"Every child deserves a champion: an adult who will never give up on them. An adult who understands the power of connection and insists they become the best they can possibly be." - Rita Pierson
Hi, my name is Jillian Bowman or as my favorite people call me; Miss Bowman. I have called San Diego home for the past 27 years. When I'm not in the classroom, you will either find me getting boba with my nephew, Josiah and my niece, Naomi or taking my pup, Pepper for a walk along the beach. A few of my favorite things are coffee shops, being outside, and Padres games. Find out more about my experience and teaching philosophy below!
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“...you be love in a response that disciplines rather than punishes. You be love by modeling healing over harm. You be love by restoring community instead of excluding from community” (Shalaby 172).
In this dazzling debut, Carla Shalaby, a former elementary school teacher, explores the everyday lives of four young “troublemakers,” challenging the ways we identify and understand so-called problem children. Time and again, we make seemingly endless efforts to moderate, punish, and even medicate our children, when we should instead be concerned with transforming the very nature of our institutions, systems, and structures, large and small. Through delicately crafted portraits of these memorable children—Zora, Lucas, Sean, and Marcus--Troublemakers allows us to see school through the eyes of those who know firsthand what it means to be labeled a problem...read more here.
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Teaching for Tolerance is used as my guide for designing and facilitating equitable learning experiences for all students.
ABOUT TEACHING TOLERANCE Founded in 1991, Teaching Tolerance is dedicated to reducing prejudice, improving intergroup relations and supporting equitable school experiences for our nation’s children. The program provides free educational materials, including a K-12 anti-bias curriculum: Perspectives for a Diverse America. Teaching Tolerance magazine is sent to over 400,000 educators, reaching nearly every school in the country. Tens of thousands of educators use the program’s film kits, and more than 7,000 schools participate in the annual Mix It Up at Lunch Day program. Teaching Tolerance materials have won two Oscars, an Emmy and dozens of REVERE Awards from the Association of American Publishers, including two Golden Lamp Awards, the industry’s highest honor. The program’s website and social media pages offer thought-provoking news, conversation and support for educators who care about diversity, equal opportunity and respect for differences in schools. For more information about Teaching Tolerance or to download this guide, visit tolerance.org.
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Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) is used daily in my teaching practice so that my students are given the space to learn about their individuality and grow in their relationships with each other and their community.
SEL is the process through which all young people and adults acquire and apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to develop healthy identities, manage emotions and achieve personal and collective goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain supportive relationships, and make responsible and caring decisions. SEL advances educational equity and excellence through authentic school-family-community partnerships to establish learning environments and experiences that feature trusting and collaborative relationships, rigorous and meaningful curriculum and instruction, and ongoing evaluation. SEL can help address various forms of inequity and empower young people and adults to co-create thriving schools and contribute to safe, healthy, and just communities.
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