A robust and comprehensive description and implementation roadmap of SEL across all levels of your school's curriculum In Essentials of Social Emotional Learning (SEL): The Complete Guide for Schools and Practitioners, learning expert and advocate Donna Black delivers a rigorous and compelling case for the adoption of crucial SEL components in your school, as well as a step-by-step guide to its implementation. The book walks readers through every step of understanding, designing, implementing, and measuring an SEL program designed to create lasting and powerful change for your students. The author describes strategies to engage students with relationships and instruct them in core skills. Essentials of Social Emotional Learning (SEL) also explores: The emergence of social emotional learning as a world phenomenon, including key definitions, critical areas of competence, historical influences, and the role of emotional intelligence in SEL. A rigorous review of current problems in education addressed by SEL, as well as the latest empirical support and validation for the model. A description of SEL as a sustainable framework for success, including a multi-phase guide to a whole-school implementation of SEL complete with tools, templates, and checklists. A start-to-finish roadmap on the implementation of social emotional learning in schools of all sizes, Essentials of Emotional Learning (SEL) is a must-read resource for school administrators, teachers, and parents of school age children with an interest in addressing the barriers often faced by students.
A robust and comprehensive description and implementation roadmap of SEL across all levels of your school's curriculum In Essentials of Social Emotional Learning (SEL): The Complete Guide for Schools and Practitioners, learning expert and advocate Donna Black delivers a rigorous and compelling case for the adoption of crucial SEL components in your school, as well as a step-by-step guide to its implementation. The book walks readers through every step of understanding, designing, implementing, and measuring an SEL program designed to create lasting and powerful change for your students. The author describes strategies to engage students with relationships and instruct them in core skills. Essentials of Social Emotional Learning (SEL) also explores: The emergence of social emotional learning as a world phenomenon, including key definitions, critical areas of competence, historical influences, and the role of emotional intelligence in SEL. A rigorous review of current problems in education addressed by SEL, as well as the latest empirical support and validation for the model. A description of SEL as a sustainable framework for success, including a multi-phase guide to a whole-school implementation of SEL complete with tools, templates, and checklists. A start-to-finish roadmap on the implementation of social emotional learning in schools of all sizes, Essentials of Emotional Learning (SEL) is a must-read resource for school administrators, teachers, and parents of school age children with an interest in addressing the barriers often faced by students.
There is certainly no room in her perfectly planned life for a handsome, reckless, ruthless adventurer. But there is no denying the danger not only of his desire, but also of her own.
Lisa works for Dr. Jane Kendall, a research scientist at a small college. After Lisa credits God for helping her win a series of coin-toss bets with Mike, Dr. Kendall?s grad student, the scientist asks Lisa to be part of a series of experiments to definitively prove the existence of God. All involved expect it to lead to nothing, but Lisa passes every test perfectly, always getting the toss right. Now the scientists have to explain the results. If there is no God, then how did Lisa do it? And if there is a God, then what does that mean for each of them?
To tell a story well, you have to live a story well -- with courage, persistence, and faith that everything's going to turn out all right. Black-Eyed Peas for the Soul is a collection of stories that reveals universal themes, as well as the unique perspectives of African Americans. The first collection of its kind, Black-Eyed Peas for the Soul boldly dispels the myth of a homogeneous Black culture. Diverse voices -- including those of Zora Neale Hurston, Dawn Turner Trice, and Frederick Douglass -- tell our stories of beginnings, wisdom, patience, hard work, excellence, joy, and miracles. Stories about love, healing, and atonement are told with insight, humor, and gritty honesty. Arising from these distinct voices is the call for hope. Enjoy these stories and let them guide your soul to a place where you can find solace and draw nourishment, a place that can warm and soothe you, like a bowl of black-eyed peas.
World Mythology is a compilation of over 50 great myths and epics. Your students will gain an appreciation and understanding of ancient and modern cultures through myths and epics from the Middle East, Greece and Rome, the Far East and Pacific islands, the British Isles, Northern Europe, Africa, and the Americas. An introduction and historical background supplement each myth. Questions at the end of each selection prompt analysis and response.
God desires to speak to us for fellowship, with the ultimate goal of relationship. Usually God uses a quiet touch to communicate. This quiet touch is what Donna Fitzpatrick refers to as the whispers of God. These whispers give wisdom, direction, and reveal the things God wants to change in our hearts. Yet, if we're waiting for a loudspeaker from heaven we'll miss His quiet touch. Through a combination of Scripture and true-life whisper stories, Learning to Hear the Whispers of God encourages that God will speak to every believer. As a mother of eight, Donna writes from a wealth of stories. Believers from all walks and stages in life find themselves captivated and warmed by her down-to-earth manner and easy writing style that tugs at the heart and challenges our faith. Sometimes humorous, sometimes serious, these stories demonstrate the various ways God may choose to speak. Be encouraged to recognize God's voice through these stories, and then experience the thrill of hearing the Lord whisper as He captures teaching moments through everyday experiences. Thought-provoking questions and scriptural answers contained in this book make it perfect for personal use or as a group Bible study.
Spirited Pamela Neville is certain she's not cut out to be a lady and has no intention of subjecting herself to another London season. But she's lured by her grandmother with an irresistible offer--she promises to teach Pamela everything she needs to know to elicit a proposal from Sir Colin Valens--the man Pamela has adored since childhood. Original.
Amid society's most elegant and elite, Almack's is the place to carry on a flirtation, make a match or simply fall in love. Now, in this delightful collection, four acclaimed Regency romance authors give readers a personal invitation to Almack's--with four captivating stories of love.
While administering to the sick in the English countryside, a young woman and her father are kidnapped by a daring rapscallion loyal to a deposed monarch. The woman's fear of the man turns to fiery resentment. But slowly, she realizes this fallen nobleman is out to restore his family's honors and his brazen courage is turning her resentment into desire.
Arabella Swinley has exactly one Season left to find a rich husband--and save herself from a lifetime of mended gowns, empty purses, and mountainous debts. But when she falls in love with a penniless man, will she follow her heart, or marry for money?
On the cusp of World War II, Ranie Foster buries her beloved grandmother and flees impending marriage. She forges a new life intertwined with three strangers. Their lie-sealed odyssey encounters love, racism, natural disaster and murder.
This expanded and revised guide offers up-to-date information for mothers at home and those who want to be. Otto, with boundless enthusiasm for home and personal organization, takes on the challenges and highlights the rewards of being a stay-at-home mom.
With wisdom and warmth, Morley shares how women can be vigorous in their faith, ardent in their love, and have a soul that thirsts constantly for God, even in the face of the most difficult obstacles.
Torn between Miles Bennett, who has betrayed her, and Sterling Grey, whose tender touch helps to heal her, Tyler Ellington must decide which love is the real thing.
Three popular Regency authors present this heartwarming collection of special stories in which children play matchmaker for their fathers and help them find true love. Original.
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