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How to Teach Your Students To Be Responsible Decision Makers
31shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore I remember it like it was yesterday. I met with three high school students following a major brawl after a Friday night football game. A group of students from each high school began trash-talking each other, and the clash got heated. Within moments, words were exchanged for…
Continue ReadingBan Facebook or Build Leaders: How Education Can Bridge the Gap Between Social Media & Social-Emotional Learning
3shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore I never thought I’d see this day. The government of the Solomon Islands, a nation of hundreds of individual islands in the South Pacific, is planning to ban the entire Facebook platform, ABC Australia reports. Yep — this is no joke. Facebook will be banned from an…
Continue ReadingWho Wins When Social and Emotional Learning Meets Real Life?
20shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore In times like these, we can all use some good news. This past year, 2020, was quite a year, complete with a pandemic, protests, political polarization, pay reductions, and panic attacks. A friend told me on November 1 (when we switched to standard time) that he didn’t…
Continue ReadingSix Warning Signs Your Students Are Struggling with the Pandemic
13shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore I wonder if adults fully comprehend what’s going on inside the minds of kids today. Mental health issues were already mounting among those in Generation Z, but the Pandemic has taken its toll and left them in worse mental and emotional health than ever. In Japan, more…
Continue ReadingFour Secrets to Virtually Approach Social and Emotional Learning
9shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore Have you ever heard of BeauTubers? This is a term describing beauty-YouTubers. A beauty YouTuber, commonly referred to as a beauty vlogger, beauty guru, beauty influencer, or Beautuber, is a person who creates and posts videos to YouTube about cosmetics, fashion, hair-styling, nail art, and other beauty-related…
Continue ReadingThree Social and Emotional Skills to Prepare Gen Z for Their Careers
17shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Laura is an HR executive who just finished her 14th interview in a single week with a prospective job candidate. We spoke by phone at the end of her week, and she told me she was exhausted. When I said I understood her natural weariness, she said it wasn’t the…
Continue ReadingThe Importance of Developing Emotionally Intelligent Schools and Homes
9shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn I was stunned to hear what had happened at Stanley Middle School in Lafayette, California. Seventh-grader Merek Mastrov, who is 12 years old, missed a total of 90 minutes of Zoom classroom time. What step did the school take in response? Merek’s dad got a letter saying his son was…
Continue ReadingFour Reasons Why a Gap Year Might be the Best Way for Students to Build SEL Skills (Even During a Pandemic)
10shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Today’s blog post is from Steve Moore. Steve is an author, speaker, and president of Growing Leaders. I came across an interesting letter written by a father on behalf of his discouraged son: Please forgive a father who is so bold as to turn to you…in the interest of his…
Continue ReadingThe Secret to Starting Real-Life Conversations with Your Students
6shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn I made a discovery recently. The schools that experience the toughest challenges with a remote learning model (or even a hybrid schedule) are the ones that continue to push for keeping academic scores high, at the expense of everything else. I asked a teacher recently how her remote learning experience…
Continue ReadingThe Pros & Cons of E-Learning to Build Social & Emotional Learning Skills
5shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn For many years now, researchers in educational fields have been trying to understand the influence of technology in the classroom. Is it helping? Is it hurting? Should we be using it? Of course, all of the answers to these questions may not be moot. After all, technology isn’t IN the…
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