Leadership
Reopening Schools: How to Overcome SEL Challenges
I recently did a workshop for educational leaders leading SEL implementation efforts. While they shared many successes and were proud of the work done, ...
What Makes a Great Leader?
Every summer, I teach an Emotional Intelligence (EQ) course to aspiring principals who are getting prepared for the challenges of leadership through the Summer Principals Academy at ...
Two Announcements
Teaching with the HEART in Mind is now available as an audiobook! When I first considered doing an audiobook, I thought that I ...
Reclaiming SEL
Students are socially, emotionally, and culturally complex beings. Their development is not predetermined, fixed or linear; it is unique to each individual and highly ...
Educator Wellbeing Is NOT an Individual Responsibility
The pandemic has taken a toll on teachers’ mental health. Stress was the most common reason teachers cited for leaving the profession before and ...
Understanding Resistance to SEL
On March 26, we celebrated the second International Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Day! The field has exponentially grown since 1968, the year when Dr. ...
SEL Data for Dialogue
It is common for teachers to assess students’ understanding and mastery of the academic standards taught in class through reading assessments, math benchmarks, exit ...
Hard on Barriers
My friend and colleague Michael Eatman, coach and founder of Culture7, said on a panel exploring the emotions of racial inequity, “you have to be ...
Purpose Builds Resilience
A few years back, I agreed to help organize an “SEL Day” at a local school. The organizing team did not seem to have a ...