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National University Announces the National University Teacher of the Year, Awards Alejandro Diasgranados $50,000 and a Full-Ride Scholarship to National University
Alejandro Diasgranados of Aiton Elementary School in Washington, D.C. selected from more than 51 state winners as 2020 National University Teacher Award winner Today, the National University Teacher Award (NUTA) announced that Alejandro Diasgranados, a fourth and fifth grade teacher at Aiton Elementary School in Washington, D.C., is the nation’s top inspiring teacher for 2020. Mr. Diasgranados was selected from more than 51 state winners and will receive a check for […]
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Harmony SEL And Johns Hopkins University Share SEL Best Practices
Harmony SEL And Johns Hopkins University Share SEL Best Practices Download the latest research-to-practice brief on the components of effective SEL. Now more than ever, educators want strategies to support the social and emotional needs of their students. However, it is not always clear where to start, or which active ingredients are needed for effective […]
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9 Educators We’re Celebrating for Women’s History Month
Wednesday, March 03, 2021 Learn more about the women who have influenced our team… March is Women’s History Month, and our teams at Harmony SEL and Inspire Teaching & Learning are celebrating women who have shaped the field of education and championed social and emotional learning. Get to know the people behind our programs and […]
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Looking into the 2021 SEL Telescope
Edited by Nick Yoder, PhD Introduction One of the pictorial metaphors I have appreciated the most in 2020 is the vision of multiple boats who are all in the same storm—with high waves and lightning—each attempting to reach the shore. However, the boats are different sizes, have different numbers of people and resources on board, […]
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Putting the Pieces Together to Form Harmonious Relationships
By Nick Yoder, PhD The creation, development, and refinement of Harmony SEL is driven by the need for young people to develop the skills and be in environments (in classrooms and other settings) that lead to harmonious social interactions (Hanish et al., 2017). The program and associated activities are predominately driven by Intergroup Contact Theory […]
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Master the Art of Social Emotional Learning at National University
Social emotional learning (SEL) helps students — both children and adults — better understand their thoughts and emotions to become more self-aware and to develop more empathy for others within their community and the world around them. When incorporated into daily learning through programs like Harmony SEL, students can learn skills like communication, problem solving, […]
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Master the Art of Social Emotional Learning at National University
Social emotional learning (SEL) helps students — both children and adults — better understand their thoughts and emotions to become more self-aware and to develop more empathy for others within their community and the world around them. When incorporated into daily learning through programs like Harmony SEL, students can learn skills like communication, problem solving, […]
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The 2020 STA Winners Share Their Distance Learning Stories
We are thrilled to celebrate and recognize all our Sanford Teacher Award Winners for exemplifying inspirational instruction in the classroom and remote learning settings. Over the past few months, educators across the country have worked tirelessly to provide engaging and inspirational distance learning to students. School closures and stay-at-home orders have emphasized how important educators […]
