5 Benefits of Social-Emotional Learning Books
As a teacher, you don’t just want your students to acquire knowledge. You also want them to grow up emotionally mature. Here are some benefits of social-emotional learning in the classroom.
Better School and Class Climate
Incorporating social-emotional learning in class creates a more...
Cultivating Student Happiness: Beware of Toxic Positivity
By Lisa Parry
When my oldest daughter graduated from high school a few years ago, I gave her and her four closest friends a bracelet with this affirming message:
She believed she could, so she did.
It seemed like the perfect sentiment for five young ladies ready to leave the comfort and security...
Civics is Good, but Politics are Bad: A Serious Conundrum
By Michelle Blanchet
“I’m sorry to be political” or “I’m sorry to bring politics into this” became phrases over the years when people want to discuss something important in our world.
I often wonder what this means and why people think they need to...
From a Deficit Model to a Human-Centered Approach
By Byron McClure
Despite our roles in the field of education, we have all been misled, leading us to focus on the wrong things for way too long. It's not our fault. We shouldn't blame any one person, group, or philosophy.
The truth is that if you are a teacher, school administrator,...
How To Structure a Project Based Learning Experience
As questions about project-based learning (PBL) continue to swirl, we turned to the experts to help answer our questions.
Experienced classroom teachers and school administrators Ross Cooper and Erin Murphy explain how to empower those intimidated by PBL to cry, “I...
Setting and Modeling High Expectations
In his popular book, Hacking Classroom Management, Utah English Teacher of the Year and sought-after speaker Mike Roberts brings you 10 quick and easy classroom management hacks that will make your classroom the place to be for all your students.
He shows you how to create an...
3 Reasons Why Project Based Learning Works
Before you continue reading this post, take some time to reflect on your own school experience.
Whether it was a few years ago, or a few decades ago, what are those learning experiences that you remember most? What were those experiences that kept you most engaged? Which experiences had the best...
Teaching With the Right Tools for Success
It has often been said that to be a runner, all you need is a pair of shorts and some shoes.
While this may be true in theory, from my experience, running goes well beyond those two simple pieces of equipment. Yes, shorts and shoes may be enough to get you started, but at the same time, they may...
It's A Classroom Not A Bootcamp: Classroom Management 2.0
THE PROBLEM: TEACHERS START THE YEAR WITH “NO”
Ah, yes—the first day of class. That special time of the year when everything starts fresh.
New students. New ideas. New opportunities.
And the same old first-day routine. If you are like many teachers, the first day of...
What If Teachers Could Extinguish Shame?
Shame permeates our schools and classrooms. Kids shame their peers and, sometimes, usually unwittingly, teachers shame their students.
Compassionate classrooms, detailed in Hacking Classroom Culture by Angela Stockman and Ellen Feig Gray, extinguish shame.
Read the excerpt below to...
