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Mar 31, 2020

Fun Activities to Promote Executive Function Skills in a Time of Social Distancing

With much of the nation experiencing widespread school closures, a lot of teachers and parents alike are looking for creative ideas to have a little fun (and to incorporate some learning too).

Jen Perry

Feb 25, 2020

How Supporting #EducatorFirst SEL Can Help Reverse Declining Teacher Optimism

Creating school settings where everyone feels safe can be a challenge. The realities of the world we live in have a profound impact on our students, and often schools have limited resources in the way of social workers and counselors to address their needs. In order to move forward in dealing with student needs, the very real trauma and SEL needs of teachers must first be addressed. Find out how using an #EducatorFirst approach, combined with compassion, allows for the creation of an environment that cares for the SEL needs of all and, ideally, increases both skill sets and optimism.

Jen Perry

Feb 11, 2020

Thinking Outside the Box, Rewriting Mindsets, and Impacting School Culture

When Dr. Zach Bost moved from being the assistant principal of a high school to the principal of an elementary school in his district, many of his colleagues cautioned him against it.

Haley Peterson

Feb 05, 2020

10 Classroom Strategies to Implement Whole Child Instruction

Whole Child instruction is an approach to education that aims to ensure each child, in each school, in each community is healthy, safe, engag

Winnie O'Leary

Feb 03, 2020

Building Entrepreneurial Mindsets: 5 Reasons to Teach Entrepreneurship in the Classroom

Teaching entrepreneurship helps students flex their creativity and take ownership over their own learning.

Victoria Howard

Jan 28, 2020

Student Trauma and the Effects on Executive Functioning and Social and Emotional Learning

Increasingly, teachers are supporting students who are either disengaged or whose behavior impacts their ability to learn.

Jen Perry

Jan 09, 2020

Cool to Be Kind: Teaching Kindness in the Classroom by Celebrating the Small Things

Anxiety and depression are on the rise in children from preschoolers to teenagers, and the negative news cycle does

Sarah Cornelius

Dec 18, 2019

Turning Field Trips into Fieldwork to Support Project-Based Learning

Combining fieldwork and field trips can also present some real challenges. Here are some tips from Ms. Olson and the Edmentum and Calvert Learning teams for successfully combining and making the most of PBL fieldwork and field trips.