“FACILITATING POSITIVE CHANGE”
In this episode There are right and wrong ways to use humor with young people and even with our colleagues. If we learn to use humor correctly we can improve learning, experience more joy at work, and even avoid nagging our children in our own home.
In this episode Develop the mindset and proactive skills to transform and diminish school stressors with valuable tips from Dr. Keith Herman. Everyone experiences stress but how we think about and respond to it affects our happiness and even our students’ success.
In this episode In Part 2 of this special two-part interview, Dr. Randy Sprick shares how anyone can effectively improve off task student behaviors. Fifty percent of high school students are emotionally disengaged from school. So what can we do, in specific, age appropriate ways, to address misbehavior while improving student engagement in high school […]
In this episode In Part 1 of this special two part episode, Dr. Randy Sprick demonstrates how to prevent and stop problem behaviors using an effective classroom management strategy; STOIC – Structure, Teaching expectations, Observe and supervise, Interact, and Correct.
In this episode Guilt or shame we inflict on ourselves or others is never helpful. Sometimes adults don’t know how to escape patterns of talking and teaching that can hurt a student, our peers or ourselves. Guest Jeanne Forrester helps us learn how to avoid wounding and build the esteem of students to help them […]
On this episode Dr. Bob Bowman, co-founder of Youthlight Books, provides inspiring tips to help discouraged and disengaged students and explains to how help troubled youth move from thinking, “I can’t,” to believing, “I will.” About today’s guest Bob started his career as a school teacher and school counselor and now teaches in the Department […]
I am so excited that very soon I get to introduce the Edspiration Podcast. I created Edspiration after countless conversations with educators around the world who shared their wishes, needs, challenges and hopes. In one school I worked with, the principal said something that hit me in the heart. She said, “I don’t know where […]
(Original Source) “Violence Knows No Zip Code” – John Linney Youth-on-youth mistreatment is getting younger, meaner, and harder for adults to identify… and more acceptable Bullying – A National Epidemic U.S. Bullying Stats According to Safe School Ambassadors: 25,000 secondary school students are targets of attacks or robberies. Over 1600 teachers are threatened each day and […]
by Linda Chalmer Zemel (original source) In their book, Safe School Ambassadors: Harnessing Student Power To Stop Bullying And Violence, Rick Phillips, John Linney, and Chris Pack discuss the power of change agents. They note the power of social norms, as discussed by Malcolm Gladwell in The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a […]
Elev8 New Mexico, an initiative of the New Mexico Community Foundation, is a part of a national program focused on creating full-service community schools. At Elev8 schools, students and their families benefit from a full range of afterschool activities, a school-based health center, and family support systems.
