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How MindOH!'s DLSS Aligns With Effective Social
and Emotional Learning
Furr High School: Creating a Culture of Caring
Emotions Impact Student Achievement
Funding Corner: Smaller Learning Communities
Program
Funding Corner: Robert H. Michel Civic Education
Grants
How MindOH!'s DLSS Aligns With Effective Social
and Emotional Learning
In educational
circles there has recently been an effort to "enhance children's
success in school and life by promoting coordinated, evidence-based
social, emotional, and academic learning as an essential part of
education from preschool through high school." These words are taken
from the mission statement of The Collaborative for Academic,
Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), one of the leading
organizations in the field of social and emotional learning. Another
leading organization in the field is the Center for Social and
Emotional Education (CSEE), whose mission is to "develop proactive
ways to promote academic achievement as well as preventing youth
violence and other at-risk behaviors by fostering effective social
and emotional education and character education for children and
adolescents."
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Discipline and Life Skills Series aligns with effective social
and emotional learning.
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| Dear
Jennifer,
MindOH! remains extremely busy into 2004. We're bringing on
new schools, developing new products, wrapping up our
Foundation's national contest, and enjoying every minute of
it. Read what's new with the Company this month and feel free
to respond if you have anything to share with us about what is
going on with you!
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Furr
High School: Creating a Culture of Caring
 Dr. Bertie Simmons,
principal of Furr High School in Houston, spends more than
half of her time during the school day listening to students
who have been referred for discipline, and talking with them
about character education. At Furr, Dr. Simmons has shifted
the typical negative approach to dealing with student
misbehavior into a positive approach involving concepts of
character education such as respect and responsibility.
"Kids know when you don't care -- you can't fake it with
them. But you care more when you know more. I embrace the
philosophy that it's impossible to know too much about a
person. It's what you do with what you know that matters. And
that's where MindOH! comes in."
Dr. Simmons thinks MindOH! is unique because it gets into
the heads and hearts of students. "I've been around education
for more than 40 years and I've longed for something like
MindOH! that would help me to know what it is that's causing
misbehaviors. This is the first time I've bumped up against
something that gives me that information."
See
a video testimonial of Dr. Simmons. »
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Emotions Impact Student Achievement
In the article Promoting Academic Achievement through Social
and Emotional Learning, the authors illustrate that there is a
strong relationship between social and emotional learning and
academic success. They argue that academics should integrate
social and emotional learning core competencies such as:
- Self Awareness
- Social Awareness
- Self Management
- Relationship Skills
and
- Responsible Decision Making
Teachers are enhancing and advancing the
academic mission of the school, and helping students address
barriers that may be limiting their academic progress.
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the complete article »
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Funding Corner: Smaller Learning Communities Program
 The Assistant Secretary for
Vocational and Adult Education, Dr. Susan Sclafani, proposes
requirements, priorities, and selection criteria under the
Smaller Learning Communities (SLC) Program. The Assistant
Secretary will use these requirements, priorities, and
selection criteria for a competition using fiscal year (FY)
2003 funds and may use them in later years.
Department of Education Forecast of Funding: This document
lists virtually all programs and competitions under which the
Department of Education has invited or expects to invite
applications for new awards for FY 2004 and provides actual or
estimated deadline dates for the transmittal of applications
under these programs. The lists are in the form of charts --
organized according to the Department's principal program
offices -- and include programs and competitions we have
previously announced, as well as those they plan to announce
at a later date. Note: This document is advisory only and is
not an official application notice of the Department of
Education. They expect to provide updates to this document
through July 2004.
http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/find/edlite-forecast.html.
Visit
the Office of the Federal Register to comment. »
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Funding Corner: Robert H. Michel Civic Education
Grants
Title: Robert H. Michel Civic Education Grants
Organization: Dirksen Congressional Center
Eligibility: Teachers in grades 6-12
Value: $35,000 in total
Deadline: May 1,
2004
The Dirksen Congressional Center will award $35,000 in 2004
to help teachers improve the quality of civics instruction,
with priority given to projects that address the role of
Congress in the federal government. Areas of interest include
designing lesson plans, creating student activities, and
applying instructional technology in the classroom. Expenses
eligible for support include faculty release time, software
purchases, project-related incidentals such as photocopying,
and professional development activities with specific
relevance to the subject area. Grants will not be awarded for
class field trips, presentations at professional meetings, the
purchase of computer hardware or internet connections,
indirect costs, or for tuition or other costs incurred in
pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree. Contact: Frank
H. Mackaman, (309) 347-7113, fmackaman@dirksencenter.org.
Visit
the Dirken Center Web site »
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