| By: Kim Gulbrandson Is Gratitude Lacking in Your Life? Try These Ideas for Bringing It Back Gratitude is simple in that it involves being thankful and showing appreciation. November is National Gratitude Month, so it’s a perfect time to think about how to foster gratitude personally and professionally, for yourself and for others. Read More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson Begin Your School Year by Maximizing Students’ Social Brain Power “Being socially connected is a lifelong passion.” I read this quote from neuropsychologist Matthew Lieberman in a UCLA Newsroom Read More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson 3 Big Lessons Students Learned from the Second Step Middle School Curriculum Sometimes curricula are provided for students without their input. Students are passive recipients of the learning material, and their views have little influence over what and how that curriculum is taught. Those of you reading this post have proRead More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson Teachers Reveal 4 Cool Features of the Second Step Middle School Program “If I was to talk to another teacher to share about the Second Step program, I would tell them it’s awesome. I would tell them I love it.” —TeacherRead More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson 3 Amazing Changes Teachers Are Seeing from Implementing the Second Step Middle School Curriculum Teachers in sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-grade classrooms across the country who piloted the Second Step Middle School Program are full of good thingsRead More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson 3 Things Students Like About the Second Step Middle School Curriculum “This is good for kids to be able to learn about these types of things. I mean, you don’t get that at a lot of schools, and I think it’s really awesome that we’re able to do it here.” —StudentRead More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson 4 Smart Strategies for Implementing the Second Step Middle School Program Effectively Teachers and administrators throughout the country piloted the Second Step Middle School Program and were interviewed after teaching the lessons. DuriRead More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson 8 Amazing SEL Resources and Happenings to Get Excited About! When I first started in education more than 20 years ago, the resources on social-emotional learning (SEL) were sparse. Over the past 10 years, research, knowledge, and resources on SEL have increased dramatically, much to our benefit. These are sRead More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson Middle School Students and Teachers Reveal How the Second Step Middle School Program Fosters Academic Success “One day I got like a bad grade on one of my tests and in my notebook was my If–Then Plan and I saw it . . . and it was like if I get a bad grade on my test then I will talk to my teacher and figure out what to do about it. And so Read More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson What SEL and Academics Look Like Together Social-emotional skills are essential for academic success. For example, there are many Read More