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How can I help students develop the essential skills needed in the decision-making process?

This is part 3 in "Mentor Me" questions about Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). There are five components of SEL: self-awareness, responsible decision making, relationship skills, social awareness, and...
Author: Amber Chandler
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Topics: Teaching
Tags: Social Emotional Learning
Beyond Power Tools: How Maker Learning Can Improve Social Dynamics

Beyond Power Tools: How Maker Learning Can Improve Social Dynamics

In September, my seventh grade students gave me a quick social snapshot of their class. As their new school counselor, I had asked them to submit their thoughts anonymously in a box, and they didn't hold back. Their...
Author: Phyllis Fagell
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Topics: School Culture/ClimateTeaching
Tags: Character EducationGuidanceSocial Emotional Learning

How can I help students view differences as strengths?

Many young adolescents desire to "blend in" by hiding or shedding certain aspects of their identities due to social pressures. How can I help students view differences as strengths? This is part 2 in "Mentor Me"...
Author: Amber Chandler
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Topics: TeachingYoung Adolescent Development
Tags: Social Emotional Learning

How can teachers help students become more self-aware?

This is part 1 of 5 in "Mentor Me" questions about Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). There are five components of SEL: Self-Awareness, Responsible Decision–Making, Relationship Skills, Social Awareness, and...
Author: Amber Chandler
Number of views (14936)/Comments (0)/
Topics: TeachingYoung Adolescent Development
Tags: Social Emotional Learning
Enhancing the Social and Psychological Development of Young Adolescents

Enhancing the Social and Psychological Development of Young Adolescents

Addressing the social and psychological development of young adolescents is critical.

How are you addressing the social and psychological development of your middle grades students? The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation caused many schools to place an enormous emphasis on promoting academic...
Author: David E. Bartz
Number of views (19344)/Comments (0)/
Topics: TeachingYoung Adolescent Development
Tags: Student MotivationSelf-esteemStudent AchievementSocial Emotional Learning
College and Career Readiness for Special Needs Students

College and Career Readiness for Special Needs Students

Middle school teachers can change widespread "no-way" attitudes to "never-the-less" attitudes.

Thinking about career and college readiness for a sixth grader is a little too soon for some teachers and parents. As a parent, I felt hard-pressed to decide the future for my son when he entered the middle grades. He...
Author: Linda K. Schlosser
Number of views (25906)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Special Education/Inclusion
Tags: College ReadinessCareer ExplorationInclusionSocial Emotional Learning

Teaching Students Responsibility

For as long as humans have lived on Earth, generations of adults have bemoaned the lack of due diligence in the upcoming generation: "They're indifferent and don't work hard," they declare. "We have to teach them...
Author: Rick Wormeli
Number of views (40838)/Comments (0)/
Topics: TeachingYoung Adolescent Development
Tags: Student EngagementRick WormeliStudent AchievementSocial Emotional Learning
The Kind of Learning We Need

The Kind of Learning We Need

Empowering our middle school students to make the world a better place.

At Americans Who Tell The Truth, we are eager to stir the hearts and minds of young people towards caring deeply and acting boldly to make our world a better place. Often such initiatives are reserved for experiences...
Author: Nancy Doda
Number of views (19381)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Teaching
Tags: Active LearningCharacter EducationInterdisciplinary TeachingProblem-solvingSocial Emotional Learning
Getting to the Heart & Sole of Young Adolescent Girls

Getting to the Heart & Sole of Young Adolescent Girls

Young adolescent girls gain the skills and tools they need to reach their potential.

Neuropsychologist Dan Siegel, in his book Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain, describes adolescence as a time of increased elasticity in the brain. The emotive part of the adolescent brain is...
Author: Heather Britt
Number of views (28148)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Health, Wellness, GuidanceTeachingYoung Adolescent Development
Tags: Gender-based LearningGuidanceSocial Emotional Learning
Getting to the Heart of Teaching & Learning

Getting to the Heart of Teaching & Learning

AMLE Podcast Series

In this interview, author, speaker, and trainer Tara Brown describes how to create a safe and nurturing environment for students. Her article, originally published in AMLE Magazine, describes 10...
Author: AMLE
Number of views (25172)/Comments (2)/
Topics: Teaching
Tags: Student EngagementSelf-esteemStudent AchievementSocial Emotional Learning
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