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Educators

Demystifying Mental Health with Coaching for School Staff

As we return to full-time, in-person learning, educators expect even more students to struggle with anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues that interfere with their ability to learn and succeed in school. It’s clear that there is a mental health gap that we urgently need to close in order to address the academic gap from lost learning during the pandemic, and ultimately to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our students. Teachers, administrators, and school counselors must be ready to assist these students. So where do we start?

Starting the Conversation About Race, Equality and Bias in Schools

Starting the Conversation About Race, Equality and Bias in Schools

Dealing with race, equality, and bias is a problem that continues to confound Americans, in large part because we are not even comfortable talking about it. Yet our children and teens are watching events unfold in the world and they have questions, real questions. As educators, we need to support thoughtful dialogue. So how do […]

Post-Covid Challenges and Remedies

In this episode Chris Leonard, Thrive’s Chief Learning Officer, recently spoke with a Georgia power couple, Michael and Nita Creekmore about their firsthand knowledge of the current challenges that students, teachers, and parents are facing and clear ideas of how to support ourselves, our children, our students and our colleagues. Highlights include: Challenges among students […]

Virtual Counseling Tips

The key to connecting with students,  in person or virtually,  is building a strong rapport. This infographic shares ideas for games and activities that can be performed virtually (as well as in person). VIEW THE INFOGRAPHIC HERE.

Nancy Sulla on Engaging Students in a Hybrid Learning Environment

Although schools are trying to create safe in-person learning, most will start the year in a hybrid mix of in-person and remote learning. In this episode, Chris talks with Dr. Nancy Sulla, author of five books on creating student-driven, blended learning environments. Dr. Sulla’s instructional plan for transforming learning is giving teachers an entirely new […]

Dealing with grief

Dealing With Grief

The COVID-19 outbreak has brought grief to the forefront, because nearly all of us are grieving right now. Many of us have loved ones who have died. Others have lost jobs, missed out on graduation ceremonies, or lost the daily social interaction that sustains us. What we’ve all experienced is the undeniable feeling that the […]