Genius Sprouts

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Oakland, California, United States

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Ms. Kara is a seasoned educator, teacher coach and professional development facilitator in the California Bay Area dedicated to creating the conditions that support critical thinking, joy, healing, and critical life skills. She taught in preK-12 classrooms for 11 years before transitioning full time into her current roles as a professor in Reach University's teacher credentialing program, as well as a program designer/professional development leader, graphic designer and communications manager for Agency by Design Oakland. While teaching she earned her Masters in Educational Leadership doing action research exploring systems literacy in lower elementary grades, developed a Tk-5th Grade bilingual science program in SFUSD, served as a project based learning peer coach, designed and implemented curriculum as Lead Teacher at the Mills College Children's Lab school, worked Agency by Design to lead teacher professional development fellowships in maker centered learning, and designed professional development series for the Bay Area Writing Project for PreK-12th grade teachers. Ms. Kara has been backwards designing unit plans and building beautiful and engaging learning materials from scratch since day one. Beyond her skill in teaching core subjects like ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies, Ms. Kara is passionate about arts integration and the power of hands on craftsmanship. She has brought farming, screenprinting, sewing, weaving, and natural dying into schools from the Preschool to University level. She loves working in community to create fun, culturally resonant classrooms children love to be in! She knows that children everywhere are ready to rise to any challenge that has the right balance of authenticity, relevance, and joy, and she is excited to share those resources that have really brought her student’s love of learning to life!

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What Are Emotions? Art & Science Integrated Lesson Kit

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Genius Sprouts

Find all the tools you need here to teach about the science of emotions, build emotional regulation skills, increase self awareness, and engage in artistic expression with students of all ages. This lesson kit includes: Complete, flexible unit plan with grade level adaptations and tipsEditable accompanying slideshowInteractive Emotional Regulation GLAD inspired chartRead Aloud GuideArts Integration GuideStudent Art Project TemplateIn this lesson, students will learn what emotions are, how they i

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General Science, Social Emotional Learning, Visual Arts

CCSS, NGSS

RL.3.1

, RL.3.4

, RI.3.2

Layers of Me Quick Sheet

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What values do you currently embody and what values to you apsire to embody? This is a one-pager quick sheet complete with all the steps necessary to complete a healing, self exploratory, arts integration lesson for all ages. This lesson can be creatively an flexibly expanded into a larger unit for the classroom and/or for adult professional development.

K - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

English Language Arts, Social Emotional Learning, Visual Arts

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Teaching style

Active: Connected: Fun: Story Centered: Hands On : Inquiry Based : Community Centered : Rooted in Love We tap into students interests, developmental needs and goals by providing multiple ways to show genius. Ms. Kara creates an environment where scholars feel calm, grounded, and safe, where everyone is invited to think critically, relate history to the present, and use their art to say something! Ms Kara loves to teach through story, connection, community, mindfulness, song and play to keep pushing students to new levels as they follow what makes them curious.

Awards & shining teacher moments

* 3X Agency By Design Oakland Fellow * Teachers Guild Catalyst Fellow 2018-2019 * GLAD (Guided Language Acquisition Design) Certified * GLAD Teacher Trainer Gradutate * Certificate in Art Education from Centro de las Artes de San Agustín, Oaxaca México * CA Mutltiple Subject Credentials with a Masters in Education * UC Davis Graduate Highest Honors

My own education history

Masters in Education through the Reach Institute for School Leadership Multiple Subject California Teaching Credential Bachelor's of Science in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems from UC Davis with a minor in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies Mixteco Studies From San Diego State University Childrens Book Writing and Illustration Certificate Program UC San Diego In Progress: Social Justice Teacher Leadership Certificate UC Berkeley

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Kara is a teaching artist who loves to express herself through printmaking, writing, sewing, and graphic design. She is passionate about sharing these practical liberatory skills with her students, and is a lifelong learner, knowing that the more she learns, the more she has to share!