I just wanted to share that Sean Lawler has joined our group. It’s a big deal and it makes me very happy and I will tell you why:
Sean goes back in this group at least 10 years. In previous iterations of this blog he was a true and constant leader, spurring on conversation after conversation, challenging people in a firm but very kind way to hone their skills in CI and, perhaps most importantly, never claiming that there was only one way to do CI.
Not only has Sean made 1,816 (searchable) comments here, he also has expertise – in my opinion – on the only piece of the CI monster that really counts – the equity piece. This is because he works in (drum roll please) the truly urban Chicago Public Schools (no introduction needed if you’ve been following the national news in recent days). I think of CPS as the model union of all American school systems.
Welcome Sean! I look forward to your comments and appreciate those comments you made today (Yay!) Your sharing is a kind and healing presence as the new group of teachers we have here in this newest Patreon iteration of the blog.
(Sean I did want to mention to you that that workshop we did in Chicago back in 2017 was a mere shadow of what the Invisibles have quietly become over the four years since I was there. I’ve made the Invisibles so much better than what I had in 2017! So drop in on any of the Ultimate CI book trainings if you wish. The Zoom classes on the Ultimate CI Book 1 are scheduled for the next six Saturdays, starting tomorrow from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Mountain Time. We also have the venerable Chicagoan Frank James Johnson in those Book 1 Zoom trainings as well, so Chicago is well-represented here. If you see Alisa over the fence tell her I said hi and that the newest UCI stuff rocks houses….
So glad you are in this group!