ESSDACK Resilience Quick Bites

In the classroom, to ensure your students are able to regulate their emotions, be respectful, learn, and "be in community" successfully with one another...they must feel safe in the classroom environment. This means the atmosphere and functioning of the classroom culture must be built on safety, belonging, and dignity...and I would throw in Hope, too!

Ginger and Eric jump into a simplified version of the 4DX process, which is a powerful way to move people who just aren't sure about this new approach to working with kids. Learn more about the actual 4DX process here.

Once we recognize that people are on the Compass of Shame, there are things we can do to help them, and finding our Enlightened Witness & the internal message they gave us is a beautiful way to help people push shame aside.

There may be several reasons why people lose their cool in situations, but more often than we might realize, it's because they've found themselves squarely on the Compass of Shame. When we work with adults and kids, we want to be able to recognize when the Compass has "entered the room" and how to help others off the Compass. Listen in and check out the following links for more!

What Is… the Compass of Shame

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The compass of shame

The Nine Affects and the Compass of Shame

In today's classrooms where every student has a meaningful job where they are responsible for the wellbeing of an aspect of the classroom community, they will have a stronger sense of self-worth and community. If you would like to dig a little deeper into the benefits of classroom jobs and setting up a system for incorporating classroom jobs into your daily classroom engagement and management...check out this link about Classroom Jobs.

Ginger Lewman and Eric Nachtigal share some ideas about when to use academic circles as a way to increase community inside your classroom without losing instructional time.

Ginger Lewman and Eric Nachtigal share some ideas about when to use academic circles as a way to increase community inside your classroom without losing instructional time.

Both Eric Nachtigal and Ginger Lewman share the regulation strategy they always have in their pockets to use with kids, from age 4 - 94.

Oh boy, we get it! Instructional time is always at a premium, K-12. This Quick Bite will help you figure out what's right for your kids, your content, and yourself.