Submitted by RA (not verified) on March 27, 2008 - 10:42.
I completely agree with your position that one year programs are not effective. We need to address the social emotional skills of students from the first day they enter school. While some educators argue that we should not have to spend classroom time on social issues (since it is a parents responsibility), ignoring the problem is certainly not helping, and actually snowballing out of control!
We definitely need to pull together as a teaching nation and figure out the best course of action to implement from pre-k on. The only way this will happen is if we all voice our concerns within our districts and provide documentation that will back up our position.
The importance of ongoing social emotional learning programs
Submitted by RA (not verified) on March 27, 2008 - 10:42.
I completely agree with your position that one year programs are not effective. We need to address the social emotional skills of students from the first day they enter school. While some educators argue that we should not have to spend classroom time on social issues (since it is a parents responsibility), ignoring the problem is certainly not helping, and actually snowballing out of control!
We definitely need to pull together as a teaching nation and figure out the best course of action to implement from pre-k on. The only way this will happen is if we all voice our concerns within our districts and provide documentation that will back up our position.