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Digital Citizenship: Having The Right Conversation With Students
14shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore The Supreme Court seems close to issuing a ruling in the case of a student who was kicked off her high school cheerleading team due to an obscene Snapchat post. Brandi Levy, a high school sophomore posted a message where she vents, “F— school, F— softball, F—…
Continue ReadingHow SEL Can Accelerate Maturity in Students
12shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore One decade ago, I began to hypothesize about a trait I observed in high school and college students. I continued to be baffled by how much they knew yet how little they’d experienced. I researched the reasons for this and came up with a term, which became…
Continue ReadingThree Steps To Practice Mindfulness During Testing Season And Teach It To Your Students
5shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Nautrie Jones 100% Virtual. 100% In-Person Learning. Hybrid. Synchronous. Asynchronous. If you are in any field relating to education, it is likely that both you and your students are quite familiar with one or all of these terms. This past year has been a challenge for us all. Students…
Continue ReadingThe Case For Why A Broader Perspective Is A Crucial Skill Your Students Need
11shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore Last week, a dear friend of mine swore to me that anyone who celebrates Easter is cursed. Three weeks ago, I met someone who believes the world is flat and anyone who thinks otherwise has been duped by the government. In January, I spoke to a group…
Continue ReadingThe Importance of Sensitivity in Your Student’s Empathy Skills
28shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Grace Hooley I vividly remember the first time a teacher told me I was being too sensitive. It was sixth grade in Mrs. Troy’s social studies classroom, and we were talking about the Trail of Tears and The Native American Removal Act. As she talked about how these native…
Continue ReadingThe Importance of Laughter for Your Student’s Stress Management
342shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore Whenever I meet with students, it seems something hilarious is bound to happen. It’s part of adolescence—to seek out the bizarre, to poke fun, and to laugh at ourselves. I’ve come to believe it’s part of dealing with stress. I’ve heard from middle school and high school…
Continue ReadingWhy SEL Has to be More Than Just a Class
12shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Andrew McPeak A few months back I had the pleasure of teaching three sessions at a district-wide conference for K-12 teachers. As a part of my presentation, I made a point to talk about why building Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) skills during the pandemic was one of the…
Continue ReadingFive Practices to Help Students Make Stress Work For Them
1,771shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore Gretchen Goldman is a scientist, a mom, and the research director at a nonprofit in Washington. Her job involves conducting television interviews and briefing lawmakers. Now, however, she is doing this work from home, near her young children and a chaotic environment. On the screen, Gretchen looks…
Continue ReadingSeven Ideas to Employ if Remote or Hybrid Learning Doesn’t Go Away
21shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore Although millions of teachers, students, and parents would say the abrupt transition to remote learning a year ago was problematic, many are now preparing for more of it going into the 2021-22 school year. According to journalist Benjamin Herold, “Many teachers hate it. Millions of parents find…
Continue ReadingThree Helpful Secrets for Putting Empathy to Work
2shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore One fascinating study on the subject of compassion was conducted at Princeton Seminary in 1973. Graduate students who studied theology were asked if they were entering the ministry because of innate reasons (i.e., they cared for people) or for circumstantial reasons (i.e., their father was a minister).…
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