Grand Salami Time

 Social emotional learning is something educators have to make sure is being incorporated in the classroom. In order to incorporate SEL I need to meet my students' needs and create a safe place to learn, grow, and develop. Episode 164 showed me the importance of buying into my students needs. In order to incorporate SEL I need to reflect on my unspoken rules that allow me to build relationships, foster creativity and have patience for everyone in the class. I need to learn more about my students where I begin to learn what my students need to be successful in my class. Students need to have a safe place to express themselves and share how they are feeling so I can create an inclusive classroom.  Episode 168 talks about how we as educators need to intentionally leave time for checking in with students and allowing students to collaborate together so that students are being heard and can slow down and learn from one another. Having students collaborate on work will allow them to be more engaged in learning and will allow them to see how other people learn and do the work. Our role should be to have students feel a sense of belonging in the classroom. Episode 167 talks about momentum from mistakes resource. This resource encourages students to dig into things they messed up on and gives them a tool to reflect on ways they can talk about mistakes and grow from them. The best learning I do is when I do not have a fear of failure. Instead I have an eagerness to learn and make mistakes and then take those and grow from them. Creating a safe space that students can make mistakes and reflect on them to grow is a great way to make an inclusive classroom. I want to have a room full of students engaged in learning and looking to always grow. "Every strike brings me closer to the next home run" Babe Ruth. This is the attitude I want to have in my classroom. Not only do I want the students to buy into this idea, but I want to buy into this idea and take chances. I want to try lessons and if they fail, I do not want to pout about it, but rather grow from it. I want my students loading up the bases and taking big swings because eventually one of my students are going to connect.