Description
Educate the whole child-improve the whole school.
Implementing evidence-based and innovative teaching practices can feel like juggling: If you have standards-based learning in one hand and social-emotional learning in the other, what do you do with cognitive development? This book shows you how to balance all 3, combining these concepts into manageable, realistic plans for success.
In clear, easy-to-follow language, master teacher and educational expert Greg Mullen introduces a flexible, three-tiered, visual framework designed for schoolwide collaboration. He also offers:
* An integrated philosophy focused on self-directed learning and the whole child
* Research sourced from CASEL and state programs and initiatives
* Attention to academic inclusion, behavior intervention, and classroom management
* Numerous illustrations, tables, and graphics
* Tools and supplemental resources for implementation
Make innovation work for your school. With this guide, you and your colleagues will build on your strengths, discover the potential of your existing programs, and implement smart changes that make a real difference for students.
About the Author
Greg Mullen is a credentialed educator that has spent the past few years developing an approach toward standards-based education through a lens of social-emotional learning. Inspired by his years as a classroom teacher in California public, private, and charter schools, his focus now is helping schools, teachers, and families troubleshoot obstacles in personalizing education. He enjoys spending his spare time researching across academic disciplines and occasionally performing as a rock musician. Having released his first book, Creating a Self Directed Learning Environment, he continues to write and speak on topics of personalizing education across the country. Learn more about his work at www.ExploringTheCore.com
Reviews
"Creating a Self-Directed Learning Environment is filled with strategies on how to begin shifting toward a standards-based approach. These strategies will be extremely useful to all teachers, both those that are beginning their careers and those who are experienced and looking to implement standards-based and social-emotional learning."
-- Meghan Schofield, Third Grade Teacher
"Greg Mullen infuses this book with a refreshing passion for teaching. Not only does this book clearly define Common Core Standards, but it also individualizes core standards for every learner, including meeting the all important social and emotional factors required so students can learn."
"Creating a Self-Directed Learning Environment is a skillfully balanced presentation for how to thoughtfully design and implement content standards, progress monitoring, and social emotional learning in the modern classroom." -- Ashley LaCroix, Technology Integrator
-- Lisa Graham, Director, Early Childhood Education
"Greg Mullen provides useful guidance and valuable information for all teachers in this timely book on an important topic!"
-- Deb Bible, Educational Consultant
Book Information
ISBN 9781544384245
Author Greg Mullen
Format Paperback
Page Count 184
Imprint Corwin Press Inc
Publisher SAGE Publications Inc
Weight(grams) 360g
Implementing evidence-based and innovative teaching practices can feel like juggling: If you have standards-based learning in one hand and social-emotional learning in the other, what do you do with cognitive development? This book shows you how to balance all 3, combining these concepts into manageable, realistic plans for success.
In clear, easy-to-follow language, master teacher and educational expert Greg Mullen introduces a flexible, three-tiered, visual framework designed for schoolwide collaboration. He also offers:
* An integrated philosophy focused on self-directed learning and the whole child
* Research sourced from CASEL and state programs and initiatives
* Attention to academic inclusion, behavior intervention, and classroom management
* Numerous illustrations, tables, and graphics
* Tools and supplemental resources for implementation
Make innovation work for your school. With this guide, you and your colleagues will build on your strengths, discover the potential of your existing programs, and implement smart changes that make a real difference for students.
About the Author
Greg Mullen is a credentialed educator that has spent the past few years developing an approach toward standards-based education through a lens of social-emotional learning. Inspired by his years as a classroom teacher in California public, private, and charter schools, his focus now is helping schools, teachers, and families troubleshoot obstacles in personalizing education. He enjoys spending his spare time researching across academic disciplines and occasionally performing as a rock musician. Having released his first book, Creating a Self Directed Learning Environment, he continues to write and speak on topics of personalizing education across the country. Learn more about his work at www.ExploringTheCore.com
Reviews
"Creating a Self-Directed Learning Environment is filled with strategies on how to begin shifting toward a standards-based approach. These strategies will be extremely useful to all teachers, both those that are beginning their careers and those who are experienced and looking to implement standards-based and social-emotional learning."
-- Meghan Schofield, Third Grade Teacher
"Greg Mullen infuses this book with a refreshing passion for teaching. Not only does this book clearly define Common Core Standards, but it also individualizes core standards for every learner, including meeting the all important social and emotional factors required so students can learn."
-- Charla Buford Bunker, FOCUS Instructor
"Creating a Self-Directed Learning Environment is a skillfully balanced presentation for how to thoughtfully design and implement content standards, progress monitoring, and social emotional learning in the modern classroom." -- Ashley LaCroix, Technology Integrator
"This book promotes self-reflection for the teacher as well as for the students, and it describes vertical planning to identify critical elements of key standards throughout the grade levels, all while being written in user-friendly tone that makes it accessible to all readers."
-- Lisa Graham, Director, Early Childhood Education
"Greg Mullen provides useful guidance and valuable information for all teachers in this timely book on an important topic!"
-- Deb Bible, Educational Consultant
"In his book, Greg Mullen explores the intricate connections between academic, social-emotional, and human development and how these ideas should be considered when teaching the whole child."
Book Information
ISBN 9781544384245
Author Greg Mullen
Format Paperback
Page Count 184
Imprint Corwin Press Inc
Publisher SAGE Publications Inc
Weight(grams) 360g
