Education
Why Social-Emotional Learning Should Be a Top Priority When Going Back to School
8shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Tomas Macaluso is a principal at North Valleys High School in Reno, Nevada. He and his team have become passionate about establishing social and emotional learning into the 2,200 students who attend NVHS. While Tomas knows academics are important, he is committed to graduating students who are ready for…
Continue ReadingWhy Some Nations Are Figuring Out How to Open Schools
7shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn We’ve actually heard some good news from European countries like Denmark, Germany, Austria, and Norway. These nations have figured out ways to reopen their schools, some as early as mid-April and early May, without seeing significant increases in COVID-19 cases. And, according to the New York Times, “Experts are…
Continue ReadingTwo Important Decisions School Administrators Must Make This Fall
4shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn History is full of stories of leaders who each faced a crucial fork in the road and made a courageous decision. Want a few modern examples? Admiral Jim Stockdale chose to injure himself by cutting his face and butchering it with a stool so he could not be portrayed…
Continue ReadingEducators: Five Ideas to Overcoming Burnout Without Quitting
14shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn “COVID-19 has been a blessing and a curse,” Jared told me frankly. Jared is a high school principal who finished his 20th year as an administrator this past spring. He went on to say his teachers have enjoyed the change of pace that the quarantine offered everyone but that…
Continue ReadingFive Ideas to Overcome the Challenge of Virtual Learning This Fall
16shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Most of us weren’t quite sure what would happen when the nationwide quarantine was mandated and both parents and their kids found themselves attempting to work from home. What we now realize is that those students and their parents agree on one thing: Virtual learning didn’t work too well.…
Continue ReadingFive Changes Schools Plan to Make This Fall
2shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn At Growing Leaders, we have the privilege of interacting with lots of school administrators, athletic directors, and department heads. Obviously, with such a strange spring semester behind us, these leaders are planning for a new normal this fall. No one I have spoken with plans for life to go…
Continue ReadingLife Skills: The Class Some Students Are Asking for
12shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn After teaching the art of communication to some high school seniors, I turned them loose to apply what they’d learned. In groups of three, students stood up front to speak on a topic they felt passionate about. One group specifically caught my attention. The group members spoke about how…
Continue ReadingSeven Practical Strategies to Talk About Mental Health with Your Kids
9shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Even though mental health issues are on the forefront of our minds today, the topic still carries a stigma for many. Talking about depression can be hard. Trina, a sophomore in college, recently said to me, “We look around us and everyone else seems happy, and we feel we…
Continue ReadingHow Schools Can Practice Good Timing This Fall
7shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Did you notice that people experienced an ebb and flow to their emotional state since we were all quarantined in March? I sure you did. At first, we were refreshed, by not having to drive to work or even get dressed up for Zoom meetings. Then, we declined a…
Continue ReadingSurvey Says: Teachers and Parents Will Handle the Fall Differently
5shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Here are some icebreaker questions for you: Why have people today felt the need to: Hoard toilet paper at the grocery store? Keep their automobile gas tanks as full as possible? Purchase enough masks to keep their faces covered for a decade? The…
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