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Social-emotional learning

Teaching to Strengths: Supporting Students Living with Trauma, Violence, and Chronic Stress

8 years ago

Social-emotional learning

Changing the Narrative: Engaging Fathers in Their Children's Education

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Better Days: Practical and Research-Based Social-Emotional Practices for Teachers and Students

5 months ago

Becoming Stress Wise at School

2 years ago

SEL Programs at the Middle and High School Level: A Practical Guide for Schools and Districts

2 years ago

In this Webinar

Half of U.S. students come to school having experienced or still experiencing some type of trauma, violence, or chronic stress. This startling statistic presents a challenge to all educators, especially because very little professional literature focuses on teaching this population and doing so from a strengths-based perspective. Instead of looking at what is missing from the lives of these students and their families, the presenters will focus on the assets they bring and how to create a strengths-based classroom learning environment that extends to families and communities.

About the presenter

Debbie Zacarian is known for her expertise in strengths-based leadership, instructional practices, and partnerships with culturally and linguistically diverse student and family populations. As founder of Zacarian & Associates and with more than three decades of combined experience as a district administrator, University of Massachusetts-Amherst faculty member, and educational service leader, she provides sustained policy and practice supports for educators that help them work more successfully with diverse student and family populations to strengthen achievement and outcomes. Her work credo is "achievement through access, equity, and engagement."

Zacarian was the founder and director of the Center for English Language Education and Advancing Student Achievement at the Collaborative for Educational Services. As founding director of Amherst Public Schools bilingual and English learner program, she and the district received many local, state, and national honors for its work with English learners. Zacarian has authored multiple books and more than 100 journal articles and educational policies for urban, suburban, and rural districts and state agencies.

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