By Jessica Gibbs, Colorado Community Media Eighth-grader Kendall Meibos stepped shyly onto the stage at the Pepsi Center in Denver and peered over a lectern at the crowd around him. Filling stands typically reserved for Denver Nuggets or Colorado Avalanche fans were about 6,000 employees from the Douglas County School …
All Learning is Social and Emotional
By Finessa Ferrell, CEI Social Emotional Learning Specialist Poudre High School (PHS) in Fort Collins has a long history of collaboration with CEI to build social emotional development opportunities for their student body. Six years ago, CEI supported the creation of the Students Mentoring Students program. Since that time, the …
Social Emotional Solutions: April 2023
Social Emotional Solutions: A monthly blog post series showcasing strategies and bright spots for Colorado’s schools Academic Recovery: Building Systems to Catch Kids Up By Finessa Ferrell, CEI Social Emotional Learning Specialist Re-Imagining the Problem Let’s talk frankly about attendance. Educators are insistent that student attendance has never been …
Social Emotional Solutions: February 2023
Social Emotional Solutions: A monthly blog showcasing strategies and bright spots for Colorado’s schools The ‘Restorative’ in Restorative Practices By Marcus Bratton, CEI Director of District Implementation and Partnerships Introduction Fresh out of college, my first job was at an alternative high school for credit recovery, which at the time …
Social Emotional Solutions: October 2022
Social Emotional Solutions: A monthly blog showcasing strategies and bright spots for Colorado’s schools The Four Academic Mindsets – Something We Can Agree On By Finessa Ferrell, CEI Social Emotional Learning Specialist Introduction Every educator knows the power of asking the right question. In the 1980s when school attendance and …
Social Emotional Solutions: September 2022
Social Emotional Solutions: A monthly blog showcasing strategies and bright spots for Colorado’s schools Do Now! Creating Belonging in Colorado Classrooms By Finessa Ferrell, CEI Social Emotional Learning Specialist Introduction With back to school behind us, many of our conversations with teachers and school leaders include a common theme – …
Youth Connections Investment Grows to $9.5 Million to Support the Social, Emotional & Mental Well-Being of Colorado Students
As schools continue to navigate fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, Colorado is witnessing a youth mental health crisis that, while not new, has reached urgent levels as both a public health and public education challenge. A new investment of more than $3.5 million in grant funding was announced today to …
Social Emotional Solutions: August 2022
Social Emotional Solutions: A monthly blog showcasing strategies and bright spots for Colorado’s schools Five Mindsets to Start Your Year By Finessa Ferrell, CEI Social Emotional Learning Specialist Introduction If last year was a book title, it would be The Big Squeeze. Educators were pushed to their limits; it was …
Social Emotional Solutions: A monthly blog showcasing strategies and bright spots for Colorado’s schools
Introduction It has been over a year since Colorado Children’s Hospital declared a state of emergency in youth mental health. As we near the end of July, those of us in schools feel the weight of continued crisis in stories of struggling youth and educators and wonder what the upcoming …
Teammate Spotlight: CEI Expands Our Leadership in Assessment and Work-Based Learning
We are thrilled to have welcomed Dr. Jared Anthony, Katherine Novinski, and Natalie Gonzalez to our team in the last few months. These new hires are part of our commitment to accelerating CEI’s 2023 goals and in response to increasing requests from school and district partners for expertise and support …