| By: Tia Kim, PhD Meet the Makers of Our Middle School Program Committee for Children takes great pride in how we develop our Second Step program. We not only take the most current research in the field and translate it into lessons that use best practices in pedagogy, but we take pains in designing those lesRead 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
| By: Rachel Kamb Meet the Makers of Our Middle School Program Curious. Active. Egocentric. Argumentative. Inconsistent. Restless. Moody. Optimistic. Rebellious. Hopeful. Introspective. At-risk. Idealistic. Sound like someone you know? If you’ve ever been in a middle school classroom, or have spent aRead More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson 5 Reasons Why the Second Step Middle School Curriculum Is Magnificent I must admit that once Committee for Children made the announcement that they were revising their Second Step Middle School Program in 2017, I began to feel impatient. It was hard to wait. Knowing all the time and energy that went into the progrRead More
| By: Brian Smith Meet the Makers of Our Middle School Program Creating social-emotional learning (SEL) programs that deliver positive outcomes for large numbers of students requires (1) user-friendly lessons that teachers can easily fit intRead More
| By: Committee for Children Encourage Good Bystander Behavior Over the Summer Summer is a time of freedom for most kids, and for some, that means temporarily forgetting about academic subjects. Who wants to think about multiplication tables while swimming or climbing trees? But some of the things kids learn in schoolRead More
| By: Joan Cole Duffell Harvard’s Global Education Innovation Initiative Conference Recap Subtitle test As leader of Committee for Children, a global nonprofit that strives to help the world’s children develop vital social-emotional skills through Second Step SEL, our evidence-based social-emotional learning (SEL) curriculum, I was excited to be invited to Harvard’s Global Education Innovation Initiative Conference (GEII) this past May.Read More
| By: Melissa Benaroya Your Child’s Golden Ticket to Success in the 21st Century Job Market CFC's parenting expert Melissa Benaroya explains how social-emotional skills are vital to your child's workplace success down the road. Read More
| By: Shauna McBride CFC Sponsors PSBJ 2017 Corporate Citizenship Awards Luncheon On Wednesday, May 17, 2017, Committee for Children had the privilege of being a Gold Sponsor at the Puget Sound Business Journal’s (PSBJ) 2017 Corporate Citizenship awards luncheon. It was an inspiring and well-attended event at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel.Read More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson 13 Reasons Why Teachers Are Appreciated May 9th is National Teacher Appreciation Day, a time to show our thanks to teachers for all they do. In honor of this day and of teachers in general, I asked others about why they value teachers. I interviewed children, parents and grandparents, including Joan Duffell, Executive Director of Committee for Children, a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering the safety and well-being of children through social-emotional learning and development. Of course, I added in my thoughts too. In total, 13 of us share why we appreciate teachers, and we mean every last word!Read More