| By: Committee for Children The Role of Social-Emotional Learning in Building Strong Communities Full Episode RSS Dr. Tia Kim interviews Amber Coleman-Morley, Senior Director of Community and Culture at The Female Quotient. Throughout the episode, they speak to the importance of social-emotional learning (SEL) in building strong communities, emphasizing the impact of how skills such as empathy and communication foster healthy relationships and help children and adults thrive.Read More
| By: Jonathan Woods Cultural Competence and Teaching Diverse Student Groups with Dr. Lisa Delpit Full Episode Stitcher Apple Podcasts RSS Dr. Delpit talks to us about the current state of educational equity, her advice for teaching to diverse groups of students, and the importance of social-emotional learning in student voices.Read More
| By: Jonathan Woods Why Representation Is Important for Student Success with Dr. Peter DeWitt Full Episode Stitcher Apple Podcasts RSS Peter talks with us about how important it is for children to have a social-emotional connection to their education, the topics he explores in his blog at Education Week, and how mindfulness has had a significant impact on his life.Read More
| By: Jonathan Woods How SEL Can Help Prevent Mental Health Crises with Scarlett Lewis Full Episode Stitcher Apple Podcasts RSS Scarlett talks with us about her courageous ability to overcome the unthinkable and why social-emotional learning is the answer to preventing future tragedies.Read More
| By: Jonathan Woods How Parents Can Help Kids Navigate Social Dynamics with Dr. Mitch Prinstein Full Episode Stitcher Apple Podcasts RSS We talk with Mitch about popularity in terms of likeability and status, its positive and negative impacts, and how parents can help kids navigate social dynamics in the twenty-first century.Read More
| By: Jonathan Woods Creating Optimal Learning Environments for Youth with Karen Pittman Full Episode Stitcher Apple Podcasts RSS On this episode of Grow Kinder, we talk with Karen Pittman, an award-winning sociologist who has dedicated her career to starting organizations and initiatives that promote youth development.Read More
| By: Jonathan Woods The Origins of SEL, Its Evolution, and Today’s Work in the Field with Dr. Maurice Elias Full Episode Stitcher Apple Podcasts RSS On this episode of Grow Kinder, host Andrea Lovanhill is joined by special guest host Joan Cole Duffell, our executive director at Committee for Children. Together they chat with Dr. Maurice Elias, professor of psychology at Rutgers University, about his work in social-emotional learning (SEL), which spans over four decades.Read More
| By: Jonathan Woods Why Social-Emotional Skills Are Important in the Military with Gen. Craig McKinley Full Episode Stitcher Apple Podcasts RSS On this episode of Grow Kinder, we talk with General Craig McKinley, commissioner of the Aspen Institute National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development and former president of the Air Force Association. A four-star geRead More
| By: Committee for Children How Building Community Helps Kids Learn with Mandy Manning Full Episode Stitcher Apple Podcasts RSS On this episode of Grow Kinder, we talk with 2018 National Teacher of the Year Mandy Manning, an English-language-learner educator for immigrant and refugee students at Joel E. Ferris High School in Spokane, WA. Both frank and inspiring, Read More
| By: Committee for Children How to Make Kindness a Habit in School and Communities with Maya Enista Smith Full Episode Stitcher Apple Podcasts RSS On this episode of Grow Kinder, we sit down with Maya Enista Smith, executive director of Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation, for a conversation about improving the mental well-being of young people through evidence-based programming.Read More