As an administrator, you may have worries about how a new school-based mindfulness program will be received by both teachers and students. The curriculum might already feel full to the brim. How will you be able to add yet another task on your...

We often talk about how educators can effectively communicate with their students. But for most K-12 teachers, it’s just as challenging – sometimes even more so – to communicate with their students’ parents. This is especially true when parents are...

As a teacher, you have students come into your classroom after every kind of experience – Sometimes, a student may come into your classroom after experiencing a huge loss.

At first glance, empathy training for teachers might sound to you like one more requirement you need to complete. There is so much you need to worry about as it is as a teacher – and fostering empathy might get pushed down the list. And that’s...

It’s important to strengthen the sense of community that your students have with you and with each other in the classroom. But no matter how strong your classroom community is, conflict will arise at some point or another. The way you deal with...