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8th graders discuss identity and how it influences behaviors.
I believe when you teach students how to empathize… when you slow down the play and get them to really think about their impact of their actions in advance…They will often choose to shift their behaviors.
How often are you asked a question, but the tone in which you were asked turned you off? I’ve found that when we ask a question from a space of curiosity, it’s received differently…I’ve been the adult asking a question that was often only asked to validate the thought that I already had… and I imagine that the person being asked… knew it.
I absolutely love when students are engaged. When I speak to students while facilitating an SEL (Social Emotional Learning) workshop, it’s critical to not only teach concepts, but to check for understanding…
Seeing through the Fog that creates conflict. The C.L.E.A.R Model…
Thermostat vs Thermometer: Controlling your response as opposed to being controlled.
Master Your Emotions: The Power of listening to language patterns.
02/23/2026
Today as part of my SEL student training at Jessie White Learning Academy in .5 , I shared an original poem and asked them to listen not for rhyme but for language.
As they listened we identified three patterns that distort meaning in real time (part of my Clarity Model framework)
Assumptions
Exaggerations
Omissions
What stood out was not just the engagement. The oohs and ahhs were real. It was watching students analyze language as it was happening. Naming patterns. Answering questions. Refining their thinking out loud.
This is what it looks like when learning moves from passive to participatory.
When students learn to question meaning before reacting to it they gain clarity. And clarity changes conversations relationships and outcomes.
This is the work.
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