self-efficacy

Five Tenets of Community for Powerful Student Care

May 12, 2023May 8, 2023 by Phil Harrison

I’m now completing my 29th year serving as a professional educator. Maybe it’s my age, maybe it’s my experiences, or maybe it’s my own emotional fatigue, but it seems to me that students are arriving at our school doors carrying heavier and heavier burdens than in years past. Feelings of detachment and despondency are becoming … Continue reading Five Tenets of Community for Powerful Student Care

Supporting the Development of Student Identity and Agency

April 12, 2019April 8, 2019 by Phil Harrison

Student identity (the sense of who the person is) and agency (the sense of capability to act independently) is continually growing and changing. As classroom teachers, we have the ability to undertake actions that will help positively influence student identity and agency. In their book All Learning Is Social And Emotional: Helping Students Develop Essential … Continue reading Supporting the Development of Student Identity and Agency