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  1. Jun 2018
    1. 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.

    2. 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.

    3. 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.

    4. 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.