good SEL skills can be developed in schools and classrooms in anumber of ways, including through leadership opportunities. That comes at a time when leaders ineducationand thebusiness communitydon’t think we are doing enough to teach kids leadership lessons. ...
We can’t change how parents disciple their kids. If they decide that youth ministry is not the best for their student, then that’s the parent’s decision! As pastors, we have a unique role of coming alongside parents and helping them disciple their students. We’re not supposed to be...
You’re Learning: Mister Rogers’ Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kidsby Gregg Behr and Ryan Rydzewski. A few weeks ago, the authors were speaking at a local independent bookstore, and I was able to share this event with my principal, so he could, in turn,...
This requires skills, like leadership, to keep the preschoolers entertained and learning things, all while making sure the entire lesson is taught within the time frame. For the most part, the kids will respond to the encouragement to stay focused on the task at hand, but sometimes, if a ...
I know you have kids. We talked about your kids. You've got some kids who play hockey. You're living the best life that I'm watching. You and your wife travel the country a little bit with those kids and play a little hockey and some sports. If you had a niece or nephew, and...
3/28 Tools to Boost Students’ Reading Stamina –Try these strategies to help your students sustain their focus on reading for longer periods of time, and drive comprehension in the process. @borywrites @edutopia 3/26 To improve America’s school kids, we need to get them moving. Barely ...
Don’t wait. “Are you adding joy to other men’s lives? If so, then angels may tune their harps when we sit at our desks…looking at our pens as writing music for them to sing because what we write makes their client’s joy be full!” Joy! You see what I mean about these peo...
For those without direct access to a mentor, there is Monday Morning Leadership where David Cottrell provides readers the opportunity to participate in a series of eight mentoring sessions. Each session presents challenging real-life business situations and a key lesson for being a successful leader....
A team leadership approach is imperative for building a collaborative learning environment that leads to an attitudinal shift from the personal ‘I’ to the collective ‘we’. A team approach to school leadership fosters participation, teachers’ involvement, open communication, and shared goals. It ...
they see you do more than what they hear you say. For example if you tell your kids that lying is wrong, and then they see you tell a friend a lie (even if it’s just a little white lie or not quite the complete truth), what lesson do you think your kids have learned from ...