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 | Social-Emotional Learning / Trauma Resiliency As students grow, they face a number of challenges in school. These challenges can vary in intensity and stem from a number of factors, including trauma. These challenges might differ from student to student, but the ability to meet challenges... | ||||
 | Social-Emotional Learning / Trauma Resiliency Children impacted by trauma and prolonged toxic stress carry a burden of feeling unworthy and disconnected from others. In turn, these feelings impair the traumatized child’s ability to develop meaningful and secure attachments. Once... | ||||
 | Social-Emotional Learning / Trauma Resiliency Building positive connections with your students helps to build resiliency, which, in turn, can help them cope with trauma, stress, and adversity. These positive connections can help serve as a protective factor for the student. Building... | ||||
 | Social-Emotional Learning / Trauma Resiliency Fostering resilience in students is one way that we can diffuse the negative effects of chronic stress and trauma for our learners. When educators create and offer opportunities for student achievement, students gain an increased sense of... | ||||
 | Student Engagement If a problem seems worthy of solving, older high school students can sometimes be just as willing as adults to take charge of their learning to research a solution. Real life is where most self-directed learning occurs. When given an engaging... | ||||
 | Instructional Technology Tools Many schools are adopting a 1:1 device strategy and issuing iPads to teachers and students. As a teacher, you may be familiar with iPads for personal use but not sure how to best use one in the classroom. In this course, you will learn what an... | ||||
 | Social-Emotional Learning / Trauma Resiliency Fostering resilience in students is one way that we can diffuse the negative effects of chronic stress and trauma for our learners. When school staff create and offer opportunities for students to strengthen and flex their autonomy muscle,... | ||||
 | Instructional Practices As educators, we often believe that following a rigid curriculum with fidelity leads to a productive learning experience. We ask: what should we teach, and how should we teach it? For a more learner-centered approach, we can instead ask: what... | ||||
 | Student Engagement / Building Belonging Through Culturally Relevant & Sustaining Education This course is the second in a series called, Building Belonging Through Culturally Relevant and Sustaining Education.
Belonging is defined as “experiencing appreciation, validation, acceptance, and fair treatment within an environment. When... | ||||
 | Social-Emotional Learning / Managing Feelings that Interfere with Learning Intense emotions can hijack the brain, leaving students with fewer cognitive resources for success at school. However, all emotions, even unpleasant ones, serve an important purpose. In this course, you will explore the valuable functions of... |
