When it comes to student trauma, there is much that is beyond educators’ power, but there is also a great deal they can do to build a supportive and sensitive classroom environment. This article shares eight practical strategies teachers can use to help these students feel safe and ready to learn.
Learn about the components of Morning Meetings, an engaging way to start each day, build a strong sense of community, and set children up for success socially and academically. Each morning, students and teachers gather together in a circle for twenty to thirty minutes and interact with one another during four purposeful components.
Article about the importance on talking about race and racism with children
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An article about a survey by the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and CASEL revealed that during the COVID-19 crisis, U.S. teachers predominantly felt anxious, fearful, and overwhelmed. The article highlights the need for better emotional support and well-being initiatives for educators.
Talking with Youth about Anti-Asian American/Pacific Islander Hate Read More »
As research tells us that 85 percent of teachers report that work-life imbalance was affecting their ability to teach and at least 30 percent of teachers leave the profession within their first five years of teaching, this article asserts that educators’ emotions matter for five primary reasons and supports the need for adult SEL.
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The National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) compiled the following list of websites and free resources to help support youth, families, schools, and communities impacted by anti-AANHPI (Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander) racism.
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From cyberharassment to physical violence, bullying is a serious problem for many schools, but bullying LGBTQ students in particular is more likely to be ignored or mishandled by staff, according to recent research. This article discusses how most educators want to help and support LGBTQ students but don’t know how (2018)
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING ASSESSMENT: Measure, understand, and develop students’ life skills. Increase student achievement and well-being with research-backed social-emotional learning survey, reporting dashboards, and student support planning tools.
Extensive, statewide database for out-of-school time programs in Illinois
Statewide database for out-of-school time (OST) programs in Illinois Read More »
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