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The ROI of Soft Skills
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗢𝗜 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀: 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗦𝗘𝗟 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 I just wrapped up a powerful week leading the ERASMUS+ Key Action 1 Staff Training course on Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), one of my favorite courses! The comment from one participant perfectly illustrates the ripple effect of this training: “All of
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Mistakes happen, how we deal with them is even more important!
𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙪𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙖 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚. Yesterday, I found out that a quick comment I made at the end of a class – a throwaway moment, without context – almost made a student want to stop coming altogether. It hit his self-esteem in a way that
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More Play!
𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨… 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮? Last month, I had the joy of speaking at the 11th EEPEK (Scientific Association for the Promotion of Innovation in Education), a gathering of educators, researchers, and practitioners from across Europe, hosted by the University of Thessaly in Greece. My talk, “Play
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Your strength is your superpower!
I used to think that my high energy was something I needed to tone down… until I realized it’s what makes me stand out! Finding and applying our #characterstrengths enables us to feel great satisfaction and appreciation of ourselves, others and the world. It helps us to think more clearly, openly and increases our motivation
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Inclusion is (and should be) everywhere!
𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙛 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙖 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣? This week I found myself exploring inclusion from two seemingly different spaces, education and coliving, both asking the same question: 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨? I’ve been delivering a teacher training on inclusive education this week, and today joined this months Coliving Hub
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Elana Shyong 