Episodes
009: Engaging and Empowering Students through SEL with Dr. Chris Jones
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS: Defining Pie Crust Character and Leadership SEEing to Lead - Support, Engage, and Empower Being purposeful, acting with integrity, and building character through your daily decisions. Reimagining faculty m...
007: Building Futures for Queer and Trans Youth with Kimm Topping
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS: Creating physically and emotionally safe, and inclusive educational spaces for queer and trans youth Establishing signs visibility for young people to see when they come into their/your building and classr...
008: The Importance of a Whole-School Approach to SEL with Gemma Cass
Episode Highlights: Forming and showing our full identities while contributing positively to a team Connecting identity with self-image, self-esteem, self-confidence, trust, and communication Making time beyond the agenda to ...
006: The Role of Positive Psychology in SEL with Dr. Felix Yerace
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS: Differentiating Applied Positive Psychology from Positive Psychology Examining what is right with people instead of focusing on what is wrong with people (Clifton) Fostering FLOURISHING in educators and st...
005: Empowering English Learners through Social Emotional Practices w…
EPISODE 005 HIGHLIGHTS: Developing the advocacy language to support multilingual students in the classroom Empowering 'See Hear Feel' to foster ownership of the classroom culture Building upon self-awareness to construct the ...
004: Leveraging the SEL and the Arts to Affect Change in Ourselves, S…
EPISODE 004 HIGHLIGHTS: “The arts are the key to change. Arts are not fluff; arts are the fuel.” The arts help create whole human beings. Highlight the best of each student through arts integration and the five SEL competenci...
003: Co-collaborating for Powerful SEL Classroom Integration with Adi…
EPISODE 003 TITLE: Co-Collaborating for Powerful SEL Integration with Adia Vellaccio and Amanda Trecker EPISODE 003 HIGHLIGHTS: Co-collaboration elevates teacher capacity for SEL integration. The PAUSE helps create trusting r...
002: SEL: It's who you are and what you do with Dr. Krista Leh
EPISODE 002 HIGHLIGHTS: Defining SEL and deconstructing some myths around SEL SEL is not a program and more than a lesson plan: It is who you are and what you do every day. Modeling SEL ourselves and leveraging that to …
001: Creating a School Community of Joy with Craig Martin
EPISODE 001 HIGHLIGHTS: Finding your people, your “Avenger Squad” Creating a school community of joy, respect, and regard that celebrates the many identities and diversities of staff, young people, and families Leading and le...