Dec 18, 2017
Show Notes:
During today's show, we discuss the following topics during our first segment:
In our second segment, we have two very special guests to discuss Social Emotional Learning and a program they created called "TEAMology."
Resources Mentioned/Referenced:
How effective is your school district? A new measure shows where students learn the most
Invent Penn State backs TEAMology with $75,000 award from Fund for Innovation
TIME: Betsy Devos: The Biggest Controversies from year one
Devos reverses policy on campus sexual assault investigations
Ed Dept says it will scale back civil rights investigations
For-profit college regulations
Devos Forcing scammed students to repay loans for meaningless degrees
Devos has 10 boats, two helicopters, a yacht scheduler and a lifestyle that you can’t afford ($580m in assets)
The Polarizing Pick to be Betsy Devos’ right-hand man
Students boo Betsy Devos as commencement speaker at HBCU
Republican Tax plan is an early christmas gift for Devos family (Senator Toomey inserted amendment that exempts schools that don’t accept federal funds from being taxed on their endowments)
Guest Information:
Tonight we have two guests who are experts in Social Emotional Learning and building Character in our young students. Students who rank higher on the Social Emotional Learning scale have demonstrated they are more successful students, as they demonstrate higher levels of skills such as problem solving, resiliency, and leadership, they are shown to score higher on tests, attend school more regularly and become more valuable assets to future employers and society.
Linsey Covert is a former teacher and school counselor and now instructor in the Penn State College of Education. As a graduate student, she saw a need for a practical solution to help students develop better relationships and life skills for a more successful future. She began developing ideas for Project TEAM over a dozen years ago and is now the director of Project TEAM, a school-wide anti-bullying movement developed at Penn State to help schools evolve into TEAM-oriented climates. She founded TEAMology, which under license from the university, began recently spreading the SEL and Character Foundations to schools throughout the region by launching a cloud based platform allowing teachers to easily access research based SEL curriculum, track progress, earn badges in SEL, and most importantly communicate, collaborate, and support one another.
Linsey is joined by Lisa
DiBernardo, who not only taught these skills successfully to
students in NJ for 6 years, and won awards, she joined the
TEAMology movement as an Education Director and has been largely
credited with helping 1,200 teachers and now 14,000 students
improve their Social, Emotional and Character
skills.