"The moment a child is born, the mother is also born" - Rajneesh
Stacey Crowe hosts this week's episode alongside her guest Melanie Lynchuk. Join them as they chat about their experience of becoming new moms while taking their master's program and the life-changing impact it had on them as people and teachers.
The two discuss the feelings and worries of being new moms and the life decisions they now face when putting their children into someone else's care. Further, they explore their fresh perspective on what their classroom families go through with their children.
Melanie shares a bit about how she seamlessly blended her teacher and parent identities with the unique opportunity she had to have her daughter in her class. She also offers concrete suggestions on how to engage families in schools, encouraging other educators to do the same.
Resources
Lynchuk, M. (2015). From educator to mother: My personal journey. In D. Pushor and the Parent Engagement Collaborative II, Living as mapmakers: Charting a course with children guided by parent knowledge (pp. 43-49). Sense Publishers.
Lynchuk, M. (2015). Connections with all families. In D. Pushor and the Parent Engagement Collaborative II, Living as mapmakers: Charting a course with children guided by parent knowledge (pp. 105-114). Sense Publishers.
Huber, J., Graham, D., Murray Orr, A. & Reid, N. (2010). Literature conversations for inquiring into the influence of family stories on teacher identities. In M. Miller Marsh & T. Turner-Vorbeck (Eds.), (Mis)Understanding families in schools: Learning from real families in our schools (pp, 79-94). Teachers College Press.
This podcast is sponsored by Debbie Pushor Engagement Group Inc.
