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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.
Metacognition and Mindfulness Meet the Power of Not Yet!
Sometimes teachers are faced with the challenge of students who just “give up” at the first sign of an academic challenge. Learn how helping them develop metacognition will instill academic resilience and allow for learning to be maximized.
Human Development as Professional Development: Fostering District-Wide Well Being
How can a school district systematically support all the various individual experiences and reactions? Parkland, Florida, has developed an inspirational approach under some of truly trying circumstances. Learn more here.
How One Teacher is Teaching Her Students to be Kind
Kindness is a relatively easy word to define, according to Google it means “the quality of being friendly, generous and considerate” easy enough, right? Then why is “kindness” often so hard to put into practice? How do we go about teaching and learning, kindness?