Three Ways You Can Engage Families During the Summer
We know that close family ties is an essential ingredient that characterizes schools that improve significantly compared to schools that ...
3 Strategies to Increase Resiliency in English Learners
In the classroom, English learners (ELs) often have unique needs and strengths. In addition to language challenges, ELs have additional difficulties: living in a new country, trying to fit into a new school, making new friends. They may also have significant family responsibilities or experience with trauma. SEL can help EL students overcome challenges. A growing body of research suggests that the use of SEL in classrooms has positive impacts on all students, teachers, and society at large.
The Power of Beliefs About Social Emotional Learning (SEL)
The SEL Implementation Challenge There’s a problem in the field of Social Emotional Learning. It goes something like this: Even ...
Throwing the Skunk on the Table: Difficult Times Call for Difficult Conversations
Type: Webinar On-Demand
Date: June 15, 2022
Sponsored By: 7 Mindsets
At Chilton Independent School District in Texas, administrators and staff are working to build a culture in which they can “throw the skunk on the table,” by embracing challenges, resolving issues, and having fun in the process. They believe that High Expectation, Accountability, and Trust (HEAT) are the foundation for achievement to be sustainable.
SEL Summer Curriculum
Are You Awarding Credit for BASE? Now that the end of the school year is near, the anticipation of summer ...
2 Recipes for Successful SEL Implementation
From Cookie Cutters to Cake Batter: 2 Recipes for Successful SEL Implementation Sometimes, I hear people complain that social and ...
3 Ways SEL Assessment Changes What We See
Recently, I met with a team of teachers and administrators who had administered our assessment, SELweb. I thought I was ...
Why Soft Skills are Important
Skills like managing our emotions, developing healthy relationships, and setting goals are the foundational components that set up students to better learn more traditional academic content. Learning long division or writing a book report is nearly impossible for someone who can’t manage emotions or set goals, and we all know that students learn better when they have healthy relationships with their teachers and peers. A lot of people refer to social-emotional skills as “soft skills,” but I think they should instead be called “essential skills.” I often argue that they are as important as traditional academic content—if not more important.
Overcoming the Achievement Gap Trap: Liberating Mindsets to Effect Change
Type: Webinar On-Demand
Original Air Date: May 17th, 2022
Sponsored By: 7 Mindsets
This workshop will explore the connection between personal and institutional mindsets and academic achievement gaps. The issue of inequality in student learning outcomes has been studied and debated for many years, but this workshop will seek to establish that the primary culprit in the fight to overcome the achievement gap is our thinking.
4 Tips for Teaching Empathy in the Classroom
As we strive to help students build mindsets to promote self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision making, one of the most important skills students need to build is empathy. Empathy is the ability to understand someone else’s experience from their own perspective. This valuable skill set helps students learn to be more accepting and tolerant of different ideas and perspectives, while also driving students to become global citizens and change-makers.
