SEL & Mindset
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is the deliberate commitment to including a framework of essential skills and dispositions that complement academics but historically have not been a part of curricular design. Learners acquire and effectively apply the skills necessary for self-regulation or managing and talking about emotions, forming relationships, setting goals and demonstrating empathy during their learning.
SEL & Mindset
Echoes of Fear: Consistent Exposure Keeps Anxiety at Bay
Today, I’ve asked Seth J. Gillihan to share his Tip of the Week. Earlier this year, I was so excited to get together with my youngest brother and his family for the first time since the pandemic—and to meet my new nephew. So when we settled into the living room…
SEL & Mindset
Center of Attention: Noticing Joy in the Everyday
Cassie Holmes shares her tip of the week on noticing joy.
SEL & Mindset
Tough New Growth: A Combination Mindset that Can Build Resilience
Adolescence is a stressful stage of life. Treating stress like the enemy steers teens away from the challenges they need to help them mature into capable, independent young adults.
SEL & Mindset
Addressing The Anxiety Wave In Schools
Students are looking to us, the adults, to show them how to deal with the feelings they are having. It comes down to modeling.
EdTech
Looking Behind the Screen: Critical Media Literacy Gives Us Tools to Understand How Media Shapes Our Perception of Others and the World
Critical Media Literacy seeks to equip people with the tools to be independent media users, free from oppression or restrictions by others.
Future of Learning
Making Time to Reflect
The practice of reflection is essential for us as educators and it is important that we help our students develop their own reflective practices. Rachelle Dené Poth shares more in her latest post.
SEL & Mindset
Imitation Is Inspiration: Copy-Paste Your Way to Success
Angela Duckworth pens her latest tip on how imitation is inspiration.
SEL & Mindset
The Scientific Case for Cultivating Grateful Learning Communities
What do you think of when you hear the words “gratitude” or “thankfulness” in the context of education? Allison Posey and Lainie Rowell share more in their latest post.
Learner-Centered
Tips from the Field: 4 Strategies for Supporting students
Educators all know that keeping students connected and engaged is critical to their success in school. Here are four strategies for supporting students.
SEL & Mindset
Getting to Yes: How to Spur Treatment for Mental Health
Ken Duckworth pens an open letter on motivational interviewing and mental health.