How PTSD Affects Adult Learning

How PTSD Affects Adult Learning

How does trauma impact adult learners? Trauma & PTSD impacts adults and children physically, emotionally, and intellectually. Trauma is the experience of an event that overwhelms our nervous system and that occurs when our ability to protect ourselves fails, and...
What Is Growth Mindset?

What Is Growth Mindset?

Introduction to Growth Mindset Teaching Guest post contributed by Big Life Journal Growth mindset burst onto the education scene in the mid-2000’s, and its popularity continues to increase. Despite the buzz around growth mindset, the term is commonly misunderstood....
Resilience in Isolation

Resilience in Isolation

The Key to Resilience: Being the Grownup A Guest Post by Dr. Adelia Moore   When I first accepted an invitation to contribute a post to the Empowering Education Blog, the world was a different place. Had I written this in January, I would have written to you as a...
SEL and Racial Equity

SEL and Racial Equity

  How Does SEL Support Racial Equity? SEL teaches children the lessons they need to understand and practice racial equity. Social emotional learning starts with bringing an end to racism and injustice. But how do we have these tough conversations with young people? We...
Teacher Tips for Online Learning

Teacher Tips for Online Learning

A virtual classroom is the new reality for many. As educators, we miss seeing your kiddos in person, but that doesn’t mean you can’t make your houses into an ideal learning environment! Here are teachers’ Top 6 Tips for setting up an online classroom in your...