Responsive Classroom Program Developer Mike Anderson Presents Teaching Strategies at ASCD Conference
March 14, 2014
TURNERS FALLS, MA—Common Core State Standards require classroom environments supporting students as they take the risks needed for great learning, but some may be surprised at the integration of social and emotional learning (SEL) embedded directly in many of the standards.
That’s the message Responsive Classroom Program Developer Mike Anderson will deliver in a presentation at the ASCD Annual Conference in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 16. Drawing on years of experience as an elementary teacher and as an educational consultant for Responsive Classroom, Anderson will highlight and help elementary educators recognize the many social and emotional skills embedded within the Common Core State Standards and provide practical, effective strategies for teaching these skills.
According to Anderson, “It’s essential to explicitly teach social and emotional skills. You can’t assume that students already understand how, for example, to greet one another in a friendly and respectful manner, or to engage in productive academic conversations. And these skills are absolutely key, not only to school climate, but also for academic performance.”
This highly interactive presentation will provide strategies for direct instruction of SEL skills and a framework for creating the nurturing learning environments needed for relevant high-level academic work. Participants will learn about Interactive Modeling and interactive learning structures and will leave the session with enough background and practice to begin using these strategies in their classrooms immediately.
Anderson’s session, titled “Social and Emotional Learning and the Common Core Standards,” will be held on Sunday morning, March 16, from 8:00–9:30 a.m.
About Mike Anderson
Responsive Classroom Program Developer Mike Anderson taught third, fourth, and fifth grades for fifteen years in Connecticut and New Hampshire. In 2004, he received the Milken National Educator Award for excellence in teaching. Since becoming a consulting teacher in 1999, Anderson has taught thousands of educators how to manage their classrooms and build academic engagement by using the Responsive Classroom approach to teaching.
He wrote the third, fourth, and fifth grade books in the What Every Teacher Needs to Know K–5 Series and is also author of The Well-Balanced Teacher and co-author of The Research-Ready Classroom.
For more information, contact:
Northeast Foundation for Children, Inc.
85 Avenue A, P.O. Box 718, Turners Falls, MA 01376
800-360-6332, ext. 111