Sandra Lake, Secretary

Sandra Lake, Board Member

Sandra Lake is the K-5 STEAM & Technology Coach for Brumby Elementary in the Cobb County, GA School District.  She has spent nearly two decades as an educator, coaching and […]

Meet Jenna

Jenna Lichter, PhD

Dr. Jenna Lichter is a life-long educator who has taught at the middle school, high school, and post-secondary level.  She joins ATN with significant expertise in educational assessment and higher […]

Teachers Are Heroes

#ThankATeacher: Help ATN thank teachers for all the hard work they do.

Teachers are Heroes Being a teacher is more challenging than ever before. Teachers have long been the adults who care for, protect and inspire the next generation. This year, they’re […]

Home School in a Stay-Home World

Blog Manager’s Note: Today’s post is about this strange new world in which we all find ourselves learning how to home school. If you’re like me, the possibility had never […]

Akin, Trauma, and Mindfulness in School

Mindfulness in School

A Mindfulness room gone wrong About a month ago, I read Emma Donoghue’s novel, Akin, the story of an unlikely duo, both touched by childhood trauma: an 11-year-old boy named […]

Trauma-Informed Educators: Julie’s Reading List

books for trauma-informed educators

As teachers and students head back to school, a flurry of inquiries has come into ATN about the “best” materials to help our schools create more trauma-informed educators. The Trauma-Sensitive […]