Smart Spot Educational Services LLC

04/09/2024

Only because I am sharing everywhere well and because I am super happy my husband is starting back up with one of his passions. If you know someone who might like this class, please share! I may be biased but he is a great teacher:) And, we are happy to support Pieces of Mind offering family programs to our community!

Starting in April! We have a new AM yoga class with Pete Lang! This class is geared for runners and former athletes, but ALL are welcome to join!

Register at Piecesofmind.org

02/09/2024

Oh my heart. Vicci was my mentor- and she will always be. She helped me launch Smart Spot Educational Services LLC in many ways. She was a giver. Generosity.

She over paid me to present to her staff. She claimed she valued my work. But, she knew in my first year I needed help. So generous.

She came to my tutoring center and helped me with my first 2 students.

She talked to me for countless hours on the phone because I had to fully get it- get to the bottom of helping the kid in Front of me.

She funded my trip to abai to copresent with her.

She sent my son presents to live out clm concepts as a curious toddler.

She asked me to give talks. She encouraged me. She never stopped encouraging me.

She taught me the word help and what it really meant. And I was asked to write a blog post by Rae-Ann Arevalo which now seems the time for it.

She taught me about observing. This and listening which is part of observing. We must become excellent observers of the learner. This is the way to teaching and removing human suffering. We are to quick to jump in. Og says the learner knows best and Vicci Tucci would say and the learner will teach us what we need to do next when we observe. My coach Susan Quinlisk GillGill- gave me the observe lesson in the classroom- pure gratiitude to her for carrying out Vicci’s work with precision.

I could go on and on. Vicci had generosity nailed down and cared about learners and this imho is her legacy.

I will end with my son said I hope she is enjoying heaven. She was the funnest so I can only imagine.

Your tributes to Vicci Tucci are beautiful. We are reading every one of them and are saving them to show the legacy she left from the words of her community to future generations of behavioral educators. Please consider tagging Vicci Tucci in your posts or using the so that we see your kind words and heartwarming stories and they can be preserved. So many hugs to our CLM Community. May we find comfort in the impact Vicci left on all of us 💜

11/16/2023

I am excited to share an opportunity to learn how to strengthen your practice. The practice of what? The practice of your dance with life. The practice of how to respond instead of react. It would be nice to not get caught in the moment but rather find how you can be yourself and show up so the joy of life becomes more and more available with family and at work.

Shirzad Chamine - Positive Intelligence has created a gift for us all with his program. Honored to share opportunities to join one of my upcoming pods for a self-paced 7-week course.

If you are a parent, an educator, both, or anyone who wants more out of your practice with mindfulness and showing up to be fully present, send me a message and we can schedule a quick call for you to learn more.

In the meantime, you can take this free assessment at https://assessment.positiveintelligence.com/saboteur/overview and learn where you get caught.

10/16/2023

Ever need reading glasses for the first time AND have a student who likes Charlie Brown? I got these frames from Pair Eyewear woot woot- thanks for making my job so much fun-

10/11/2023

Many people are working hard to ensure kids have the best chance to become literate. So few know how many kids leave 1st grade or 4th grade "not being good at reading". I think we think- they are not illiterate they just struggle. With the right instruction serving their individual needs, most if not all of the kids who struggle do not need to. Literacy is a right and all kids deserve equal access to what the research has known for decades works!

Tell your legislators to support the Literacy Achievement for All Pennsylvanians bill, which will improve early literacy opportunities and outcomes for all Pennsylvania students.

10/03/2023

We all do the best we can and we all have potential beyond the current thinking. Think big for yourself, the future in our kids, our community, and beyond.

09/20/2023

Truth.

09/15/2023

Tips for supporting kids, since they come without a manual.

Powerful reminder! 🙌
Learn more: https://teachergoals.com/pd/the-discipline-book

10/09/2022

Categorized 67 short games and put them away before afternoon students… about 40 more to go!!! Feeling like I got something accomplished:)

10/08/2022

Organizing my games!?!? How many do you think we have at Smart spot??? And this is just my mini sized games!

09/10/2022

Have not shared in a while and this is a big one! I was asked to give a talk about measurement and reading by The Reading League FL. What an honor! It is free and anyone is welcome to attend. Sept 20, 2022 4pm Eastern Time. Link in comments.

Thank you to Julie Milanowski VanLier for your encouragement, Stephanie Stollar Consulting for hosting a similar talk in April on Reading Science Academy (a great membership to join).

Many thanks to Clay Starlin and Elizabeth Haughton for your mentoring and cheerleading for this talk and nearly my entire career. Much respect to both of you and your generosity with knowledge and time. Aim- do my best job standing on your shoulders.

11/16/2021

Smart Spot Educational Services LLC​​ in addition to tutoring services, (Early announcement here) in January I will be starting a mini group for parents that meets 1x a week on zoom for six weeks. It will be an app based course focused on you- “the best investment you can make is taking the best possible care of yourself” Suze Orman wrote in her newsletter today.
It will combine doable meditation, positive intelligence and personal goals to feel good! I will only have 5-6 spots. You can text me, Beth, at Smart Spot 484-306-3040 if you would like more information:)