Be Your Own Cheerleader: The Power of Positive Self Talk
Think about the most recent mistake you’ve made. It could be anything from forgetting to buy something at the grocery store to not completing a…
May 30, 2023
Think about the most recent mistake you’ve made. It could be anything from forgetting to buy something at the grocery store to not completing a task on time for work. As you…
May 10, 2023
In response to a growing demand to equip adolescents with the essential skills needed to navigate their everyday lives, Move This World (MTW) announces enhancements to its interactive platform and curriculum for…
May 10, 2023
May is Mental Health Awareness Month Happy Spring! May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and as a Social Emotional Learning (SEL) company, we know that mental health awareness is crucial to our…
April 06, 2023
As the field of social-emotional learning (SEL) continues to evolve and grow, this edWebinar dives into what takes place behind the scenes of the learning process for students and adults. We explore…
March 02, 2023
Happy Women’s History Month! Here at Move This World, we’re lucky enough to be led by women and work with many female leaders in education. In honor of the 2023 Women’s History…
February 15, 2023
This month, we’re celebrating influential Black leaders who have improved social emotional learning opportunities for all students. “When someone is taught the joy of learning, it becomes a life-long process that never…
The focus of K-12 education is to educate, nurture, and prepare students for independence in adulthood. But for a system that exists to serve students,…
All learners are different. Too often, when educators discuss different learning styles they can focus too closely on visual, audio, and kinesthetic modalities. But these…
Test anxiety has often been compared to performance anxiety and can lead to negative behavior in the classroom and students making irresponsible decisions to either…
Classroom instruction has changed drastically over the last 20 years, not to mention the rapid changes that have taken place during the shift to remote…
Relationships don’t just happen out of thin air – they take time! Think back to the relationships you had with your classmates when you were…
It’s no secret that teaching is hard. The teaching profession requires a thick skin, resilience, and determination. Even pre-pandemic, under “normal” conditions, teaching was a…
This piece was originally published in EdWeek Market Brief on March 10, 2021. Last spring, no one knew how much chaos the pandemic would impose…
This article was originally published in EdWeek Market Brief on Nov. 22, 2021. By Move This World Founder & CEO Sara Potler LaHayne — The…
Tough conversations are unavoidable. As adults and inherently social human beings, opportunities for meaningful and complex dialogue present themselves in our daily lives almost constantly.…
In part one of our article on social emotional learning and effective teamwork, we explored why SEL is the key to highly effective teams and…
When a building has a flaw in its foundation, it doesn’t really matter whether you fix the roof or not. Unless you address the real…
This piece originally appeared in Fast Company on Feb. 3, 2021. At some point in the last 12 months, every parent had the same realization:…
As schools prepare for the 2022-23 school year, the mental health crisis is top of mind for administrators. Students and staff continue to be impacted…
According to the 2015-2017 California Healthy Kids Survey, 3 out of every 10 high school students “appear to suffer from chronic, debilitating sadness or hopelessness.”…
South Carolina has adopted social emotional learning skills for early childhood development, but the most recent results from the High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey…
How often a day do you check your phone? Is it Instagram notifying you that you have 250 likes on your selfie rather than 249?…
October 10th is World Mental Health Day, a day meant to raise awareness and help advocate against the social stigma that is often associated around…
What is parent engagement? There is a wide spectrum of ways that parents can engage with their child’s education. Without even stepping foot in the…
Move This World is excited to partner with Sparkler Learning to support the Big Heart World initiative to keep young learners engaged all summer! Big…
Research has shown that an SEL Toolkit has overwhelmingly demonstrated that social emotional learning and parent engagement in a child’s education and school community has…
After over 2 years of a global pandemic, the continued national and global tension continuing to escalate, and economic strain impacting the livelihood of families…
Move This World named as a Finalist for The EdTech Trendsetter Award Sara Potler LaHayne, Founder & CEO of Move This World, named as a…
We’re excited to announce that Move This World was named a winner of two Tech & Learning Best of 2021 Awards of Excellence! Our programs…
Move This World partners with SEL assessment provider Aperture Education to give Aperture’s customers a sampling of our evidence-based, engaging multimedia experiences that help develop…
Distinctive Schools have made the social-emotional needs of their students and staff their top priority. It’s highlighted in their Strategic Plan, and it’s visible daily…
In our SEL Ambassador Spotlight Series, we’re highlighting the incredible work of educators and education leaders who prioritize, implement, and advocate for social emotional learning…
Our partners at IDEA Public Schools are integrating SEL throughout the network, prioritizing social emotional learning for students‘ grades PreK-12 as well as educators and…
This article was originally published in ABC 7 News/WJLA-TV on November 18, 2019. — Teachers at Indian Head Elementary want every child to feel like…
In this series, we’ll be spotlighting SEL Ambassadors from the Move This World community. We are excited to introduce to you Principal Jessica Drzewucki from…
To my Move This World Friends, Family, and Partners: When we send our students off to their places of learning, we expect them to feel…
To my Move This World Friends, Family and Partners: Sara and the girls are looking ahead to big things in 2022 I’ve never been more…
To my Move This World Friends, Family, and Partners: For the second time in a week, our country is grieving a mass shooting. When combined…
To my Move This World Friends, Family and Partners: Despite the start of a new year, it seems that we will be continuing on the…
The word “judgement” is prevalent in schools, especially high schools. As young adults grow into themselves, every quirk can become subject of teasing or questioning.…