"We began using the Empowering Education curriculum in January 2017, and since then, our whole community has improved our social-emotional skills. Walking through the halls, you can see students using "I"- Statements to solve problems peacefully, and use coping skills to get through challenges situations.
This year, our School Social Worker, Ms. Tristan, teamed up with our Middle School Student Leaders to help teach the lessons. Each week, Ms. Tristan and Middle School Student Leaders videotape a lesson. These lessons are sent out to teachers on Monday morning, and the whole school watches and participates in these lessons during the designated, "Mindful Monday" time. These videos are also sent out in the school newsletter, along with additional resources, so that parents and guardians can reinforce these concepts at home. Our School Psychologist, Ms. Ushijima, taught parent classes on social-emotional learning and introduced the Empowering Education curriculum to parents, so that all members of the community are familiar with how to support the social-emotional learning of our students."
- Shiho C. Ushijima, School Psychologist at Global Village Academy
(Photograph of Ms. Tristan with the Middle School Student Leaders)
