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Focus on EQ: Cultivating Relationships

Focus on EQ: Cultivating Relationships

Cultivating.….according to the dictionary, it’s trying to acquire or develop something, like a quality or a new skill. What do you cultivate?  While I admit it’s not my favorite thing to do, sometimes I do cultivate [...]

Fostering Healthy Friendship in the Classroom

Fostering Healthy Friendship in the Classroom

Now that the new school year is in full swing, the mounting pressure of yearly goals and curriculum objectives are falling upon us. As educators in the 21st century, we represent a unique place in history, [...]

Focus on EQ: What is Social Emotional Learning?

Focus on EQ: What is Social Emotional Learning?

Focus on EQ: What is Social Emotional Learning?  As we start the new school year, it’s worth asking ourselves, “what are the most important skills we want our students to gain? What do we hope they [...]

Middle School – An Important Time To Teach Empathy and Compassion

Middle School – An Important Time To Teach Empathy and Compassion

  The middle school years are an important time to teach empathy, and compassion. Pre-teens have the full range of feelings while still willing to acknowledge and communicate about them. How We Learn to Hide, Deny [...]