, inclusion, and diversity can help them make our society better.

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Highlights of the Episode

• [01:48] I was born and raised in Evanston


• [03:09] I'd love I'd love to bring back the Super Bowl shuffle


• [03:45] Our school is called the Montessori Academy of Chicago


• [04:15] So I had been in Michigan for about 17 years at a Montessori


• [06:02] We're accredited by the American Montessori society


• [06:55] We have a lot of wonderful high schools in the Chicago area


• [08:00] Montessori teachers often report that they have more job satisfaction


• [09:24] teachers are really highly respected and highly regarded


• [10:58] parents really revered teachers within those cultures


• [12:02] we've used zoom in order to have parent education events


• [13:00] I'm concerned about is attention issues


• [14:54] We're integrating social justice work into the curriculum


• [15:35] Social justice work is really a passion of mine


• [17:08] we used to be 350 students


• [19:31] They're building a 3d model of their neighborhoods


• [21:11] Montessori School of Englewood is a wonderful school


• [23:21] natural attrition reduce our workforce within our school


• [25:37] We've learned so much throughout this pandemic
  
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