| By: Joan Cole Duffell Response to Charlottesville: A Call for Empathy and Inclusion from Joan Cole Duffell The terrible events in Charlottesville and the news stories and conversations of the past week are weighing on our minds here at Committee for Children. Such hatred, violence, and intolerance can only be extinguished by working together now to buiRead More
| By: Bridgid Normand Teaching Touching Safety Rules: Safe and Unsafe Touching—Activity Grades K–5—Knowing what to say can be hard when teaching your kids about their personal space and how to protect themselves. This quick-guide is here to help.Read More
| By: Carol Wood What Federal Education Policy Means for Your School The 2017–18 school year is upon us. In this new year, there’s a lot to know about what’s happening with federal education policy and how it affects your state, your classroom, and you. The following tips and rRead More
| By: Tia Kim Take Action with SEL Data—Second Step Program Partners with Panorama Each year, over 10.6 million students learn social-emotional skills with the Second Step Program. To ensure that educators, schools, and districts can effectively track and measure Second Step competencies, we’ve partnered with Read More
| By: Juliet Kandel K–5 Back-to-School Quick Tools Need some quick tools to energize your staff for SEL and the Second Step Program? Generate discussions and get everyone on the same page using these short videos in your back-to-school meetings: 1 ½ minute video: Read More
| By: Carol Wood Teacher Health and Wellness On June 14, 2017, Committee for Children and the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) held a congressional briefing on “Teacher Health and Wellness: Fostering Student Achievement by Supporting Teachers’ Mental andRead More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson 13 Reasons Why Teachers Are Appreciated May 9th is National Teacher Appreciation Day, a time to show our thanks to teachers for all they do. In honor of this day and of teachers in general, I asked others about why they value teachers. I interviewed children, parents and grandparents, including Joan Duffell, Executive Director of Committee for Children, a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering the safety and well-being of children through social-emotional learning and development. Of course, I added in my thoughts too. In total, 13 of us share why we appreciate teachers, and we mean every last word!Read More
| By: Shauna McBride Social-Emotional Learning The field of social-emotional learning (SEL) has made many exciting strides since Committee for Children introduced its first curriculum in 1989. During April 2017, in particular, a number of reports were published intended to advance the field of SEL.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Reporting Child Sexual Abuse is Key in Protecting Kids Sharing information about child sexual abuse, including how to recognize it and how to respond to and report it, is an important way to keep children safe.” Read More
| By: Committee for Children Making a Difference—Activity Grades K-5—Positive reinforcement of good deeds is a simple but effective way to support and encourage treating others with kindness and respect.Read More