Social-Emotional Learning

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Cultivating Mindfulness in the Classroom

Carri Schneider

Jul 21, 2016

Teaching kids skills like meditation and integrating practices can help them develop mindfulness throughout the school day. Here are several resources to help calm their bodies and activate their minds in the classroom.

Leadership

Celebrate the Flops (Then They Don’t Hurt So Much): 7 SEL Mindset Tips

Mary Ryerse

Jul 13, 2016

Mistakes are part of the learning process, and when we treat them as such through an SEL mindset, they give us reason to celebrate. Here are seven tips for turning flops back into flips.

Leadership

4 Steps to Reorganize Schools Around Learning Relationships

Guest Author

Jun 30, 2016

By: Gunnar Counselman. Here's a four step roadmap for building schools that consistently imbue students with the motivational assets that they need to succeed in school and life.

Personalized Learning

Infographic | Why It Is Imperative to Assess Social Emotional Learning

Guest Author

Jun 17, 2016

By: Jonathan E. Martin and Jeremy Burrus. Helping students develop noncognitive strengths is something nearly every teacher addresses daily. This infographic explains more on why it is so important for educators to assess social emotional learning in schools.

Leadership

10 Ways Educators Can Use SEL Measurement and Assessment for Student Success

Guest Author

May 31, 2016

By: Jonathan E. Martin. Here are ten ways that schools or districts can use the data and reports they receive from social emotional learning assessments to assist with students' future success.

EdTech

EdTech 10: Taking a HigherEd Path

Getting Smart Staff

May 18, 2016

This week’s edition shares stories on providing today's students with the opportunity to choose highered as their path after high school.

Leadership

What’s Next? Personalized, Project-Based Learning

Tom Vander Ark

May 18, 2016

There are several challenges faced when trying to execute project-based learning well. Here are 10 next-gen schools blending the best of personalized learning and project-based learning to address these challenges.

Project-Based Learning

Social and Emotional Learning and Assessment: The Demand is Clear

Guest Author

May 17, 2016

By: Jonathan Martin. Noncognitive skill assessment is a necessary, even critical component, of strengthening social and emotional learning in schools.

EdTech

Why and How Personalized Learning is Transforming Texas Education

Tom Vander Ark

May 10, 2016

Texas schools are shifting rapidly from print to digital content, and these blended environments are enabling a new level of personalized learning in the state's schools.

Leadership

Blended, Project-Based and Social Emotional Learning at Thrive Public Schools

Tom Vander Ark

Apr 28, 2016

A San Diego school gives visitors a glimpse of the future of learning--blended, personalized and competency-based.

	Beginning	Piloting	Implementing
From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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