Related ASCD Resources

Essential Questions: Opening Doors to Student Understanding by Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins (#109004)

Learning to Choose, Choosing to Learn: The Key to Student Motivation and Achievement by Mike Anderson (#116015)

The Power of the Adolescent Brain: Strategies for Teaching Middle and High School Students by Thomas Armstrong (#116017)

Questioning for Classroom Discussion: Purposeful Speaking, Engaged Listening, Deep Thinking by Jackie Acree Walsh and Beth Dankert Sattes (#115012)

Real Engagement: How do I help my students become motivated, confident, and self-directed learners? (ASCD Arias) by Allison Zmuda and Robyn R. Jackson (#SF115056)

Understanding How Young Children Learn: Bringing the Science of Child Development to the Classroom by Wendy L. Ostroff (#112003)

Online Courses

Sparking Student Creativity: Practical Applications and Strategies (#PD16OC002M)

Understanding Student Motivation, 2nd edition (#PD11OC106M)

Whole Child Initiative

ASCD's Whole Child approach is an effort to transition from a focus on narrowly defined academic achievement to one that promotes the long-term development and success of all children. Through this approach, ASCD supports educators, families, community members, and policymakers as they move from a vision about educating the whole child to sustainable, collaborative actions.

Cultivating Curiosity in K–12 Classrooms: How to Promote and Sustain Deep Learning relates to the engaged, supported, and challenged tenets.

Whole Child Tenets

HEALTHY: Each student enters school healthy and learns about and practices a healthy lifestyle

SAFE: Each student learns in an environment that is physically and emotionally safe for students and adults.

ENGAGED: Each student is actively engaged in learning and is connected to the school and broader community

SUPPORTED: Each student has access to personalized learning and is supported by qualified, caring adults.

CHALLENGED: Each student is challenged academically and prepared for success in college or further study and for employment and participation in a global environment.

For more about the Whole Child approach, visit www.wholechildeducation.org.

For more information: send e-mail to member@ascd.org; call 1-800-933-2723 or 703-578-9600, press 2; send a fax to 703-575-5400; or write to Information Services, ASCD, 1703 N. Beauregard St., Alexandria, VA 22311-1714 USA.