Category: Social-Emotional Learning
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A Short Story of Optimism and Generosity
I recently had the opportunity to spend time with some students from our after school program on a field trip and they truly impressed me with their generosity. We were walking to our bus in San Francisco’s financial district – where we had just finished our visit to one of our corporate partners.
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Are We Modeling Social Emotional Skills?
Social-emotional learning requires the same kind of intentionality as academic learning and as adults, we have to model the social-emotional skills we hope to build in our students.
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Five Ways to Improve School Safety with Social-Emotional Learning
By viewing school safety issues with a social-emotional learning lens, we can work together to build a positive and safe school climate and culture that better supports learning. When students feel safe, comfortable, and understood, they begin class ready to learn. Social emotional learning starts with adult learning In our work with districts emphasizing promising […]
Daren Howard 