Category: Social Emotional Learning
A simple template for SEL check-ins
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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