Credo

(Note: This is the document I share with my students in the first weeks of each class)

I believe that learning happens best when students have agency to follow their passions and interests.

In our work together I will strive to provide guidance, challenges, and coaching to push these passions toward growth.

I believe that we are all subjects of history, writing the story of our place and time with every decision and action we make.

In our work together, we will treat every thought, discussion, and creation with the seriousness this demands.

I believe that creation and reflection are the highest forms of understanding.

In our work together we will be building, making, imagining, and thinking.

I believe that the best learning happens between and among compañerxs.

In our work together we will lean on and support each other with great sincerity.

I believe that each of us is absolutely unique in mind, body, and spirit.

In our work together we will be stronger by recognizing and celebrating our own differences, and valuing the perspectives we each bring.