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.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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.
I’m the Peace Teacher
By: Linda Ryden. Mindfulness is having a moment right now and more and more schools are beginning to catch on. However, not all mindfulness programs are created equal.
How I Know: Impacting the Classroom through Student-Driven Learning in Dallas
In Dallas Independent School District (Dallas ISD), as teachers work to embed new social studies and language arts curricular resources, there is a special focus on student-driven learning. This post explores the significant role played by formative assessment.
Extending Social Emotional Learning into the Home
Though the addition of social-emotional learning to the standard set of curricula offerings has marked benefits for developing the whole child, social-emotional skills cannot be learned in the vacuum of school alone. This post explores ways to bring social-emotional learning into the home.
Global Dignity Day: Teaching Compassion, Understanding and Tolerance
Global Dignity Day is a day dedicated to teaching learners how to “tap into values of kindness, understanding, tolerance, and compassion.” Learn how you can participate.
Active Parent Engagement and the Role of Digital Portfolios
What if schools could engage parents in real-time and connect them more meaningfully to the dynamic happenings in their children’s classrooms? Learn how Bullis Charter School is enabling teachers, parents, and students to engage in the learning conversation in insightful and authentic ways.