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Creating a Self-Directed Learning Environment

Standards-Based and Social-Emotional Learning
This flexible framework, grounded in research, helps schools build on the strengths of existing programs to successfully implement standards-based learning, social-emotional learning, and cognitive development.

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Product Details
  • Grade Level: PreK-12
  • ISBN: 9781544384245
  • Published By: Corwin
  • Year: 2019
  • Page Count: 184
  • Publication date: December 10, 2019
Price: $39.95
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Description

Educate the whole child—improve the whole school.

Implementing evidence-based and innovative teaching practices can feel like juggling: If you have standards-based learning in one hand and social-emotional learning in the other, what do you do with cognitive development? This book shows you how to balance all 3, combining these concepts into manageable, realistic plans for success.

In clear, easy-to-follow language, master teacher and educational expert Greg Mullen introduces a flexible, three-tiered, visual framework designed for schoolwide collaboration. He also offers:

• An integrated philosophy focused on self-directed learning and the whole child
• Research sourced from CASEL and state programs and initiatives
• Attention to academic inclusion, behavior intervention, and classroom management
• Numerous illustrations, tables, and graphics
• Tools and supplemental resources for implementation

Make innovation work for your school. With this guide, you and your colleagues will build on your strengths, discover the potential of your existing programs, and implement smart changes that make a real difference for students.

Author(s)

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Greg Mullen
Greg Mullen is a credentialed educator that has spent the past few years developing an approach toward standards-based education through a lens of social-emotional learning. Inspired by his years as a classroom teacher in California public, private, and charter schools, his focus now is helping schools, teachers, and families troubleshoot obstacles in personalizing education. He enjoys spending his spare time researching across academic disciplines and occasionally performing as a rock musician. Having released his first book, Creating a Self Directed Learning Environment, he continues to write and speak on topics of personalizing education across the country. Learn more about his work at www.ExploringTheCore.com

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Introduction

Exploring the Core

When Everything Was Perfect

Perfect Circles Have No Beginning

PART 1: PRIMARY CONCEPTS

Chapter 1: Standards-Based Grading

Teacher Mastery of Standards

Standards and Grading

Defining Proficiency

Adapting Assessments

Reporting Proficiency

Curricula and Resources

Chapter 2: Social-Emotional Learning

Self-Awareness and Management

Social-Awareness and Relationships

Societal Responsibility

Chapter 3: Cognitive and Psychosocial Human Development

Cognitive Human Development

Psychosocial Human Development

Developmental Mindset

Special Education

PART 2: SECONDARY CONCEPTS

Chapter 4: Self-Directed Learning

Identifying Growth Versus Proficiency

Make a Plan (SMART Goals)

Resources

Strategies

Product

Chapter 5 (Part 1): Behavioral Coaching

Changing Role of the Classroom Teacher

General Behavior Expectations

Behavioral Coaching [In-Class Approach]

Chapter 5 (Part 2): Behavioral Inclusion and Intervention

Behavioral Inclusion

Behavioral Intervention [School-Wide Approach]

Chapter 6: Academic Inclusion and Intervention

Academic Inclusion

Differentiation for an Inclusive Model

Standards-Based Differentiation

Tiers of Academic Inclusion

Tiers of Developmental Inclusion

Academic Intervention

Conclusion

Adopt and Adapt

Quotes to Consider

Sources of Motivation (Resources and Citations)

Index

Reviews

Quote by Meghan Schofield, Third Grade Teacher, Wiscasset Elementary School, ME: "Creating a Self-Directed Learning Environment is filled with strategies on how to begin shifting toward a standards-based approach. These strategies will be extremely useful to all teachers, both those that are beginning their careers and those who are experienced and looking to implement standards-based and social-emotional learning."
"Creating a Self-Directed Learning Environment is filled with strategies on how to begin shifting toward a standards-based approach. These strategies will be extremely useful to all teachers, both those that are beginning their careers and those who are experienced and looking to implement standards-based and social-emotional learning."
Meghan Schofield, Third Grade Teacher
Wiscasset Elementary School, ME
Quote by Charla Buford Bunker, FOCUS Instructor, Great Falls High School. MT: "Greg Mullen infuses this book with a refreshing passion for teaching. Not only does this book clearly define Common Core Standards, but it also individualizes core standards for every learner, including meeting the all important social and emotional factors required so students can learn."

"Greg Mullen infuses this book with a refreshing passion for teaching. Not only does this book clearly define Common Core Standards, but it also individualizes core standards for every learner, including meeting the all important social and emotional factors required so students can learn."

Charla Buford Bunker, FOCUS Instructor
Great Falls High School. MT
Quote by Ashley LaCroix, Technology Integrator, Wiscasset Elementary School, ME: "Creating a Self-Directed Learning Environment is a skillfully balanced presentation for how to thoughtfully design and implement content standards, progress monitoring, and social emotional learning in the modern classroom.”
"Creating a Self-Directed Learning Environment is a skillfully balanced presentation for how to thoughtfully design and implement content standards, progress monitoring, and social emotional learning in the modern classroom.”
Ashley LaCroix, Technology Integrator
Wiscasset Elementary School, ME
Quote by Lisa Graham, Director, Early Childhood Education, Douglas County School District, CO:

"This book promotes self-reflection for the teacher as well as for the students, and it describes vertical planning to identify critical elements of key standards throughout the grade levels, all while being written in user-friendly tone that makes it accessible to all readers."

"This book promotes self-reflection for the teacher as well as for the students, and it describes vertical planning to identify critical elements of key standards throughout the grade levels, all while being written in user-friendly tone that makes it accessible to all readers."




Lisa Graham, Director, Early Childhood Education
Douglas County School District, CO
Quote by Deb Bible, Educational Consultant, DeKalb Regional Office of Education, IL: "Greg Mullen provides useful guidance and valuable information for all teachers in this timely book on an important topic!"
"Greg Mullen provides useful guidance and valuable information for all teachers in this timely book on an important topic!"


Deb Bible, Educational Consultant
DeKalb Regional Office of Education, IL
Quote by Christine Clement, Instructional Coach, Mandeville Middle School, LA:

"In his book, Greg Mullen explores the intricate connections between academic, social-emotional, and human development and how these ideas should be considered when teaching the whole child."

"In his book, Greg Mullen explores the intricate connections between academic, social-emotional, and human development and how these ideas should be considered when teaching the whole child."


Christine Clement, Instructional Coach
Mandeville Middle School, LA

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