I’m a “connector”… I love making new connections with colleagues around the world . . . I love connecting people to each other. I love the social networks that we’ve created to inspire each other with wisdom, commitment, research, and experience with emotional intelligence. Through social media, as have many of you, I’ve shared [...]
Charter schools have the potential to be innovative leaders and change agents for SEL in schools! Researchers and practitioners alike know that a well implemented and integrated SEL program can boost students’ academics, increase engagement and motivation, decrease isolation and at-risk behaviors, improve graduate rates, and support a positive school climate. In a recent study, [...]
Teachers at every grade level increasingly view SEL as a critical component of their students’ education. An important new national study by Civic Enterprises and Hart Research Associates, commissioned by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning(CASEL) has revealed that teachers overwhelmingly recognize the value of SEL in improving academic scores, motivation, student relationships [...]
I just returned from the American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual conference in San Francisco, a beautiful and vibrant city in Northern California. Thousands of attendees from around the world, including many Six Seconds network members participated in the five days of AERA workshops, panels, and round-table discussions on educational research, assessment, implementation, and best [...]
How should educators respond to tragic events that enter our classrooms and schools? I was reading a blog post this morning that made me think about this question. The author, a 7th grade teacher in Boston, received emails from her students asking if they could change their ” current events research topic” assignment of the week [...]
Come participate in the first ever on-the-ground NexusEQ Meet-up!! It’s happening at the Hilton Union Square Hotel, in San Francisco, CA, on April 28, 2013, 12-3PM. Are you In the SF Bay area or anywhere close enough to join us for a couple of hours? We are a group of EQ advocates, educators, and practitioners, [...]
“I came away with a sense of peace that I can positively change my approach & attitude, which will, in turn, impact those around me” (Participant, EQE Durban). At the invitation of our South Africa network colleagues, Avril Kidd and Candice Smith, and with the tremendous support of Jayne Morrison, Six Seconds Director for [...]
Ready to increase EQ and Social Emotional Learning (SEL) in communities around the globe? A recent survey showed a need to enroll and engage others – here are some ideas of how.
Dedicated to the memory of the 20 children and 6 adults who lost their lives in last week’s senseless shooting in Newtown, CT. In these holiday weeks, full of both great joy and also terrible sadness, I’ve become really interested in the connections between mindfulness, gratitude, and EQ. These three pursuits seem more important than [...]
Do you sometimes feel that the we have lost sight of what truly matters in educating our children? Are you concerned about the apparent lack of empathy and the propensity of people to inflict harm and cruelty? Are you worried that, globally, our educators are told to focus only on test scores and academic achievement, [...]