Will you be teaching SMARTS next year? Spend time with the SMARTS team, explore the curriculum, dig into SMARTS strategies, learn with your peers, and develop a customized implementation plan for a new year. Our SMARTS Workshop will be held on 8/10, 8/12, 8/17 and 8/19 from 10:30 am – 12:45 pm EST each day. […]
As a new school year gets underway, it’s a great time to take advantage of all that SMARTS has to offer. In our first conversation of the year, we will review SMARTS tools for selecting lessons to meet your goals as well as reviewing some of our favorite strategies for starting the year on the […]
As a new school year gets underway, it’s a great time to take advantage of all that SMARTS has to offer. In our first conversation of the year, we will review SMARTS tools for selecting lessons to meet your goals as well as reviewing some of our favorite strategies for starting the year on the […]
SMARTS strategies are a powerful tool for promoting student success across the globe. Ever wonder how teachers in different countries teach executive function? Michael Greschler, M.Ed. Director of the SMARTS program and Shelly Levy, M.Ed., M.S., SMARTS Curriculum Coordinator will be joined by teachers from schools around the world for a panel on executive function […]
EXECUTIVE FUNCTION, ATTENTION, AND STRESS: BUILDING RESILIENCY AND FOSTERING EQUITY FOR ALL STUDENTS This 36th Annual Executive Function conference will address the close connections between executive function, stress, persistence, and school performance. This year’s virtual conference will emphasize the role of executive function as a cornerstone of equity in education. Presentations will focus on the […]
When it comes to reading, executive function plays an important role in helping boost student comprehension, identify main ideas and supporting details, summarize, and more. In this conversation, we will review why EF is so essential when it comes to reading as well as some high-impact strategies for supporting students. Join Michael Greschler, M.Ed., Director […]
When it comes to reading, executive function plays an important role in helping boost student comprehension, identify main ideas and supporting details, summarize, and more. In this conversation, we will review why EF is so essential when it comes to reading as well as some high-impact strategies for supporting students. Join, and learn along with […]
Metacognition and Executive Function: Practical Tools for Motivating Students and Reducing Stress in the Classroom Presented by: Lynn Meltzer, Ph.D. The recent challenges of implementing online and hybrid models of learning have highlighted the critical importance of teaching students strategies for goal-setting, organizing, prioritizing, thinking flexibly, memorizing, and self-monitoring. These executive function strategies affect students’ […]
From Long-term Assignments to Project Based Learning: Executive Function Strategies for Essays, Papers, and Projects (oh my!) Presented by: Michael Greschler, M.Ed. and Elizabeth Ross, M.A. Long-term assignments are a chance for students to really dig into a topic. They can explore issues that they find personally interesting, analyze and evaluate various sources, and express themselves […]
Embedding Executive Function in the General Education Curriculum: Strategies for Reading, Writing, Note taking, and More Presented by: Donna Kincaid, M.Ed. and Wendy Stacey, M.S. As students progress through the grades, many academic tasks (e.g., reading, writing, note taking, test preparation, etc.) increasingly rely on the successful use of executive function strategies. When executive function […]
Executive Function and Social Emotional Learning: Strategies to Promote Perspective Taking, Goal Setting, Flexible Thinking Presented by: Michael Greschler, M.Ed. Students who struggle with stress, anxiety, fear and depression often struggle in school. They may only be able to put in minimal effort or cling to inefficient strategies, prey to exaggerated fears and worries about their […]
Many students struggle to learn from their mistakes. Whether we are asking them to check their work on long-term assignments, projects, or tests, or to examine and correct day-to-day behavior, students of all ages have a hard time identifying errors and understanding their personal areas of growth. Executive function strategies are a powerful tool to […]
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