All School Advisory: Giving ALL students a voice! At the December Network Institute, educators across the state shared their knowledge during a meaningful day of professional development at National Louis University. Presenters varied from classroom teachers to those [...]
Mindfulness Matters: A Middle School’s Experience with Managing School Avoidance What does calm mean in a middle school? It might sound like students presenting pieces of writing in clear, sure voices in a language arts classroom, or offering [...]
This year as communities across the nation ended their school year outside of their school buildings, educational leaders continued to envision ways to transform their practice to best support the social-emotional needs of their students for the moment [...]
"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I LEARN." -Benjamin Franklin Hans Appel, Counselor For the past couple years, my wife (Jennifer) and I have produced a cutting edge platform [...]
Learn how one middle school developed a year-long SEL Scope and Sequence addressing all SEL Standards. See how SEL Standards can yield monthly themes to drive the development of a Scope and Sequence and how to evolve based on [...]
When I began my tenure as assistant principal at Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School, I was introduced to the Bulldog Buddies program. The program was developed by a young special education teacher by the name of Marissa Hill. She was the [...]
Exploratory Summit
February 28th
