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Category: Social Emotional Learning

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A simple template for SEL check-ins

Andrea McKay Andrea McKay

Using this simple template, our online instructors have learned a lot more about what’s going on in their students' lives, both sorrows and joys. This information can help teachers better connect with students and figure out what might be getting in the way of learning.

Social Emotional Learning
NOV 22, 2022
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Time for Teachers: Self-Assessment with Community Support as Individual Solutions

Ed Timke

Educators often cite a lack of time as one of their most significant stressors. How can we help teachers find the balance necessary to feel satisfied in their jobs and meet their social and emotional needs? This third post in the Time for Teachers blog series will discuss the importance of a self-assessment in addressing individual problems and solutions teachers face. This is not to say the onus of addressing challenges should fall squarely on the shoulders of individual teachers. Teachers need a community of practice and support to help them identify problems they might face individually that could benefit from solutions that come from consulting with colleagues.

Tips and Tools, Teaching, Research, Social Emotional Learning
SEP 13, 2022
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Time for Teachers: Agile Meetings and Short Pulse Surveys as Systemic Solutions

Ed Timke

Educators often cite a lack of time as one of their most significant stressors. How can we help teachers find the balance necessary to feel satisfied in their jobs and meet their social and emotional needs? This second post in the Time for Teachers blog series will discuss two possible solutions that can help all educators save time while addressing needs to serve students and communities: agile meetings and short pulse surveys.

Tips and Tools, Teaching, Research, Social Emotional Learning
SEP 06, 2022
Social Emotional Learning
AUG 26, 2022
Social Emotional Learning
FEB 03, 2022
Social Emotional Learning
FEB 01, 2022
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Time for Teachers: Importance of Distinguishing Systemic from Individual Barriers and Solutions

Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute

Educators often cite a lack of time as one of their most significant stressors. How can we help teachers find the balance necessary to feel satisfied in their jobs and meet their social and emotional needs? This first post in the Time for Teachers blog series will distinguish systemic from individual barriers, which is essential to ensure that finding time for themselves is not an undue burden on individual teachers. Some challenges require state-, district-, and school-wide solutions.

Teaching, Research, Social Emotional Learning
JAN 31, 2022
Social Emotional Learning
JAN 27, 2022
Social Emotional Learning
JAN 25, 2022
Social Emotional Learning
JAN 20, 2022
Social Emotional Learning
JAN 18, 2022
Social Emotional Learning
JAN 13, 2022
Social Emotional Learning
JAN 11, 2022
Social Emotional Learning
JAN 06, 2022
Social Emotional Learning
JAN 04, 2022
Social Emotional Learning
DEC 21, 2021
Social Emotional Learning
DEC 16, 2021
Social Emotional Learning
DEC 14, 2021
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Teacher recruitment and retention in Michigan - Challenges and potential solutions

Ed Timke

There is a teacher shortage in Michigan and across the country. Why is there a crisis? What can be done? This second post in a blog series on teacher recruitment and retention focuses on challenges and potential solutions in Michigan.

Research, Social Emotional Learning, Teacher Recruitment & Retention
DEC 01, 2021
Social Emotional Learning
OCT 27, 2021