Education
Stone Soup 2012 Collective Action: Parts to Whole
On October 10, 2012 the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund held its 11th annual conference celebrating the work of Discovery communities and statewide partners. The following are pictures and tweets from the event. Enjoy!
- The day began with Jessica Sager, executive director of All our Kin and trustee of the Memorial Fund, welcoming the more than 300 participants and introducing keynote speaker Dr. Karen Mapp.
- Dr. Mapp was engaging and inspiring. Rather than speaking on stage from behind a podium, she elected to walk through the crowd. It was her way of connecting with the audience and feeding off of their energy.
RT @theColorOfWords: We have to change the lens and go into our communities as partners!! #stonesoup12.
Karen Mapp reminds us to move away from the random acts of community engagement. Be systemic! #stonesoup12
"We have to shift from seeing families and community as part of the problem to an essential part of the solution." Dr Map #StoneSoup12
Karen Mapp says Family engagement essential ingredient for student success #stonesoup12
Mapp: Change our lens from seeing communities as "deficit-based" to "asset-based" & collaborative. #stonesoup12
#StoneSoup12 Connections. Capacities. Confidence. Cognition. Educating our children depends on parents for all these. Karen Mapp- Following the presentation, participants attended the morning breakout sessions. The new Right From the Start website was also unveiled in one of the breakout rooms.
RT @WCGMemorialFund: @JessicaSagerAOK just announced new Right From the Start site ctrightfromthestart.org #StoneSoup12
We are thrilled to be at #stonesoup12 conf today. Lots of talk about new ctrightfromthestart.org
RT @CTECA: RT @wcgmemorialfund: Unveiling an amazing video from @theColorOfWords today at #StoneSoup12. Check it out: ctrightfromthestart.com/rfts/stone-sou…
Great production day today. Our short film was unveiled at the #Stonesoup12 conference today!
The wave of the future: Lots of Q's on mobile texting at my workshop today at #stonesoup12- As part of the event, the State of Connecticut was honored by the national Campaign for Grade-Level Reading as a Pacesetter. Ralph Smith, Vice President, Annie E. Casey Foundation, presented the award to Commissioner Stefan Pryor.
State of Connecticut Recognized as Grade-Level Reading Pacesetter at Discovery 2012 Stone Soup ConferenceCromwell and Hamden, Conn. (PRWEB) October 11, 2012 The Discovery 2012 Stone Soup Conference unites communities and advocates from across...- Ralph Smith: If we can't get little kids to read by third grade, why should we think we can do anything better? #stonesoup12
RT @CTECA: Setting the pace & leading where it matters - first state pacesetter for the campaign @readingby3rd #stonesoup12- #stonesoup12 Commissioner Pryor states that ed reformers have stepped on each other too long, the CT way should be to shine a light
- Pryor: We've defined a "#Connecticut Way" to undertake new policy. It can only get better through dialogue & debate. #stonesoup12
