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Give Yourself Permission!
The expectations put upon teachers continues to grow and grow. Not to mention the pressure to stick to the curriculum no matter what. But, we all know that you are the expert and you know yourself and your students best. Check out this trilogy of podcasts giving...
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3 Common Mistakes Teachers Make with SEL
Are you implementing SEL into your classroom? If you are, awesome! If you’re not - you really need to get started! It’s just SO important! Either way, I’m excited to share 3 common mistakes I see teachers making when implementing social-emotional learning in their...
The Role Teachers Play in SEL
Your reach as an educator is vast! In other words, you have so much potential and so many opportunities to make a difference in your students’ lives.I don’t know about you, but I got into teaching to do just that. I wanted to make a difference in my students' lives...
The Best Kept Secret About SEAL
I want to share the best kept secret about SEAL that only a few educators know about and even fewer truly understand.First, what is SEAL? SEAL stands for Social-Emotional Artistic Learning. It takes the best of what the arts have to offer and couples it with the...
Why I Teach SEL through SEAL
Have you heard of SEAL? It stands for Social-Emotional Artistic Learning! It takes the best of what arts integration is and integrates it with the ever growing need for social-emotional learning. I teach SEAL and today I want to tell you more about WHY I teach SEL...
Why Should YOU Teach SEL?
Social-emotional learning is the first step in a successful classroom community. If a student is secure in their social-emotional learning, that's when the real learning takes place. How can you accomplish all of this and so much more? With SEAL: Social-Emotional...
How to Deal With Stress as a Teacher
Stressed to the MAX? If you're a stressed teacher, then chances are you've got some stressed kids. That's not the goal. The goal is to be a happy teacher and have happy students. My name is Elizabeth and I love helping teachers to think of creative ways to think...
How to Make and Use an Emotional Wheel
 Let's Make an Emotion Wheel! The Emotion Wheel can be a very powerful tool for students to identify and discuss their emotions. Inside SEAL: Social-Emotional Artistic Learning, we take the best of what arts integration is and couple it with the need to...
How to Make 3 Origami Hearts
Let's Make Origami Hearts! Hearts can mean so many different things; love, friendship, kindness. When you can make your own origami heart for someone, it's even more special. That's why I'm so happy to be bringing my friend Barbara Pearl back to show us three...
The Power of the Pause
Check out this 'Powerful' tool! Are you a remote teacher, or having to assign some sort of virtual work this school year? Then I have just the thing! It's called The Power of the Pause. This amazing self-care, management, and self-awareness tool will serve you in...
Teachers: Find Your Ultimate Why
Why did you get into teaching? Was it because you just love kids? Or maybe you're super passionate about a certain topic or subject that you teach. So many teachers go into this profession with optimism and so much hope. And then, when they get into the job and they...