Touchstones is Social-Emotional Learning
No matter where you teach, you know how vital social-emotional skills are for creating a positive learning environment for all your students. With Touchstones, these goals are built right in!
Touchstones helps your students:
What SEL skills does Touchstones build?
How effective is Touchstones for SEL?
Touchstones discussions have a profound effect on classroom culture, shifting responsibility for inclusive discussion to students, not just the teacher. Here’s what teachers report after just one year of weekly lessons.
Students were Aware of Group Dynamics
81%
of the time
Students Took Responsibility for the Discussion
83%
of the time
Students spoke Directly to Peers Instead of Teacher
86%
of the time
Students Listened Actively to Classmates
81%
of the time
What are teachers saying about Touchstones for SEL?
“Touchstones helps my students develop skills related to interaction, thinking, self-awareness, self-motivation, self-expression, ethical development, and development of broader sensitivities.”
T. Mennuti
Teacher, Beechwood School, Menlo Park, CA
“Touchstones is a breath of fresh air that addresses deep learning, deep thinking and a whole approach to education, focusing on the whole learner as being an essential part of a community. Too often school is about individual success; I love, love the aspect of Touchstones which links the individual into the community, strengthening both the community and the individual.”
D. Botvinick
Teacher, Highland Park Middle School, Highland Park, NJ
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