Self-Awareness: A Simple and Elusive Social and Emotional Competence
Most people agree that it’s good to know yourself. In fact, “self-awareness” is one of the five core CASEL competencies ...
Ridiculously Amazing Schools
7 Mindsets, the national leader in mindsets-based social and emotional learning (SEL) curriculum and activities, today announced the publication of Ridiculously Amazing Schools: Creating a Culture Where Everyone Thrives. The new book is co-authored by Tracey Smith, the principal of Brookwood (GA) Elementary School, and Jeff Waller, 7 Mindsets’ co-creator and vice president of educational services.
In Defense of Teacher Rating Scales for SEL Assessment
As I’ve worked with educators to support their wise use of SEL assessment to inform practice, a few themes have ...
A Different New Year’s Resolution
My New Year’s Resolution for 2020 is to work. That’s right! I want to work. Here are 5 ways I am going to make 2020 work better for me.
Social and Emotional Competence Assessment for Instructional Planning
Over the past few months, I’ve had the good fortune of leading a handful of workshops for educators on SEL ...
The View of Social and Emotional Learning from the Principal’s Office
Last month, CASEL released an important report, Ready to Lead (2019 update), about principals’ views of social and emotional learning. ...
Consumer’s Guide to Social and Emotional Assessment, Part II: Reliability and Its Consequences
This is the second part in our blog series about how to evaluate the merits of an SEL assessment. The ...
Working with Difficult Students
9 Tips for Working with “Difficult” Populations “Troubled”, “High Risk”, “Difficult”, these are just some of the names that we ...
World Mental Health Day 2019: Advocacy at All Levels
World Mental Health Day is coming up on October 10th. The theme this year is suicide prevention. When we lose ...
Consumer’s Guide to Social and Emotional Assessment, Part I: How To Know if an Assessment is Up to Snuff
A Consumer’s Guide to Social and Emotional Assessment Before getting into the business of assessing student social and emotional competence, ...
