Empowering Educators
Every six months, we pause to review and reflect with a special digest issue. Our most powerful and popular articles over the past six months. The goal of this issue is to empower educators with the skills, self-awareness, and confidence to be successful in the many different aspects of their work.
Articles in this Issue
Practical Ways to Uncover Unconscious Bias and Eliminate It
By Dr. Joe Tilley, Amber SearlesA colleague who taught special education in the inclusion setting recently shared an experience they had when they were coteaching and partnered with a first-year educator. They spent an in-service…
Practicing Self-Awareness to Elevate Teacher Efficacy
By Dr. Colt Turner, Dhanya BhatAristotle is credited with stating, “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” For educators, self-awareness—defined by Merriam-Webster as “awareness of one’s own personality or individuality” (Merriam-Webster, n.d.)—is especially important,…
A+SEL in Action
By Lisa Sassaman, Tally Lent, Heather YoungWhat does it look like to teach content-area skills in a math, science, or social studies classroom while also emphasizing social and emotional skills? How can those academic, social, and…
Leading the Way: A Successful Start
By Aliza KadishBeacon Hill Preparatory School is a small, traditional, tuition-based private school in the heart of Miami Gardens, Florida, that currently serves 230 students from preschool to eighth grade. The school…
Recognizing and Managing Brain-Based Responses to Emotions
By Jazmine FranklinOur emotions are closely tied to the social and emotional competencies of cooperation, assertiveness, responsibility, empathy, and self-control. For example, when you assert yourself, you are expressing strong emotions effectively.…
Making Time for Social and Emotional Learning in Schools
By Margie Dorshorst“If I had a dollar for every decision I make in a year, I’d be rich!” These words are the sentiment of many school leaders who have to make both…
Bridging Home and School to Support Literacy Skill Building
By Leah CarsonAfter more than a year of remote learning, periods of quarantine, family illnesses, and loss, educators are exploring every avenue of support to help students rebuild their academic skills. Some…