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Use these SEL World Kindness Day activities and ideas for the International Day for Tolerance to ensure that every day includes a little (or a lot of!) kindness in your school.
Christine Condon
Shaped Editor-in-Chief
ICLE Associate Partner Venola Mason shares her expertise on social and emotional learning for teachers.
Venola Mason
Associate Partner, ICLE
Dr. Suzanne Jimenez
Director of Academic Planning and Data Analytics at HMH
Help students avoid mistreatment in your classroom and school with these anti-bullying resources for teachers and information from bullying prevention organizations.
Noelle Morris
Senior Director Community Engagement, HMH; Host of HMH Learning Moments: Teachers in America Podcast
Read more for tips on how to help students cope with tragic or disturbing news—particularly news that involves something so personal to them, safety at school.
HMH Staff
Discover why classroom jobs for elementary students are a win-win for teachers and students.
Alicia Ivory
Shaped Editor
A teacher’s self-care is created by reflection, refraction, and dispersion.
Noelle Morris
Senior Director Community Engagement, HMH; Host of HMH Learning Moments: Teachers in America Podcast
Introduce your students to the five competencies of SEL with these writing and journal prompts for elementary, middle, and high school.
Ali Habashi
Shaped Editor
Productive discourse lends itself well to building a community where social and emotional learning in science is supported.
Dr. Cary Sneider
NGSS Writing Team Leader, Associate Research Professor at Portland State University
The 5 social-emotional learning (SEL) competencies developed by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) are crucial to students’ learning and growth. Explore the competencies and strategies for helping students achieve them.
Brenda Iasevoli
Shaped Executive Editor
Read key tips for teachers and parents on talking to children about troubling events in the news.
Brenda Iasevoli
Shaped Executive Editor
We're kicking off season 4 with Chicago Public Schools teacher Misty Richmond, who discusses how she gets her students invested in STEM careers.
Ali Habashi
Shaped Editor
Get your whole class feeling the love this February 14. Try these Valentine’s Day activities for middle school and high school students.
Brenda Iasevoli
Shaped Executive Editor
Alicia Ivory
Shaped Editor
We asked ed leaders from across the country to weigh in on education trends for 2022. Here's what they had to say.
Brenda Iasevoli
Shaped Executive Editor
Check out a few suggestions for empathy activities for middle schoolers and find new ways for teaching empathy in the classroom.
Zoe Del Mar
Shaped Staff
Before we say goodbye to 2021, let’s highlight our most-read and favorite Shaped blogs.
Christine Condon
Shaped Editor-in-Chief
Melissa Schlinger, vice president of programs and practice at CASEL, talks prioritizing students’ well-being and effectively integrating SEL in schools.
Brenda Iasevoli
Shaped Executive Editor
Keeping your class motivated is a lot easier with a celebration on the horizon. Liven things up for your students with these 9 free or low-cost classroom rewards.
Ali Habashi
Shaped Editor
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