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.
Personalized Learning
New Guide Helps Parents Support Students in LEADing in Their Learning
Following the success of both the "Learning Differences MOOC-Ed" for educators and the "Students LEAD" course, The Friday Institute launched "Letting Students LEAD," a parent-directed companion resource to further support maximizing student learning.
SEL & Mindset
Developing Stronger Teacher-Student Connections
By: Tara Brown. Connecting with kids takes on many forms but all can have a huge impact on a child’s feeling of emotional safety, level of engagement and, ultimately, academic achievement.
Leadership
The Power of Teacher-to-Teacher Observations: A Formative Assessment Field Trip
A group of teachers recently set out on an adventure to conduct classroom observations and to seek out answers to some of their key questions about formative assessment. Here's what they learned.
Equity & Access
Santa Ana USD Provides Next-Gen CTE Pathways
Santa Ana Unified School District has been rethinking teaching and learning to better serve their families and students. Tom and Emily share how SAUSD is creating Next-Gen pathways and improving education in their community.
Project-Based Learning
3 Keys to Educating the Whole Child
By: Kristi Robinson. A principal’s approach to social-emotional learning starts with going on a walk with her students.
SEL & Mindset
Four Strategies for Introducing Empathy in the Classroom
By: Caitlin Warren. Cultivating empathy in the classroom could be the answer to decreasing bullying. Here are four tips for educators looking to create more empathic classrooms.
Ed Policy
Is Next Gen Learning a Political Act?
By: Andy Calkins. All parents want whatever their children need in order to fulfill their highest potential. Next-gen learning is a means to this end, one everyone can get behind.
Project-Based Learning
Educating the Whole Child Through PBL
Project-based learning has been touted as the pedagogical cure-all for many things. Indeed, I have long argued it’s the ultimate instructional response to the need for real-world relevance and application, problem-solving, collaboration, student engagement, presentation skills, mentors and even tech integration. It’s the pedagogical glue if you will. But one…
SEL & Mindset
Relationships As Engagement: Understanding the Whole Child
In schools across the country, it is quite common to hear teachers, instructional coaches, and administrators talking about student engagement. But as Amanda Winkelsas explains, the path to student engagement is not always as direct as a teacher, coach, or administrator would hope.
Personalized Learning
SEL Spotlight: Grant Beacon Middle School
Grant Beacon Middle School is promoting SEL in unique and sustainable ways by focusing on creating a positive culture and character development.