The Leader in Me

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Anonymous wrote:I have the training next week, but it will probobly just be pushed into our advisory period where all these initiatives go to die and students just play on their phones.

Another teacher here. This is exactly right.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Basically mcps wanted to bump up the SEL (social/emotional learning, for those who don't speak teacher acronyms) and this was a turnkey curriculum

Bingo!

MCPS wants to check the box and said...."Yes, we are addressing the social/emotional issues due ......." and give themselves a pat on the back!

This. Put out some good press releases. Get some school psychologists and staff to hype it up. Done and done.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Basically mcps wanted to bump up the SEL (social/emotional learning, for those who don't speak teacher acronyms) and this was a turnkey curriculum

Bingo!

MCPS wants to check the box and said...."Yes, we are addressing the social/emotional issues due ......." and give themselves a pat on the back!

This. Put out some good press releases. Get some school psychologists and staff to hype it up. Done and done.

This is a wonderful program everyone says except DCUM where people hate everything.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Basically mcps wanted to bump up the SEL (social/emotional learning, for those who don't speak teacher acronyms) and this was a turnkey curriculum

Bingo!

MCPS wants to check the box and said...."Yes, we are addressing the social/emotional issues due ......." and give themselves a pat on the back!

This. Put out some good press releases. Get some school psychologists and staff to hype it up. Done and done.

This is a wonderful program everyone says except DCUM where people hate everything.

Love Eureka, tolerate Benchmark (barely) ...despise this Leader in Me curriculum.

[Anonymous]

All the teachers last year complained that training relied on 90’s videos and felt like brainwashing or indoctrination into a cult. I have heard the training is better now, but no teacher is looking forward to it.

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Anonymous wrote:It's the wrong intervention for kids who have experienced trauma. They should be doing a program that serves kids who need resiliency skills (leader in me isn't it). School counselors were not consulted and are unhappy with the directive.

Agreed, leader in me is very much the 90's self esteem crap. It's not what students need

Every teacher I know was not happy when it was announced. I think the union put something together opposing it? I'm very much in favor of social emotional learning in schools--the kids really do need it--but this is NOT the program.

What makes you say that? How is this program lacking, and Is there something out there that would be better?

Go back and read the original post which talks about how curriculum does not address children who have experienced trauma

So what program would address that appropriately and how do we advocate for it? I'm all for supporting kids who have experienced trauma.

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Anonymous wrote:It's the wrong intervention for kids who have experienced trauma. They should be doing a program that serves kids who need resiliency skills (leader in me isn't it). School counselors were not consulted and are unhappy with the directive.

Agreed, leader in me is very much the 90's self esteem crap. It's not what students need

Every teacher I know was not happy when it was announced. I think the union put something together opposing it? I'm very much in favor of social emotional learning in schools--the kids really do need it--but this is NOT the program.

What makes you say that? How is this program lacking, and Is there something out there that would be better?

Go back and read the original post which talks about how curriculum does not address children who have experienced trauma

So what program would address that appropriately and how do we advocate for it? I'm all for supporting kids who have experienced trauma.

The Resilience Builder Curriculum by Dr. Mary Alford. She’s a local psychologist with a national reputation. It’s a tested and proven curriculum.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's the wrong intervention for kids who have experienced trauma. They should be doing a program that serves kids who need resiliency skills (leader in me isn't it). School counselors were not consulted and are unhappy with the directive.

Agreed, leader in me is very much the 90's self esteem crap. It's not what students need

Every teacher I know was not happy when it was announced. I think the union put something together opposing it? I'm very much in favor of social emotional learning in schools--the kids really do need it--but this is NOT the program.

What makes you say that? How is this program lacking, and Is there something out there that would be better?

Go back and read the original post which talks about how curriculum does not address children who have experienced trauma

No, that post does not address *how* the curriculum fails to address children who have experienced trauma, just asserts that it doesn’t. Also, I guess I’m wondering whether any school program designed for the entire student body could adequately address the needs of children who have experienced trauma? That strikes me as something that would need to be more specialized and targeted, and perhaps would depend on the type of trauma. At any rate, None of the posts have said anything concrete about the program or its failures, just a lot of people who don’t like it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's the wrong intervention for kids who have experienced trauma. They should be doing a program that serves kids who need resiliency skills (leader in me isn't it). School counselors were not consulted and are unhappy with the directive.

Agreed, leader in me is very much the 90's self esteem crap. It's not what students need

Every teacher I know was not happy when it was announced. I think the union put something together opposing it? I'm very much in favor of social emotional learning in schools--the kids really do need it--but this is NOT the program.

What makes you say that? How is this program lacking, and Is there something out there that would be better?

Go back and read the original post which talks about how curriculum does not address children who have experienced trauma

No, that post does not address *how* the curriculum fails to address children who have experienced trauma, just asserts that it doesn’t. Also, I guess I’m wondering whether any school program designed for the entire student body could adequately address the needs of children who have experienced trauma? That strikes me as something that would need to be more specialized and targeted, and perhaps would depend on the type of trauma. At any rate, None of the posts have said anything concrete about the program or its failures, just a lot of people who don’t like it.

My kids really enjoyed this program. THey said it was very helpful, especially after the stresses of the past 2 years.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's the wrong intervention for kids who have experienced trauma. They should be doing a program that serves kids who need resiliency skills (leader in me isn't it). School counselors were not consulted and are unhappy with the directive.

Agreed, leader in me is very much the 90's self esteem crap. It's not what students need

Every teacher I know was not happy when it was announced. I think the union put something together opposing it? I'm very much in favor of social emotional learning in schools--the kids really do need it--but this is NOT the program.

What makes you say that? How is this program lacking, and Is there something out there that would be better?

Go back and read the original post which talks about how curriculum does not address children who have experienced trauma

So what program would address that appropriately and how do we advocate for it? I'm all for supporting kids who have experienced trauma.

The Resilience Builder Curriculum by Dr. Mary Alford. She’s a local psychologist with a national reputation. It’s a tested and proven curriculum.

"tested and proven" by whom?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's the wrong intervention for kids who have experienced trauma. They should be doing a program that serves kids who need resiliency skills (leader in me isn't it). School counselors were not consulted and are unhappy with the directive.

Agreed, leader in me is very much the 90's self esteem crap. It's not what students need

Every teacher I know was not happy when it was announced. I think the union put something together opposing it? I'm very much in favor of social emotional learning in schools--the kids really do need it--but this is NOT the program.

What makes you say that? How is this program lacking, and Is there something out there that would be better?

Go back and read the original post which talks about how curriculum does not address children who have experienced trauma

So what program would address that appropriately and how do we advocate for it? I'm all for supporting kids who have experienced trauma.

The Resilience Builder Curriculum by Dr. Mary Alford. She’s a local psychologist with a national reputation. It’s a tested and proven curriculum.

It doesn't matter if it were the best curriculum ever imagined. These people are against everything and anything designed to help with emotional well-being.

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Anonymous wrote:It's the wrong intervention for kids who have experienced trauma. They should be doing a program that serves kids who need resiliency skills (leader in me isn't it). School counselors were not consulted and are unhappy with the directive.

Agreed, leader in me is very much the 90's self esteem crap. It's not what students need

Every teacher I know was not happy when it was announced. I think the union put something together opposing it? I'm very much in favor of social emotional learning in schools--the kids really do need it--but this is NOT the program.

What makes you say that? How is this program lacking, and Is there something out there that would be better?

Go back and read the original post which talks about how curriculum does not address children who have experienced trauma

So what program would address that appropriately and how do we advocate for it? I'm all for supporting kids who have experienced trauma.

The Resilience Builder Curriculum by Dr. Mary Alford. She’s a local psychologist with a national reputation. It’s a tested and proven curriculum.

It doesn't matter if it were the best curriculum ever imagined. These people are against everything and anything designed to help with emotional well-being.

Not against it. Just how it is implimented by being dumped into teachers laps who don’t have enough training support and lack of buy in from students. Counterproductive in this situation.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's the wrong intervention for kids who have experienced trauma. They should be doing a program that serves kids who need resiliency skills (leader in me isn't it). School counselors were not consulted and are unhappy with the directive.

Agreed, leader in me is very much the 90's self esteem crap. It's not what students need

Every teacher I know was not happy when it was announced. I think the union put something together opposing it? I'm very much in favor of social emotional learning in schools--the kids really do need it--but this is NOT the program.

What makes you say that? How is this program lacking, and Is there something out there that would be better?

Go back and read the original post which talks about how curriculum does not address children who have experienced trauma

So what program would address that appropriately and how do we advocate for it? I'm all for supporting kids who have experienced trauma.

The Resilience Builder Curriculum by Dr. Mary Alford. She’s a local psychologist with a national reputation. It’s a tested and proven curriculum.

It doesn't matter if it were the best curriculum ever imagined. These people are against everything and anything designed to help with emotional well-being.

Lean in!

Not against it. Just how it is implimented by being dumped into teachers laps who don’t have enough training support and lack of buy in from students. Counterproductive in this situation.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's the wrong intervention for kids who have experienced trauma. They should be doing a program that serves kids who need resiliency skills (leader in me isn't it). School counselors were not consulted and are unhappy with the directive.

Agreed, leader in me is very much the 90's self esteem crap. It's not what students need

Every teacher I know was not happy when it was announced. I think the union put something together opposing it? I'm very much in favor of social emotional learning in schools--the kids really do need it--but this is NOT the program.

What makes you say that? How is this program lacking, and Is there something out there that would be better?

Go back and read the original post which talks about how curriculum does not address children who have experienced trauma

No, that post does not address *how* the curriculum fails to address children who have experienced trauma, just asserts that it doesn’t. Also, I guess I’m wondering whether any school program designed for the entire student body could adequately address the needs of children who have experienced trauma? That strikes me as something that would need to be more specialized and targeted, and perhaps would depend on the type of trauma. At any rate, None of the posts have said anything concrete about the program or its failures, just a lot of people who don’t like it.

My kids really enjoyed this program. THey said it was very helpful, especially after the stresses of the past 2 years.

My mentally healthy, socially adept kid loved it because it told him things he already figured out. My kid with social-emotional challenges hated it. They are I my two years apart in age so that’s not it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's the wrong intervention for kids who have experienced trauma. They should be doing a program that serves kids who need resiliency skills (leader in me isn't it). School counselors were not consulted and are unhappy with the directive.

Agreed, leader in me is very much the 90's self esteem crap. It's not what students need

Every teacher I know was not happy when it was announced. I think the union put something together opposing it? I'm very much in favor of social emotional learning in schools--the kids really do need it--but this is NOT the program.

What makes you say that? How is this program lacking, and Is there something out there that would be better?

Go back and read the original post which talks about how curriculum does not address children who have experienced trauma

So what program would address that appropriately and how do we advocate for it? I'm all for supporting kids who have experienced trauma.

The Resilience Builder Curriculum by Dr. Mary Alford. She’s a local psychologist with a national reputation. It’s a tested and proven curriculum.

"tested and proven" by whom?

Many studies in several peer-reviewed journals. Here is one such study: https://psychology.catholic.edu/_media/rich-lab/rich_ijgp_18.pdf
Some of the research was done in MCPS schools. They should know it works and do more of it. NPR covered it as well, focusing in on MCPS schools among others. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/05/23/613465023/for-troubled-kids-some-schools-take-time-out-for-group-therapy