1:00 – Every Decision Counts Basketball book study 4:30 – Coaching connections, helping students grow through athletics 9:30 – A new passion, from curriculum to SEL 12:30 – Understanding Adult SEL 14:10 – Serving teacher’s to reach students 16:00 – The Game Changer, Morning check-in 18:30 – Curriculum committee to SEL committee 20:30 – Integrating SEL with Instruction 23:45 – … Read More
Building Trusting Relationships in Your School Community
TL;DR: Build trusting relationships at all levels of your school community by creating safe relationships for students, establishing advisory programs, encouraging parent volunteers, and checking in with teachers. Improve emotional health by starting each day with a welcoming or inclusion activity, embedding engagement strategies, and end with an optimistic closing and time for reflection. Every person in this country has … Read More
The Role of Socializing in Adolescent Development
TL;DR: Socializing is an important factor in adolescent development. Emotional health impacts one’s physical health. Technology has both positive and negative uses, so be mindful of how your students are utilizing it. It’s important for everyone to still socialize in a variety of ways, as long as staying safe is a priority. “Both/And” Thinking is a more positive perspective than … Read More
4 Ways To Rebuild Your Students’ Emotional Health
TL;DR: Rebuild your students’ emotional health by modeling behaviors, understanding emotions, addressing social skills, and sharing strategies for emotional regulation. Checking in with students and incorporating passion projects, mindful moments, and dialogue journals into your classroom are just some of the other strategies shared to address your students’ emotional health. We are experiencing the hardest year of teaching in modern … Read More
Building Community through Morning Meeting
TL;DR: Morning meeting is a time for students to gather, discuss the day’s events and lessons, and anything else on their minds. Morning meeting is a strategy for building community in a classroom. Each morning meeting is facilitated by the teacher, but is student-driven. At precisely 9:25 on Monday morning, the doorbell rings. Students put away their materials, quickly move … Read More