Educators for Social Responsibility (ESR) - Cambridge, Massachusetts » Program Spotlight

ESR Can Help You Reach and Engage All Learners

ESR — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:29:02 +0000

At ESR we’ve worked with thousands of middle and high school educators who are taking steps to build more personalized schools and classrooms. Our Reaching and Engaging All Learners approach can help secondary schools large and small achieve change that put engaging, student-centered learning and safe, respectful, and productive environments at the heart of their reforms.

Guided Discipline Works!

ESR — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:22:50 +0000

A NYC high school teacher recently wrote to us, “I took your Guided Discipline workshop in Manhattan in April 2010. I’ve been meaning to get in contact with you regarding the success I’ve been having in all my science classes – 9th through 11th grades. With your simple techniques, and my consistent use of Getting Classroom Management RIGHT and Making Learning REAL, I don’t have any classroom management concerns with my two freshman classes. I make sure the students are held accountable for their lateness, missing work, etc. I’ve used the rights and responsibilities technique with my sophomores and juniors which made their endless chatter go away. I also made a wager for all to complete their homework assignments prior to the end of the second marking period. It worked!”

Advisory Programs Help Improve Academic Performance and Postsecondary Planning

ESR — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:20:41 +0000

The benefits of implementing school-wide advisory programs are well documented. Advisory programs can play a critical role in a school’s overall academic and student support services plan. Advisories are a primary way to create a more personalized learning environment where all students are well known by at least one adult. Moreover, advisory provides a structure and a set of practices for monitoring and supporting students’ academic progress and college and career readiness throughout their time in high school. To learn more, see our high school advisory page and our middle school advisory page.

To hear what students and educators in Austin, TX have to say about advisory in their schools, click here.

SEL Curricula Are for School Counselors Too

ESR — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:47:32 +0000

ESR author Ken Breeding is featured in an article on social and emotional learning called School Counseling Curriculum Objectives on the School Counselor website.

“Breeding said that it’s evident that when students are taught SEL skills, violence, acting out and other disruptive behaviors are ‘tremendously curtailed.’ And it’s no surprise that students who lack these skills, who are afraid and anxious, who are victims of everyday teasing and bullying, struggle with learning – and fail to achieve.”

See the full article here.

Adventures in Peacemaking – Great for After-School and Camp

ESR — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:01:22 +0000

After-school and camp should feel different from school. We designed Adventures in Peacemaking, an activity-based educational program that can be quickly and easily introduced into any after-school or summer program. For more information, see our Adventures in Peacemaking page.