Success Stories
Everything we need for positive change is within and around us.
1. Restorative Practices in Action
Makēda supports New York City schools as a staff developer for Morningside Center. In working with Makēda to implement and sustain restorative practices onsite, one school site reported an 80% decrease in Level 4 and 5 incidents and a 66.7% decrease in suspensions.
She currently co-facilitates Equity & social-emotional Learning (SEL) trainings for after-school staff through Morningside Center. More information here: ➡️Teachable Moments
2. Leading Mindfulness Coach on Coach.me
Makeda has been a leading Mindfulness coach on habit formation platform, Coach.me, for nearly 10 years, individually coaching over 400 clients from 32 states and 37 countries.
3. Summit Academy Glowup Quest
For the 2020-2021 school year, Summit Academy adopted a self-empowerment advisory curriculum to support an influx of new staff and students.
Through training and technical support, the school community was introduced to a myriad of community building activities as well as personal development strategies at multiple levels within the school community.
“Change and the unknown can terrify people. Making these concepts ‘familiar’ is a good future focus. This was an excellent experience.”
— 9th grade educator