Storytelling

Tracy Chapman entered my life on a cool spring day in 1988 when, ironically enough, I was behind the wheel of my grey Toyota, sitting in rush hour traffic.

What’s your story, and how does it define you? This was the question Gloucester Spanish teacher Heidi Wakeman posed to her peers at a recent training she led during a professional development day.

Asset-based storytelling is a powerful way to build empathy, equity, and meaning, either as a teacher of students, a colleague among teachers, a leader, or … well … any human.