The Iredell Education Alliance

Thoughtful Tuesday:
Summer is a great time to catch up on books that you’ve been hoping to read.
What books are you reading this summer that deal with education?

Thoughtful Tuesday:
Let’s talk about ways to stop the “summer learning slide”.
Summer learning slide is the loss of academic skills and knowledge over the course of summer vacation.
How do you help to stop the slide?

https://www.scholastic.com/parents/school-success/7-ways-to-stop-summer-slide.html

Thoughtful Tuesday:
Graduation season is here! What advice would you give to high school graduates?
Congratulations to all the graduates!

Thoughtful Tuesday:
As mental health awareness month comes to a close we wanted to highlight this valuable resource.
The National Su***de Prevention Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals in the United States.
For more information please visit: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org

Thoughtful Tuesday:
It’s primary voting day in North Carolina. Make a plan to vote today!
Not sure where your voting location is? You can search by address at: https://vt.ncsbe.gov/PPLkup/

Thoughtful Tuesday:
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. After the past few years, taking care of our mental health has become very important!
To learn more about mental health please check out a few resources:

- https://www.nami.org/About-NAMI

- https://www.mentalhealth.gov/basics

- Your family doctor

- Your school guidance counselor

Thoughtful Tuesday:
As Teacher Appreciation Week approaches, please share about a teacher who influenced you. Educators make an amazing impact on all our lives. Thank you to all that educate!

April is "Celebrate Diversity Month" and the Mayor's Diversity & Inclusion Taskforce is excited to launch the Diverse & United Pledge. TiEA is a supporter and advocate for diversity and inclusion.

Please join us in taking the D&U pledge.
This pledge is a way for us to have one voice and bring our community together by focusing on principles that show we are more similar than we believe. This pledge guides us to speak from a place of hope, courage, empathy, & truth. Please scan the QR code below or visit bit.ly/mdupledge to read and take the pledge today.
What does Diverse & United mean?
Diverse= Showing a great deal of variety, very different. Includes people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations, religions, physical abilities, and economic backgrounds.

United= Join together for a common purpose. Relate to or form a joint action or a unified effort. Being harmonious and in agreement.

"We can learn to see each other and see ourselves in each other and recognize that human beings are more alike than we are unlike." ~Maya Angelou

If you have questions, please email [email protected]

Important Updates:
In an effort to remain unpartisan we will remove all posts endorsing candidate or campaigns. In the future we hope to hold another question and answer session as we did for MGSD school board elections in 2021.
We, as a group, embrace the inherent worth of the whole child in relation to the broader community. We advocate for programming that meets the unique socio-cultural needs of each individual student. We believe in teaching empathy, accurate history, critical thinking, and in striving for more inclusion and diversity are essetial.
As part of this group please remember that we will be kind to one another and work together to help students (as agreed to when joining the group). Bullying, screenshots take to be shared to other groups, and name calling will not be allowed.
Thank you for being part of our group!

Thoughtful Tuesday:
April is Celebrate Diversity Month!

Books are a great way to expose our kids to different cultures, diverse experiences, and various backgrounds. Helping our children realize that we have more in common with people that may be different is a important life lesson they need at an early age.

What is your favorite diverse book you have read or plan to read with your children or on your own?

Book Lists — the conscious kid The Conscious Kid is an education, research and policy organization that supports families and educators in taking action to disrupt racism, inequity and bias

Thoughtful Tuesday:
Let's learn more about a hot topic word this week, anti-racism.
* "Anti-racism is the process of unlearning racist ideas; co-learning new ways of seeing the world; engaging in challenging work required to make meaningful change; enacting policies that manifest the changes needed to make our communities equitable for all."
What can we do as community members to help make our communities equitable for all and stop racism? What can we do at home?


*Quote from Illinois Civics Hub- https://www.illinoiscivics.org/resources/anti-racism-for-parents/

Thoughtful Tuesday:
Participating in our schools, our districts, or education at the state level can make a huge difference. How have you been actively involved this semester with schools?
If you see a need within local schools, school boards, or student groups how can you help?
Take action and make a positive difference.