Specialities
Student Health and Well-being
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Social and Emotional Learning Activities for Elementary and Middle School Students
Social-emotional learning, or SEL, is a developmental process where children learn the emotional well-being, regulation, and relationship skills needed to be successful young adults. Learning these skills can seem boring to many young children, especially when the promise of board games, recess, and coloring worksheets awaits. Luckily, there are plenty of fun and engaging ways […]
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10 Strategies to Help Students Emotional Resilience
Unfortunately, children face social and emotional challenges every day. Because of this, problem-solving skills are necessary to face adversity head-on. Problem-solving skills allow children to develop perspective-taking and learn how to take calculated risks. Increased decision-making skills have a ripple effect on other life skills, such as collaboration, analytical reasoning, and effective communication. As your […]
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Friendzy Emotion Chart
The Friendzy Emotion Chart creates space for adults to have conversations with young people about how they are feeling and equip them with the skills they need to manage them. Emotions are warning lights on a dashboard. They are an indication that something is going on inside of us. Our emotions are an expression of […]
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Find Calm & Carry On
Friendzy co-founder, Julie Widman, and Dr. Marcella Chiromo discuss the impact of stress and how to interrupt the stress cycle with the cognitive behavioral model and G.R.A.C.E.
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How Learnfully’s Executive Function Simulation Improves Educator Awareness and Preparedness
Help your school community understand how it feels to struggle with executive dysfunction and see how it evokes unnecessary anxiety in learners. The Executive Function Challenge™ is a workshop that lets participants experience what it feels like for a learner to have weakness in executive function. It includes an overview of executive function, covers common […]
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Free Counselor Resources Improve College Access, Affordability & Matriculation
Independent High Schools can sensitively equip all families for the realities of paying for college in a way that empowers counselors and improves student outcomes, but we must acknowledge gaps in the status quo, embrace innovative strategies, examine our assumptions and challenge families to do the same. When Financial Aid education is successful, it’s because […]
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Free resources for college counselors help parents make informed decisions about the financial health and well-being of their families.
Independent High Schools can sensitively equip all families for the realities of paying for college in a way that empowers counselors and improves student outcomes, but we must acknowledge gaps in the status quo, embrace innovative strategies, examine our assumptions and challenge families to do the same. When Financial Aid education is successful, it’s because […]
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Free Counselor Resources Improve College Affordability & Student Matriculations
Independent High Schools can sensitively equip all families for the realities of paying for college in a way that empowers counselors and improves student outcomes, but we must acknowledge gaps in the status quo, embrace innovative strategies, examine our assumptions and challenge families to do the same. When Financial Aid education is successful, it’s because […]
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5 SUMMER TIPS TO START YOUR PTA/O SCHOOL YEAR STRONG
Ahhhh, summer. Those long days, outdoor adventures, and beautiful nights are here. You survived the end-of-year rat race, and now you’re ready for some well-deserved relaxation. Start your summer with a complete break from your PTA/PTO leadership duties to allow yourself time to rest and rejuvenate. When you’re ready, take advantage of the important opportunities […]
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The Justice CORPS Initiative, a Transparency Model to “mend the loophole”
This 4-minute whiteboard animation video succinctly portrays a new Initiative to help schools rise above the ongoing problem of child abuse and tenuous response on campus. The Justice CORPS – the Committee to Oversee Rights & Protections of Students – is an initiative of the nonprofit, The Amends Project. This 3-year program gives recognition to […]
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Pollyanna Position Paper I: Advocating for Equity During and After a Pandemic
This Position Paper offers wisdom, practical ideas, and concrete DEI recommendations for Heads of Schools and administrators on how to continue to advance equity initiatives during and after a pandemic. The recommendations in this paper were aggregated from a survey of over 100 DEI Directors and practitioners across the country.
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K-12 Education Recruitment Report 2021
In response to COVID-19, thousands of teachers across the US have resigned, retired or taken leaves of absence. Teacher retention and recruitment is more difficult today than ever before. While it looks like the worst impacts of the pandemic on the teacher workforce may be behind us, teacher staffing will continue to be a challenge […]