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Dear Dreamline friends,

I am so proud to announce the February 1, 2022 release of Dream Path SEL. It will radically alter Dreamline’s accessibility. It is the first turnkey solution for supporting a transformational Dreamline experience in any setting with any teacher. It is the work of a far ranging, devoted, and diverse team.

Also in this newsletter you’ll find highlights on how Dreamline’s work is getting recognized for its contributions to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion as well as Social-Emotional Learning in today’s schools.

You’ll read about how the Dreamline experience has started to serve adult populations in a corporate setting, cutting across the same kinds of boundaries as it does with youth, and inspiring positive change.

Finally, you’ll learn of a complementary program started by a friend of Dreamline.

I am humbled to work with the individuals who have both supported our work and lauded it. Our nonprofit has grown from the vision and work of one classroom teacher to a global movement because of the support of individuals like you.

Yours,

–Dreamline Jeffrey

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a vision for the future and the competencies to get there

4 Units
10 Lessons
20 Sessions
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activity alignments to Social-Emotional Learning competency skills of the CASEL 21 Framework

Our new Dream Path SEL Curriculum is the collective effort of

• SEL expert curriculum designers from SEL Horizons in Texas
• an expert in DEI training and curriculum in Philadelphia
• a leading assessment researcher at Penn State University
• Dreamline staff
• Dreamline Youth Mentors from DC, Dallas, and Morocco
• an Educator Advisory Board with expertise ranging from Program Director at the African American Museum in Philadelphia to a seasoned Philly School District elementary teacher to suburban district reading specialists to the head of programming at two major museums to leadership at a leading independent school in DC to the head of education for Zoom.

The funding for its development was made possible by two major donors at our 2021 Dream Forward Gala, a matching grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and our Patreon sponsors.

For more information about the Dream Path SEL contact info@dreamline.org or click here.

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ISTE Live 21 & Zoomtopia!

Dreamline was invited to be part of important discussions on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion along with Social-Emotional Learning as part two global conferences in the past six months.

At the annual conference of the ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) last summer, Jeffrey Harlan shared the stage with other nonprofit leaders as well as the Chief Diversity Officer at Zoom and the Educational Equity Ambassador for McGraw Hill to discuss the impact and relevance of DEI in our schools right now.

This fall Jeffrey was invited to represent Dreamline and its new Dream Path SEL program in a discussion of how Social-Emotional Learning is especially relevant as students re-enter in-person learning environments. This panel was part of Zoomtopia!, Zoom’s best practice conference with over 33,000 attendees worldwide.

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S2 Holding & Dreamline

To date, 150 employees of S2 Holding, a Brazilian clothing brand owner, have engaged in a five-hour Dreamline experience, uniting and connecting people from south to north, and from C-Suite to factory floor.

“Sharing our dreams made our employees more empathic and united as a team. It is very beautiful and important to see the company taking care of us in such difficult times, and also allowing people to stop for a while just to dream. The best surprise is that even at work, we are still able to chase and fight for our dreams and we can do it…”

–Mariana Egert, Marketing Manager at Cantão and Redley (S2 Holding)

For more about the Dreamline experience for adult groups contact info@dreamline.org.

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Improve the World!

Finally, just last week Rushton Hurley, Japanese language teacher, author of books on engaging education & technology, keynote speaker at conferences around the world, and head of the educational nonprofit Next Vista for Learning, reached out to Dreamline to tell us about their new and very complimentary program: Improve the World! Check it out…

imagination – awareness – community – change

Here is what we’ve been waiting to share with you–the just-completed Strategic Plan for Dreamline, our declaration of values, purpose, direction, and implementation.  It is our dream to share with the world, and how we will realize it.

This plan is ambitious and broad. It never could have taken shape without the tireless collaboration of our Planning Group, especially the direction and leadership of Bill Adair, former Program Director at the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, and Vivian Sun, Global Giving and Philanthropy Program Manager at Salesforce.

“The result of the six-month strategic planning process is a plan to create a transition from Dreamline’s current small scale operation and financial position to an organization that will serve thousands more young people and build a secure financial future for its operation. ” –p. 2

When I started my work with students and dreams as a classroom teacher, I could have dreamed of part of this, but certainly not all of it–and never how to make it happen. That takes a group effort. It’s a powerful example of how when we connect our dreams, greater things happen–what Dreamline is all about.  

Please take time enjoy the 9 pages of text, graphics, and photographs. We were fortunate to receive donated graphic design from GHI Design, one of Philadelphia’s top design firms, so it’s both informative and beautiful. Use the button below.

At this time of year, when gifts are the order of the day and when we are still struggling to create the moments of connection that make our holidays meaningful, it is with tremendous gratitude that I can offer this to you and that, collectively, we will offer it to the world. 

May the weeks ahead bring you increasing light, hope, and a growing conviction that we can and will move from me to we in the months and years to come.