Welcome back for Episode 6 of Season 2! Today we have an inspiring guest, who will help us explore how care, connection and community fits into and impacts high school youth, and also pre-service teachers, in their teacher education programs. We talk about Wendi's work in these programs, her PhD explorations on what it takes to be a teacher and her journey to where she is now working with student teachers.

RESOURCES:

"Find Your Marigold" - https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/marigolds/

The Ember and Stars - https://www.amazon.ca/Embers-Stars-Erazim-Koh%C3%A1k/dp/0226450171/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+embers+and+the+stars&qid=1634608313&sr=8-1

"The earth has music for those who listen" - http://stephanebarthelemy.com/hello-world


QUOTES:

"We must be wide awake, to seek to learn who we are, to articulate our moral positioning, so that we might attend with integrity and care and imagination, those who come amongst us" - Maxine Greene

"If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery


BIO:

Wendi Palmer has been a teacher for the past 25 years in BC at the secondary level. She was a department head for 16 years, and also the Mentorship/Family of Schools Coordinator.
Wendi has been a successful and beloved high school basketball coach, and was a varsity player herself at UBC. She has a Masters Degree in Education- focused in experiential learning outdoors.
She is currently a Doctoral Candidate in Philosophy of Education. She has been a Faculty Associate in the Community Schools Module at SFU, as well as a Sessional Instructor in Graduate Programs and Teacher Education Programs. Wendi is also the Program Coordinator of Preservice Professional Studies at SFU, and she is a lover of all dogs, good views and excellent conversations!