Resistant Learners? or Resilient Learners? A Great Tool Every Teacher Needs in their Toolbelt.
In every classroom there’s that one student who just can’t sit still. They jump out of their seat, yell and cuss, and distract their neighbors […]
Resiliency in Learners
Our Learners are Already Resilient
Trauma is, unfortunately, something extremely prevalent within our world, and especially in the lives of many of the amazing students that fill the seats in […]
Fostering Care Within A Traumatized Classroom
What Do We Mean by Trauma? As educators, we must prepare for trauma. It will be something we will face in our careers and continue […]
Building Brilliance by Fostering Resilience
When we start to look at the prevalence of the adversity that many of us have faced in our lives, we must also celebrate the […]
Supporting Resilient Learners
Personally, one of the main reasons I want to be a teacher is to cheer my students on and support them as they go through […]
Coping Together: Helping Students Cope with Trauma
Teaching is hard. Ask any teacher. And it’s certainly not made any easier by the fact that our students are not blank slates. Teaching would be so much easier if students came into the classroom without previous experiences. But the reality is they are. More than that though, students are coming to our classrooms with trauma. Teaching traumatized learners takes skill, practice, and patience. Today, we’re going to unpack how we can help our students become resilient learners.
Fostering Resilient students who THRIVE!
…”we must also celebrate the power of resilience. Many of us have found a way to survive the not-OK” (Souers & Hall, 2016 p. 23). […]
Fostering Resilience in the Science Classroom
According to Souers and Hall, resiliency in the classroom is defined as the building of strong relationships and creation of a safe classroom environment to […]
Trauma in the Class, What Do We Do?
What is Trauma? Trauma is pervasive in the high school setting. It’s pervasive everywhere, but it can be very prevalent in a high school classroom. […]
The Journey Towards Resilience
In Kristen Souers and Pete Halls book Fostering Resilient Learners, the impact of trauma and negative experiences is investigated through an educational lens to determine […]