Creating a Self-Directed Learning Environment: Standards-Based and Social-Emotional Learning

Educate the whole child-improve the whole school. Implementing new teaching practices can feel like juggling. This book shows you how to balance standards-based learning, social-emotional learning, and cognitive development and build realistic plans for success. With a flexible, three-tiered, visual framework designed for schoolwide collaboration, it helps you build on your school's strengths and the potential of existing programs. It also offers: * An integrated philosophy focused on self-directed learning and the whole child * Attention to academic inclusion, behavior intervention, and classroom management * Research sourced from CASEL and state programs and initiatives * Numerous illustrations, tables, and graphics * Tools and supplemental resources for implementation