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My name is Marjorie Colindres Metcalf and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. I have been working in K-12 schools in the Chicagoland area since 2012. As a professional in the field of school social work, I have had the pleasure to collaborate with many educators. More specifically, when I was an Elementary School Social Worker, I had …
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This blog post gives excellent examples of collaboration with general education teachers.Some nice videos as well.
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Deekit is a shared whiteboard that enables online editing using any kind of content, be it drawing, text, image, anything. A whiteboard that is available anytime, anywhere on any device.
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I have found some children with anxiety don't want to write on a "white piece of paper" because it becomes permanent. Whiteboards (virtual or real) allow for students to be messy first in low risk way.
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Some of us get energized by interacting with other people, while others among us are drained by such interactions. And it’s likely a lot of people out there are in jobs that aren’t suitable for their natural inclinations toward extroversion or introversion. Which jobs are best for which type of personality, and which college majors would best prepare someone for each job?
According to today’s graphic, designed by our good friends over at Infographic World, the majority of the population identify as extroverts. Not to belittle the introverts; they’re a large part of the picture as they make up 40% of the population.
You’ll be surprised by some of the recommended occupations listed below. Being a graphic designer as an introvert was interesting. I actually know dozens of designers and a majority are very social. Also the fact pharmacists work faster as an extrovert is interesting as well.
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This infographic could be used to start a group discussion about strengths and student goal setting.
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Family income and parental education are linked to a child's brain development.
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Income level and brain development appear to be connected. This article gives hope for making up the gap.
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This article introduces Carol Dweck's two mindsets—fixed or growth, and goes on to show how they prevent or enable us.
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My favorite new word is "yet". When my daughter says she can't memorize her division facts. I re-frame it that she "hasn't memorized them yet." What haven't you been able to do- yet?
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There are more than 96,000 public schools in America. The U.S. Department of Education recently released data that was collected from all of them. The data, based on the 2015-2016 school year, reveals the extent of police presence in schools, the lack of basic services, and the growing racial disparities in public school systems serving 50 million students. In many communities, all of these conditions are worsening. The ACLU is partnering with the UCLA Civil Rights Project to publish a series of reports and data tools to enhance the public’s understanding of the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC). Some data are being reported publicly for the first time, including the number of days lost to suspension; the number of police officers in stationed in schools; and the number of school shootings reported nationwide.
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Interesting report and interactive maps by ACLU. Maps show # of suspensions and ratio of security personnel to mental health professionals.
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One of the positive psychology interventions we learned about on my MAPP course was the idea of the best possible self (BPS). The theory is that you write a letter to a future self imagining that everything has gone according to plan and your life has worked out exactly as you would have wished. Of […]
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This ties in well with the idea of writing your future BLOG.
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October 24, 2015 7:00 PM
I scooped this article because I participated in a similar activity during a professional development series once. We wrote letters in the fall, and handed them into the group running the professional development, and then moved on to other things. We didn't think a whole lot about them, and in fact, I forgot I had written the letter and turned it in. About a year later the letter showed up in the mail. That day, I sat and reflected on not only the letter, and the state of mind I was in that day, but also the time that had passed. I reflected on the changes I had went through, both personally and professionally, as well as the growth that I had achieved. I would hope that someone from Casman would do this activity with the students, and connect it to an lesson within the classroom, and mail the letters back out to the students, a year or two later. I believe it would have a similar effect, and be very worth while.
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I published a post about a service called Future Me. Future Me lets you draft a letter to yourself to be sent at future time of your choosing. I think that using Future Mecould be a good way to have students write a letter at the beginning of the school year about where they would like to be at the end of the school year. Then at the end of the school year they can receive the letter and reflect.
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What an awesome idea for setting goals with students.
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What a great video oThis is a sound postproduction school project. I created my own soundtrack to this short movie from Pixar by recording amateur actors, creating new sound eff...
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What a great video to share with students and staff to discuss friendships, feelings, needs, perseverance and more!
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by Marilyn Price-Mitchell Ph.D. Kindness peaks during holidays. But research shows that kids who practice acts of kindness throughout the year are happier than peers.
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Gives a simple plan for creating school wide "kindness" projects. #sel
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