With chapters from experienced teachers and school and district leaders, this text provides a wealth of practical strategies and inspirational guidance on incorporating social-emotional and ethical learning across a district and educational community.
Brian Gatens, EdD, superintendent of the Emerson Schools District and serving on the Emerson Board of Education since 2013. He has also served in school leadership (superintendent or principal) in the Norwood, Harrington Park, and Hawthorne Public Schools Systems.
Series Preface: Dominic P. Scibilia Foreword: Raymond Kiem Introduction: Brian Gatens and Dominic Scibilia Section I: The District Vision and Administrative Praxis Chapter 1: The social emotional life of a school system The district superintendent as mentor Brian P. Gatens, EdD Chapter 2: Social-Emotional Journey The Life and Practice of the Teacher Alice Opperman Section II: The Memorial School (K-3) Chapter 3: Journey to Support the Whole Individual Child Kristin Gagliano, Principal Chapter 4: Learning to Write Realistic Fiction Self-Awareness and the Beginning of Moral Mindfulness Nicole Masucci, Teacher - First Grade Section III: The Villano School (Grades 4-6) Chapter 5: Making SEL a Way of Being Jessica Espinoza, Principal Chapter 6: The Three Dimensions of Social Emotional Learning in School from the Lens of the School Social Worker Devan Chiusano Section IV: The Junior - Senior High (Grades 7-12) Chapter 7: Using Socratic Seminar to Engage Students in Social-Emotional Learning Jennifer Norato and Jessica Polizzi, Social Studies Teachers Epilogue: Dominic P. Scibilia About the Authors
A complete education must address the whole child, including the ethical, social-emotional, imaginative, and intellectual capacities of children. With chapters from experienced teachers and school and district leaders, this text provides a wealth of practical strategies and inspirational guidance on incorporating social-emotional and ethical learning across a district and educational community. -- Michael D. Burroughs, director, Kegley Institute of Ethics; assistant professor of philosophy; president, Philosophy Learning and Teaching Org., California State University, Bakersfield A wonderful resource addressing the challenge of a lack of social/emotional development as an impediment to learning. It contains real and relatable situations found in my school and my classroom. Because it is written by actual working teachers, the book is accessible; I felt welcomed as an observer into their classrooms. In addition, it also focuses on care for the adults in the school community, in particular "checking in on each other as professionals and as people." The book is a practical handbook that fosters an environment of care and mutual learning for both students and teachers in the classroom. -- Fred Galano, educator and director of financial aid, Saint Peter's Preparatory School, Jersey City, New Jersey
