In this episode, Craig and Krista speak with 

• Dr. Anthony Martin, the Director of School Resources and Support for a K-12 district in central California
• Dr. Lori Stollar, the Director of Partner Success at Resonance Education and retired administrator with expertise in educator mentoring and curriculum
• Ayesis Clay, the CEO and founder of Sculpted Clay Productions, an organization that empowers educators 

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

• What's your SEL superpower?
• How do you work with educators and students to put a focus on SEL as part of who they are and what they do so that it moves beyond a part of a day?
• What strategies, resources, or approaches can you offer to educators to help support the youth and families they are serving?

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

• Telling your story can empower others to find their voice.
• Our young people need brave spaces where the adults will listen empathetically and actively to what they believe they need to thrive, especially in identity matters.
• Unicorn teachers celebrate and are completely invested in each student's diversity and uniqueness, pushing them to believe in their own individual magic.
• Compassion fatigue, Secondary Traumatic Stress, and Burnout carry similarities but show up differently for educators.
• Everyone can find freedom by tapping into their “magic”--authentic connections or authentic networks, gratitude, intentional self-care, and creativity.

EPISODE RESOURCES:

• Connect with Ayesis Clay on Instagram and Twitter
• Fresh Ink Theatre
• Sculpted Clay Productions–Write 2 Create
• Using Creativity to Cope with Burnout–Facebook Live with Ayesis Clay

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

• Recognizing SEL in everyday instructional practices
• Naming SEL, claiming it, integrating it, and directing it towards the outcome desired
• Being a learning organization that refines and creates structures and systems for SEL
• Integrating students' strengths and challenges into the learning plan to facilitate learning
• Leveraging assessment to drive feedback and using feedback to drive learning

EPISODE RESOURCES:

• Connect with David Adams on Twitter (dadams_sel)
• Urban Assembly: Innovation in Public Education
• SEL Overview Objectives (UA)
• Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning
• Adams, D. A., Hamre, B. K., & Farmer, L. (2021). Instructional Interactions and Literacy: Supporting Classroom Instruction Through Teacher Social-Emotional Skill Development. In Handbook of Research on Supporting Social and Emotional Development Through Literacy Education (pp. 261-282). IGI Global.
• Adams, D. (2021). The Future of Education Lies in the Integration of Social-Emotional 
  and Cognitive Learning. ED Magazine. Global Citizenship Foundation, 1(1), 1.        
• Caruso, D., Rees, L., Adams, D. (2020). The Educator's Practical Guide to Emotional Intelligence. New Haven, CT: EI Skills Group. 
• Eakins, S.L., Adams, D.A., Falaise, J.B. (2020). Building Resilient Voices: A Conceptual Framework for Culturally Responsive SEL. Challenges to Integrating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs in Organizations, IGI Global.  Building Resilient Voices
• Adams, D. (2013). The application of social emotional learning principles to a special education environment. Korean Journal of Educational Policy, 2013(2013), 103-118.  
• Adams, D. (2008). Pursuing SEL Research in Graduate Study: Over-Classification of African American Males with Behavior and Emotional Disorders (BED).  Advances in SEL Research, AERA, 1(2), 8.
  
  

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

• Defining Pie Crust Character and Leadership
• SEEing to Lead - Support, Engage, and Empower
• Being purposeful, acting with integrity, and building character through your daily decisions.
• Reimagining faculty meetings
• Creating a culture of community through stories and sharing experiences
• Uncovering the hidden culture of a school

EPISODE RESOURCES:

• Connect with Dr. Chris Jones - Blog, LinkedIn, Twitter
  
  

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

• Creating physically and emotionally safe, and inclusive educational spaces for queer and trans youth
• Establishing signs visibility for young people to see when they come into their/your building and classroom
• Examining forms, language, and assumptions for heteronormative language that might be exclusionary towards students and families
• Co-creating policy and opportunities for education to change practice towards increased inclusivity
• Approaching students and families with curiosity to learn more about individual experiences

EPISODE RESOURCES:

• Connect with Kimm Topping: Twitter, Instagram, Kimm’s Website
• Safe Schools Program for LGBTQ Students (Massachusetts)
• Trans Student Educational Resources
• Queer Undefined website
• My Rainbow by Trinity Neal

Episode Highlights:

• Forming and showing our full identities while contributing positively to a team
• Connecting identity with self-image, self-esteem, self-confidence, trust, and communication
• Making time beyond the agenda to foster connection
• Building trust in online environments
• Supporting each other while supporting our students

Episode Resources:

• Connect with Gemma Cass on Twitter and Instagram
• Toolkit by CASEL on identity - Steele and Darling Hammond
• BRAVING by Dr. Brene Brown
• Tuckman’s Model for Nurturing a High Functioning Team
• Charrier’s Stages of Group Development
• Kiersey Personality Inventory
• Claude Steele
• Linda Darling-Hammond
• Darnell Fine
  
  

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

• Differentiating Applied Positive Psychology from Positive Psychology 
• Examining what is right with people instead of focusing on what is wrong with people (Clifton)
• Fostering FLOURISHING in educators and students
• Guiding students in building willpower, habit formation, hope, efficacy, resilience, and optimism

EPISODE RESOURCES:

• Connect with Felix Yerace: Twitter
• Dr. Yerace's publications: 
  • Building community in schools: Servant-Leadership, restorative justice, and discipline reform. International Journal of Servant Leadership, 10(1), 193-211. 
  • Adolescent and youth leadership development : the role of advisers in facilitating leadership and civic engagement through stewardship of student councils.
• Languishing Ted Talk - Adam Grant
• Clifton Strengths Finder
• Science of Happiness podcast - Lori Santos
• Self-Compassion - Kristin Neff
• Positive Psychology Center - Martin Seligman
• eudaimonia - human flourishing (Aristotle)

EPISODE 005 HIGHLIGHTS:

• Developing the advocacy language to support multilingual students in the classroom
• Empowering 'See Hear Feel' to foster ownership of the classroom culture
• Building upon self-awareness to construct the foundation for empathy and healthy relationships
• Recognizing the cognitive and emotive energy needed to process multiple languages concurrently
• Leveraging cultural assets and experiences to make learning relevant and engaging

EPISODE 005 RESOURCES:

• Connect with Brenda Mendoza: Instagram, Twitter, A Bridge to Biliteracy ASCD article, We Build EDU, Culturally Responsive Classrooms - Scholastic Teachers article,  Equity for English Language Learners - IL ASCD article
• See Hear Feel chart
• Collaborative for Academic Social Emotional Learning (CASEL)
• Zones of Regulation
• Dr. Luis Moll - Funds of Knowledge (U.S. Department of Healthy and Human Services)
• Funds of Knowledge activity (Bank Street College, NYC)
• WIDA English Language Development Standards
• I am Values/Affirmation Statements (Pathway2Success)

EPISODE 004 HIGHLIGHTS:

• “The arts are the key to change. Arts are not fluff; arts are the fuel.”
• The arts help create whole human beings.
• Highlight the best of each student through arts integration and the five SEL competencies
• Use art and illustrations as a form of self-expression, developing student self-confidence and self-efficacy, exploring identity, exploring social issues, and challenging stereotypes and biases.

EPISODE 004 RESOURCES:

• Connect with Amanda Koonlaba: Institute for Arts Integration and STEAM, Curriculum Vitae, Party in the Art Room website, Blog, Courses, Lesson Collections
• The Art of Norman Rockwell
• Vincent Van Gogh Art
• Research from the Arts Commission on how integrating SEL and the arts have influenced Mississippi schools (coming soon!)

EPISODE 003 TITLE: Co-Collaborating for Powerful SEL Integration with Adia Vellaccio and Amanda Trecker

EPISODE 003 HIGHLIGHTS:

• Co-collaboration elevates teacher capacity for SEL integration.
• The PAUSE helps create trusting rapport.
• Ensuring all students are seen, heard, and valued  - and that they see each other, hear each other, and value each other - deepens relationships.

EPISODE 003 RESOURCES:

• Connect with Adia Vellacio: [email protected], Grade 3 Teacher
• Connect with Amanda Trecker: [email protected], Grade 3 Teacher