About
K-12 Intervention & Professional Development Specialist, SPEAKER, Author, and Life Path Coach.
I create professional development experiences to INSPIRE and MOTIVATE your staff. Our work SAVES STUDENTS’ LIVES.
Professional Development on ACEs to RESET Your SCHOOL CLIMATE and Create a CULTURE of BELONGING
Make your school district LOOK GOOD.
Make your teachers FEEL GOOD.
Put the HEART back into your school climate.
Put the LOVE back into your students.
Get RESULTS.
Professional Development Topics: (A BRAIN-based, HEART-based approach to PBIS and ACEs informed teaching)
* Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in the classroom.
*How ACEs affect students’ brain development and learning.
*Bullying prevention
* Suicide prevention
* Supporting students with ASD and ADHD
*Student alcohol and drug abuse prevention.
* Student stress in high-achieving schools
* Supporting students who struggle, including ELL students
*Including diverse experiences and backgrounds in classroom curriculum.
*Behavior management with student trauma in mind.
The Novel
Sometimes It looks Like That is a hilarious and tender year-in-the-life of a teacher and her students at a last chance high school. Ava Llewellyn, 29, moves to San Francisco in an attempt to press the reset button on her life. But this small-town teacher is a fish out of water in her new teaching position and multicultural city. She’s unprepared for how to respond when a student’s essay declares that he wants to be the “best raper in the Bay Area,” what to do when the students she takes on a field trip shoplift most of the gift shop, and how precarious it is to fall in love with students whose lives are nothing like the rural teens she grew up with.
“Now more than ever, schools need to promote student mental health and well-being, which impacts both readiness to learn and the ability to benefit from learning opportunities. It is essential that schools focus on helping children develop the skills to cope, recover from adversity, and be prepared for challenges. Jessie Dorin has been a key element to our district work in creating environments that support the social and emotional needs of our students by recognizing the power of school connectedness. Jessie’s training provided our staff with a message of hope and specific strategies to foster safe, supportive and inclusive learning environments.”
