Social Emotional learning
Let’s mark the year’s end in memorable ways. Abigail Carter provides practical tips for celebrating, reflecting, and planning, ensuring a positive transition for students and families.
Allison Makowski shares key insights for creating safe spaces and building relationships with students. These are practical approaches to use today.
We can create supportive school environments for students dealing with trauma and stress. Alisa Kaczorowski offers practical strategies for emotional regulation leading to academic achievement.
When we’re wound so tight we can’t think straight, an ejection seat from the craziness sounds appealing. Principal Andrew Karr had an important realization while playing cards with his son.
Social stories are incredibly useful for young learners. Innovation Coach Sandy Goehring explores how three AI tools can play a powerful role in creating these stories.
The start of the school year has teachers with pages long to-do lists. Kristin Pierce of EVERFI is sharing a treasure trove of no-cost digital resources for K-12 students which are ready to use tomorrow!
In part 2 of the series, Carol Howard shares the activities she and her students do together, beginning very early in the school year, to create a caring, safe, and supportive learning space.
At the start of every school year, a group of people who don’t know each other well enter a space to learn. Nine months later, this same group views themselves as a family. Carol Howard shares some of the intentional steps she takes to make this happen.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Rebekah Frazer shares resources & ideas for working mental health awareness into every classroom across the state.
Empathy is an important part of being human, but it’s a difficult concept to teach. High School teacher Kelsey Koeneman shares an engaging way to do just that.
Thousands of students across Indiana have spent a portion of their lives in refugee camps across the globe. Angie Wiggins shares how educators can support these students as they strive to resettle.
Once a Comprehensive School Counseling Program is in place, it does automatically maintain itself. Melissa Cook Rarick explores four components necessary for program sustainability.