Category Archives: Relationships

Emotions Come and Go in Waves

EdSurge – Emotions Come and Go in Waves. We Can Teach our Students How to Surf Them (October 2022).

Social-emotional learning continues to be an important part of modern teaching. With so much going on for our students and ourselves, having the skills to navigate difficult situations is essential. SEL skills have to be explicit taught and practiced. It should be a part of each instructional day at different times. This normalizes it and that’s the hope – that our students do this as a means of taking care of themselves and others.

Culturally Responsive Pedagogy / Teaching

Some links for those of you interested in understanding and exploring culturally responsive pedagogy / teaching.

https://culturallyresponsivepedagogy.com.au/ (Australia)

https://www.understood.org/en/articles/what-is-culturally-responsive-teaching

https://www.edutopia.org/article/getting-started-culturally-responsive-teaching

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/culturally-responsive-teaching-culturally-responsive-pedagogy/2022/04

https://www.ascd.org/el/articles/a-framework-for-culturally-responsive-teaching

https://educationnorthwest.org/sites/default/files/resources/culturally-responsive-teaching.pdf