Book Launch: A Time for PEAC3E: Propriety in Education with an Academic Curriculum Centered on Culture

The authors are curious. When was the last time you colored? Or developed an action plan for yourself?

A Time for PEAC3E: The PIEC3ES focus is to:

1. *Let us color to reduce anxiety and stress, as the research shows,
2. *Let us reflect, to recognize the gap between what we KNOW to do versus what we DO,
3. *Let us think and use recall to recognize, utilize and enhance our thinking skills, and
4. *Let us develop and implement an action plan to improve our outcomes for our personal and professional growth.

Coloring, reflecting, thinking, and developing an action plan are the roots of The PIEC3ES. It is a supplement and complement to the book, A Time for PEAC3E: Propensity in Education with an Academic Curriculum Centered on Culture and Equity. The book has an expanded version of those pieces.

The PIEC3ES is an activity book, including word searches that correspond to the vocabulary words in the book, with simple to complex examples. It also includes an enhanced reflection and action plan for personal and professional growth.

Another highlight is that it is a coloring book. West African Adinkra symbols are used as a succinct way of sharing a specific theme or concept, using the symbols. For example, the symbol for quality control, critical examination and excellence is used for the assessment section. Each symbol reinforces the relationship between the whole (symbol) to the part (narrative) and is aligned with the sections in the book to communicate an idea or value.

In addition to the Adinkra symbols for coloring, peace symbols are used to summarize the evidence-based initiatives, research and programs that have proven to be successful for meeting the instructional and emotional needs of all children in youth. Interestingly enough, the majority of the ideas that work can be summarized in three distinctive parts.