Plus, new lessons & a job opening Morningside Center NEWSLETTER Dear Morningside Center friends, We have a packed issue for you. Read on to find out about our SEL Bulletin Board Contest launching on October 15, new lessons, a job opening, upcoming workshops, and more. Enjoy! SEL Bulletin Board Contest October 15th - October 22nd This contest is an opportunity for teachers to win prizes for their hard work and classroom creativity in fostering students’ social and emotional learning (SEL). Bulletin boards don’t have to feature our programs – they can be about community agreements, feelings, conflict resolution, or any other SEL-related theme. How to enter, rules, & prizes: [link removed] Hispanic Heritage Award Principal David Cintron, our PAZ partner at PS 214 in the Bronx, received a Hispanic Heritage Award from Assembly Member Karines Reyes on October 5 to celebrate his years of service to the Latinx community. Here he is with our PAZ Coordinators Bryanna Kolja and Maria Fuentes. Congratulations, David Cintron! New on TeachableMoment Exploring Wealth Inequality - And What to Do About It How is wealth distributed in the U.S.? Students estimate our wealth distribution, examine the data, then discuss two proposals to narrow it. An Impeachment Inquiry Begins What led to the impeachment inquiry of Donald Trump – and what is impeachment, anyway? Students learn about the impeachment process, get some background on the inquiry, and consider their own views. Indigenous Peoples' Day See our lesson on Columbus and the Clash of Cultures. Helpful resources are also available from the Zinn Education Project. And see this lesson for grades 6-8 from Beacon Press. Announcements JOB OPENING: PAZ @ PS 24 Director We're looking for a program director for our PAZ After-School Program at Brooklyn's PS 24. Please spread the word about the opportunity to lead this stellar after-school program. SEL Workshops for After-School Directors Registration is open for our fall social and emotional learning workshops for DYCD-funded after-school program directors! This engaging two-part workshop will deepen participants' understanding of SEL and how to integrate it into their program. Series begins Oct. 22. Find out more and register here. What we're reading & watching Student Social and Emotional Competence Assessment Roger Weissberg of CASEL co-authored this substantive report on where we're at and where we're going with SEL assessment. Is Separate Still Unequal? Racial disparities in education are largely driven by continuing segregation, according to this new study by the Stanford University Center for Education Policy Analysis. Teaching Impeachment in Politically Risky Times "Impeachment’s rarity means that while teachers do cover the topic in civics and government classes, few have detailed lesson plans on it in their back pocket." By Stephen Sawchuk at Education Week “While living persons are not responsible for what their ancestors did, they are responsible for the society they live in, which is a product of that past.” - Native American historian Jack Forbes Visit our website Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility www.morningsidecenter.org ‌ ‌ ‌ Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility | 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 550, New York, NY 10115 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | About Constant Contact Sent by [email protected]