Alex Shevrin Venet

@asv

Educator & author. Books: Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education & Becoming an Everyday Changemaker. Vermont explorer in the #251club. Querying a memoir on grief, healthcare system fuckery, and a spine injury

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Alex Shevrin Venet@asv· 2d

Idk if the picture loaded or if it's my phone being weird. Trying again

A tortoiseshell cat snuggles on a blue quilt. Her eyes are half closed in sleepy relaxation

Alex Shevrin Venet@asv· Jun 16

Why ask AI when you can write to your neighborhood email list in Vermont?? (Post goes on to ask for help acquiring such a picture and I guarantee someone in the neighborhood will make it happen)

An email post titled "picture of a computer " text reads I have an unusual request that I'm dropping here because I don't know who else to ask-and I never heard back from the UVM administration. I'm having a photo shoot for my next music album. For one of the pictures that tell the story, I want a picture of me seated at a computer(preferably Macintosh) at a desk/table, such as the kind you find at a college or an office space-but i - and then text cuts off.

Alex Shevrin Venet@asv· May 19

The audiobook version of Becoming an Everyday Changemaker is FINALLY here!! 🎉Available wherever you get your audiobooks!

Promotional graphic reading Audiobook Now Available with the cover of Becoming an Everyday Changemaker by Alex Shevrin Venet, read by Simran Singh. There are images of headphones and earbuds.

Alex Shevrin Venet@asv· May 18

Tuesday June 9, free/PWYC. Educators know reflection is essential but we don't always carve it out for ourselves. Let me help! Join for an evening of reflective writing and connection with fellow educators to make sense of the year. k12 & higher ed welcome! www.tickettailor.com/events/uncon...

promotional graphic for End of year slow down and reflect event, a pay what you can workshop with Alex of Unconditional Learning. There's an image of a feather quill pen writing in an open notebook.

Alex Shevrin Venet@asv· Apr 27

Ok I decided to start by just writing a personal note back

Screenshot of a messenger exchange. First message says "you are correct, our apologies as learning with AI to help out with some of our marketing. We will do better!" My reply says "Thanks for replying! I'm not sure if you're aware, but a lot of people have a pretty negative association with AI-generated images/ads (the name for it is 'AI slop' 😬). By using them, you might be accidentally communicating the wrong values to the community - AI is awful for the environment, steals from artists, and a whole bunch of other concerns. When I see a local biz use AI instead of taking the time to just use a Canva template or something it definitely negatively impacts my view of the place (redacted is a good example, I roll my eyes whenever I see their posts and it doesn't make me want to spend money there). Anyway this is more than you wanted to know but I just thought I'd say my 2 cents!"

Alex Shevrin Venet@asv· Mar 18

Nope, Google Docs

Google docs auto grammar edit bubble suggesting the word "travel" in place of "trip" in a sentence reading "I trip a lot." The next sentence is "I drop things" suggesting that the word "travel" is pretty wrong here

Alex Shevrin Venet@asv· Mar 7

To boldly nap where no cat has napped before

A tortoiseshell cat curled up asleep next to the box of the Lego star Trek enterprise set

Alex Shevrin Venet@asv· Feb 28

Blocking out the world on caturday

A tortoiseshell cat in a half shrimp position covering her eyes with her paws

Alex Shevrin Venet@asv· Feb 26

This new book is out tomorrow and I have a chapter in it! It's on unconditional positive regard as an antidote to moral injury. Big idea: when we humanize our students, we humanize ourselves. Lots of great stuff throughout the whole book. www.tcpress.com/what-teacher...

Book cover: What Teachers Need: How the Education Community Can Promote Sustainable Well-Being and Help Heal the Profession. Edited by Amanda Moreno and Jeanette Banashak. Erikson Institute.

Alex Shevrin Venet@asv· Feb 21

Caturday fashion

A tortoiseshell cat wearing a fuzzy white bear hat

Alex Shevrin Venet@asv· Feb 15

So cool to walk out on the frozen lake today!

Frozen lake champlain with people walking on it and the Adirondacks in the distance

Alex Shevrin Venet@asv· Feb 5

I'm facilitating this again the week after next in case you weren't able to make it last night. Pass along to any educator who might benefit! Free or pay-what-you-can. I have limited zoom capacity- please only register if you're pretty sure you can make it buytickets.at/unconditiona...

Trauma-informed teaching during ongoing crisis. there's a graphic of melting ice. Free or pay-what-you-can. Monday, February 16, 7pm Eastern. Register at https://www.tickettailor.com/events/unconditionallearning

Alex Shevrin Venet@asv· Jan 31

5 degrees out, no heat at the Radio Bean, taps frozen, but the (Bach) show must go on

Two dudes in winter coats hanging an #iceout banner on a sequin wall of a music venue

Alex Shevrin Venet@asv· Jan 27

Offering what I can for any teacher who needs it! Please spread the word #EduSky www.tickettailor.com/events/uncon...

Trauma-informed teaching during ongoing crisis. there's a graphic of melting ice. Free or pay-what-you-can. Wednesday, February 4, 7pm Eastern. Register at https://www.tickettailor.com/events/unconditionallearning/2040547

Alex Shevrin Venet@asv· Jan 24

She approves

A tortoiseshell cat lounging and looking a little smug

Alex Shevrin Venet@asv· Jan 24

There is a cat bed just out of frame but Charlie's favorite spot is an overturned scratcher that our cleaner propped here one time. She is currently supervising Nate building a fire in the woodstove.

A tortoiseshell cat on the back of a cat scratcher propped over a radiator

Alex Shevrin Venet@asv· Jan 21

My spring graduate class for teachers starts in a couple of weeks: Radically Rethinking Classroom Management. Fully online, open to any educator, and you don't need to be in a particular program to take it. #EduSky www.castleton.edu/academics/pr...

This course is for you if…

You feel uneasy with typical “behavior management” approaches but you’re not sure about the alternative
You have been experimenting with more community-oriented approaches and want to take your work to the next level
You have one or more students with “challenging behavior” and you want to better meet their needs
You want to build community with other justice-oriented educators and deepen your knowledge so you can advocate for change

Alex Shevrin Venet@asv· Jan 10

Pastauary week 2!

A plate of tagliatelle with clams and a half full cup of red wine

Alex Shevrin Venet@asv· Jan 8

If only Peggy and Charlie and all the rest knew how much of our mental health rests in their little paws

Alex Shevrin Venet@asv· Jan 7

I wrote a book about making change in schools when the odds are stacked against you and you feel alone. Unfortunately I think it gets more and more relevant every day. If you're an educator (any level) and feeling unsure how to deal with *waves hands* all this, you're who I wrote this for.

the book Becoming an Everyday Changemaker: Healing and Justice at School by Alex Shevrin Venet

Alex Shevrin Venet@asv· Jan 6

I'm only 20 pages into this but loving it already!

The book Lessons in Community by Mari Dean

Alex Shevrin Venet@asv· Jan 5

Today we kicked off year 3 of Pastauary which is a holiday my husband and I invented. To celebrate Pastauary you just go out for pasta a bunch of times in January. 🤷‍♀️😅🍝 All are welcome to observe!

A plate of shrimp and bucatini in red sauce and a plate of gnocchi in a cream sauce

Alex Shevrin Venet@asv· Dec 24

Helping

A tortoiseshell cat lying atop puzzle pieces

Alex Shevrin Venet@asv· Dec 3

Next week! My last pay-what-you-can workshop of 2025. We'll be doing some of the activities from my book Becoming an Everyday Changemaker. Join us for some reflective time & brainstorming with community. #EduSky www.tickettailor.com/events/uncon...

How do I make change when I'm just one teacher? A pay-what-you-can workshop with Alex

Alex Shevrin Venet@asv· Dec 2

hmmm...might history guide us about what happens when we ask "how many disabled people is TOO MANY?"

The surge itself is undeniable. Soon, some schools may have more students receiving accommodations than not, a scenario that would have seemed absurd just a decade ago. Already, at one law school, 45 percent of students receive academic accommodations. Paul Graham Fisher, a Stanford professor who served as co-chair of the university’s disability task force, told me, “I have had conversations with people in the Stanford administration. They’ve talked about at what point can we say no? What if it hits 50 or 60 percent? At what point do you just say ‘We can’t do this’?” This year, 38 percent of Stanford undergraduates are registered as having a disability; in the fall quarter, 24 percent of undergraduates were receiving academic or housing accommodations.

Alex Shevrin Venet@asv· Dec 2

this person is the director of a center for learning disorders.

Lindstrom worries that the system encourages students to see themselves as less capable than they actually are. By attributing all of their difficulties to a disability, they are pathologizing normal challenges. “When it comes to a disorder like ADHD, we all have those symptoms sometimes,” Lindstrom told me. “But most of us aren’t impaired by them.”

Alex Shevrin Venet@asv· Dec 2

words fail me.

Professors told me that the most common—and most contentious—accommodation is the granting of extra time on exams. For students with learning disabilities, the extra time may be necessary to complete the test. But unlike a wheelchair ramp, this kind of accommodation can be exploited. Research confirms what intuition suggests: Extra time can confer an advantage to students who don’t have a disability.

Alex Shevrin Venet@asv· Dec 2

this article keeps holding up wheelchair users as "real" disabled people whereas ADHD and anxiety accommodations are ruining intellectual rigor. first of all, false binary. secondly, *unintelligible screaming*

The types of accommodations vary widely. Some are uncontroversial, such as universities outfitting buildings with ramps and providing course materials in braille. These allow disabled students to access the same opportunities as their classmates. Some students get approved for housing accommodations, including single rooms and emotional-support animals.

Alex Shevrin Venet@asv· Dec 2

oh goodie, we're already onto ADHD minimization and "it's too easy to get an ADHD diagnosis"

Schools began relaxing their requirements. A 2013 analysis of disability offices at 200 postsecondary institutions found that most “required little” from a student besides a doctor’s note in order to grant accommodations for ADHD. At the same time, getting such a note became easier. In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association expanded the definition of ADHD. Previously, the threshold for diagnosis had been “clear evidence of clinically significant impairment.” After the release of the DSM‑5, the symptoms needed only to “interfere with, or reduce the quality” of, academic functioning.

Alex Shevrin Venet@asv· Dec 2

I'm hatereading this Atlantic article on "too many college kids are getting accomodations." I have internet poisoning and I'm only on the fourth paragraph.