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Jeffrey Benson, author of the ASCD best-seller Improve Every Lesson Plan with SEL, is the guest for this episode.
Jeffrey and Ross discuss:
- Jeffrey’s extensive work with students who suffered the trauma of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
- “Are you willing to bet that your lesson plan will work – and work for every student?”
- How “home-field advantage” can inform perspectives on the classroom
- Jeffrey’s personal definition of SEL
- The process of co-creating social-emotional learning goals with students
- “Differentiated autonomy” in the classroom
- How an emphasis on SEL leads to improved formative assessment
- The critical importance of an intentional closure routine for lessons
- Reconnecting teachers with their “best moments of teaching [that] have always been informed by the social and emotional learning of [their] students”
- And more!
This is a wide-ranging conversation you won’t want to miss.
Improve Every Lesson Plan with SEL is published by ASCD. Buy it HERE.
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About the guest
Jeffrey Benson has more than 40 years of experience as a teacher, mentor, and school administrator, with a focus on supporting schools that can work for all students. His books include Improve Every Lesson Plan with SEL, Hanging In: Strategies for Working with the Students Who Challenge Us Most, and 10 Steps for Managing Change in Schools: How do we take initiatives from goals to actions? His website is JeffreyBenson.org. Connect on Twitter @jeffreybenson61
About the host
Ross Romano is a co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and CEO of September Strategies LLC. He is a leadership development and performance coach for professionals in a range of industries and consults with organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry to help communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano and LinkedIn
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