Freelance Educators in Edjacent with Meghan Raftery Transformative Principal 415

<p><a href="https://www.meghanraftery.com">Meghan Raftery</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/meg5han">Twitter</a> is a freelance educator and mom of two boys, ages 5 and 8. A former second and fourth grade teacher and central office administrator, Meghan left public education to pursue her professional passions on her own terms in 2018. Since that time, she has developed curriculum for school districts, nonprofits, private companies and families and led professional development in more than 30 states with a focus on innovation and authentic learning.</p> <ul> <li>What is a freelance educator?</li> <li><a href="http://edjacent.org">Join us in Edjacent</a>!</li> <li>What are the challenges?</li> <li>I used to have 600 tasks, now I have 50, so it’s actually less than when I was a teacher.</li> <li>You’re constantly asked to do more work if you do good work.</li> <li>In my career, I felt like I was less doing something</li> <li>It helps me to define my values.</li> <li>I can decide how to balance depth and breadth in projects.</li> <li>What do I do best? Every teacher has something that makes them amazing!</li> <li>Other innovations develop in parallel to another innovation.</li> <li>Self-advocacy in a small way that leads to bigger change.</li> <li>Hippocratic oath for educators.</li> <li>You’re allowed to have your own oath.</li> <li>Authentic self, growth is important.</li> <li>Schools learn from their best people.</li> <li>What is the cost of rebellion?</li> <li>Definition of professionalism = compliance.</li> <li><a href="http://edjacent.org">Edjacent is a collective, not one person’s idea</a>.</li> </ul> <h2>Sponsors</h2> <h3>InControl SEL for Middle School</h3> <p>In Control created an effortless social and emotional, character development video curriculum for your students that’s ZERO-TEACHER-PREP AND it’s so cool looking- it feels like a Youtube or Netflix Series- and that’s purposeful, they meet students right where they’re at.</p> <p>The videos are 5-6 minutes, kids love them, teachers love them, and you wil