Dr. Brian Maher, Superintendent of Sioux Falls Schools District in South Dakota, has been leading school districts for the past 20 years. In that time, he’s seen a shift in how schools respond to trauma and sees social emotional learning as a needed shift to a proactive solution.
He and his team kicked off a partnership with Move This World in the fall of 2018 as way to establish a daily, foundational routine centered around social emotional learning. In this podcast, Dr. Maher and Sara LaHayne, Move This World’s Founder & CEO, joins Dr. Joseph Wise, CEO of the Education Research & Development Institute to discuss…
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The need for social emotional learning for both students and teachers as an increasing number of individuals continue to experience trauma.
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The power of implementing social emotional learning daily and the positive impact Sioux Falls is seeing as a result.
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Ways to overcome barriers to implementation by establishing the “why” and providing staff with opportunities to cultivate their own wellness.