A Few Small Steps, A Big Impact: An Interview with Brad and Betsy Peterson

This episode features Brad and Betsy Peterson,  owners/founders of Brighter Fun, a children's learning product company. Betsy is an artist, illustrator, and entrepreneur. She’s spent the past seven years building an art business and collaborating with creative organizations to create fun and playful designs for a wide variety of products.  Brad started his path in education as a teacher, and then went on to found, design, and lead an innovative elementary school in Idaho, called the Future Public School.  Brad and Betsy live in Petoskey, Michigan and will be presenting at the Char-Em Area-Wide Professional Learning Day on November 1, 2023.

 

Listen in as Betsy and Brad talk about ways schools can create emotionally-responsive classrooms where teachers and students prioritize and address the emotional well-being and social-emotional development of all individuals.