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Racial Literacy in the Virtual Classroom
In a world where the death of George Floyd and the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement have become part of the national lexicon, we have to examine how racial literacy is applied in
Inside the Virtual Classroom, Part 1
For the next few weeks, we will be talking with a few of our instructors about various aspects of teaching mindfulness. As more and more youth are exposed to mindfulness and begin to experience and
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Learn to Teach Mindfulness to Teens
This time last year, a lot of teachers were doing what you do best: they were in a classroom engaging with their students, teaching them, guiding them, empowering them, and helping them to cement skills
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Mindfulness Students Become Tech Testers
In last week’s blog post we talked about the creation and development of the Inner Strength app and this week we’ll do a little bit of a deeper dive into that process. There are a
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Meet the Inner Strength App
An important aspect of working with teens is being able to meet them where they are, whether that’s mentally, emotionally, or physically. We realized that in order to do this, we needed a better way
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Supporting Teens Through Loss
As human beings, loss is something that we all must face from time to time. When we hear the word “loss” our first thought is generally around the loss of a person or a pet
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Make Self-Care A Habit
It’s 11:00 PM on a Thursday night and you’ve finally got a moment or two to yourself. You’ve uploaded tomorrow’s lesson for 79 of your students to their virtual classroom, including that YouTube video that
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Student Teaching for Inner Strength
This week we’ll hear from a teacher new to the Inner Strength teaching cohort, who recently completed her training practicum, the final level of the Inner Strength Teacher Training. The Inner Strength Practicum gives participants
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7 Ways Students Learn: How to Take Learning Styles In Account When Teaching in a Virtual World
With the onset of COVID-19, educational systems everywhere have been forced to find new ways to safely instruct their students. Here in Philadelphia, our school district has been 100% virtual since April of 2020, giving
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Self Care Tips for Teachers
If you are a teacher–or a parent–you know we ask a lot of our teachers. Even though an educator’s primary role is to help students develop good learning skills, master subjects, and complete coursework, we