4 Matching Annotations
- Jun 2018
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Reflection — understand-ing what is happening, why, and how it might be changed — is a critical skill for reacting effectively in challenging situations.
I would like to incorporate more reflection in my classes, so I guess I need to start learning how to model it.
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Mindfulness and stress reduction: Mindfulness refers to both a state of being and an approach based in meditation and other center-ing techniques.
This seems like some interesting training that I would like to have. I never would have thought that these types of things should/could be used in the classroom.
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Practices and policies to sup-port and foster educators’ social and emotional competencies are fundamental to addressing these challenges. Schools must over-come the false assumption that all educators naturally possess these abilities in equal measure.
I think the practice of fostering educators in SEL would be great for retention of teachers. I know in my first few stress-filled years teaching that I could have benefited from these practices and could have been a better teacher.
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the ability to listen and empathize, pick up on a subtle social cue, find a student’s hidden strength,
I find that students who gravitate towards me and often come to me just to chat say some of these things about me. They enjoy the fact that I will listen to what they have to say and feel safe in our conversations.
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