GEAR UP Educators attend an event with Ruby Payne
Sixteen local educators from partner GEAR UP schools recently participated in Ruby Payne’s Emotional Poverty train the trainer certification event held at Eastern Oklahoma State College in Wilburton, OK. The program provides tools for educators to address and reduce anger, anxiety, and avoidance along with how to manage the “classroom dance” that occurs between the educator and the students. Over her distinguished career, Payne has worked as a teacher and principal, written K–12 curricula in