PENSACOLA, FL – Barbie Nall teaches a variety of subjects to 6th through 12th grade students in a drug and alcohol residential treatment center. In addition to providing the students with the academic coursework necessary to reach or maintain grade level standards, the program aims to give the students tools to learn positive coping skills …
Tag: resilience
Lehman College, CUNY
BRONX, NY – Dr. Christy Folsom is an associate professor in the Childhood Education Department of Lehman College, City University of New York. Her academic focus is on the intellectual and emotional infrastructure of teaching and learning, project-based learning that includes self-organization skill, transfer of learning from coursework to P-12 classrooms, and change in …
Jack Schore Tennis
Viewtown, VA – Jack Schore, is the Founder and Director of Jack Schore Tennis – a program that serves 700-800 young tennis players per week in the Washington DC area, ranging in age from 4-18 years old. Coach Schore approached the JW Foundation with an interest in integrating the Art of Learning principles into his …
Jackson Elementary
Pasadena, CA – Jackson Elementary School recently received a magnet grant to become a STEM and Spanish/English Dual Language Immersion school. Fourth grade teacher, Eduardo Chenu, is interested in working on social/emotional skills with his students, many of whom are from high-poverty backgrounds, in order to increase resilience. “My dream is to first explore the …
EBB TIDE BIMINI KIDS SWIM TEAM PROGRAM
BIMINI, BAHAMAS – Josh and Bonnie Waitzkin initiated the Ebb Tide Swim Safe program after discovering that so many Bahamian children don’t swim. On the Island of Bimini, and throughout the Bahamas, mothers teach their children to fear sharks and barracuda and to avoid the clear turquoise water that surrounds this tiny island. The beaches …
Lehman College, TIEL Institute
BRONX, NY-The purpose of Teaching for Intellectual and Emotional Learning at Lehman College is to offer a uniquely balanced approach to learning and teaching that addresses the requirements of 21st-century education. TIEL brings together the intellectual and social-emotional components of learning and teaching. Dr. Christy Folsom, Associate Professor and founder of the Institute, introduced The …