The Satchel Pulse Blog (3)

So it’s that time of year again when we all sit with family and friends and talk about being thankful for different things. Should it just be once a year with only family or ...

Student wellbeing and engagement have a reciprocal relationship. Each influences the other such that more engagement leads to improvements in wellbeing, and improved wellbeing ...

Have you heard the news? Saturday, November 13th is World Kindness Day! We believe a robust systemic social and emotional learning program starts with kindness and empathy. On ...

In his 2011 book, "Start with Why", Simon Sinek offers powerful advice for leaders: start any endeavor with “why.” Why are we trying something new? Why do we need to make ...

The first time I truly realized the impact of standardized testing on my students’ emotional health is burned into my memory. I was just finishing a successful testing session: ...

Few can argue that Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is having a moment in education, and rightly so. Even before the

We started our “SEL in the Classroom” series by focusing on the importance of Social Emotional Learning (SEL) in the elementary-age classroom. In this post, we continue up the ...

As the 2021-2022 school year begins, we are more aware than ever of the need to support our students with social emotional learning (SEL). But why is it so important that we ...

Previously, we discussed social-emotional learning (SEL) as an approach to systematic improvement. ...

In this post we will look at the connection between systematic improvement and SEL. It is helpful to consider what we mean when we discuss systems.