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TLC: Shaping Schools, Shaping Lives: Transformation Through Environment
The Power of Physical Environments. “We shape our buildings, thereafter they shape us,” asserted Sir Winston Churchill. Andrew L Ross, Gary Grenier, and Frank Kros, transformational education experts, echo this sentiment in their book, Creating The Upside Down Organization: Transforming Staff to Save Troubled Children. They underline the distinct messages that all environments convey. For…
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TLC – Summer of Self-Development: Creative Ideas for Teachers to Explore Personal Learning and Discovery
Summer is just around the corner, and as your classes wind down, it’s the perfect time to seize the opportunity to develop yourself and do some personal learning. If you’re not required to focus on the technical aspects of professional development, summer may be a fantastic chance for you to learn or grow in something…
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Unlock a Summer of Learning: Simple and Fun Ways to Prevent Academic Regression
The joy of summertime provides a much-needed emotional respite from the rigors of daily life. However, a study in the American Educational Research Journal suggests that students may risk losing substantial academic progress they made during the previous school year. An article by Boys and Girls Clubs, citing results from OnlineCollege.org, underscores the extent of…
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TLC: Improved Mental Health With SUDS: A Simple Practice to Measure and Reduce Stress
Stress is an unavoidable, completely normal part of life. However, when we’re unaware of how much distress we’re experiencing, or deny that stress is affecting our perceptions and responses, the cumulative impact of it can lead to anxiety issues and physical health problems. In fact, according to the American Psychological Association, people under stress —…
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TLC: Spring Cleaning for the Mind–The Empowering Effects of Decluttering
A clear and open space makes room for a clear and open mind. According to Dr. Emma Gray, a clinical psychologist, “Clutter can cause anxiety, depression, and even physical pain. Decluttering can improve the functioning of our brains and help us feel more in control of our lives.” Especially today, where we’re flooded with requests…
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YouTube Host Tours Interior of St. Gabriel Hall in Audubon; Now You Can, Too
Many Montgomery County residents and visitors to its western neighborhoods have undoubtedly seen the imposing, maroon, Audubon structure that is St. Gabriel’s Hall. Its view from Route 422 makes it both a landmark (commonly cited for snarls in area traffic reports) and the subject of great curiosity. The host of Retro Rest Stop, a locally…
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Audubon Medical Device Maker Finds Patience Is a Virtue when Courting San Diego Firm
Corporate leaders at Globus Medical in Audubon first floated acquisition overtures to NuVasive — a San Diego competitor of sorts in spinal surgery technology — in 2021. But the latter turned out to be harder to entice than first thought. Its reticence, however, as seemingly been overcome, as John George reported in the Philadelphia Business…
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TLC: Practical Tips for Teaching Kids Financial Responsibility
Although some states (Pennsylvania included) require financial literacy to be taught in public schools, children’s understanding of money largely begins and develops at home. Parents can help foster financial literacy with the following tips and resources, which can make learning about money fun and set children on a path to achieving their financial goals and…
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TLC: Humor Me: The Surprising Link Between Laughter and Resilience
In today’s fast-paced and stressful world, resilience — the ability to withstand or recover quickly from difficulties — is an invaluable human skill. Thankfully, healthy resilience is not just about building mental toughness and grit. Making room for more laughter in daily life may be one of the greatest untapped secrets to building resilience at…
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TLC: Kindness in the Classroom: Kind Conflict Resolution
“If conflict is a normal, natural part of life, it’s really important to look at how we deal with it.” – Ann McKnight This final post in the “Kindness in the Classroom” series culminates with a brief look at how teachers can facilitate kind and effective conflict resolution between students in the classroom. Previously the…
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TLC: Waving Back — Three Wholehearted Ways to Build Connections
Building a connection, a genuine connection is one of the things human beings crave the most — yet the fear of rejection often keeps us from taking the risks necessary to find the connection we long for. Brad Platt’s song “Waving Through the Window” vividly describes this internal conflict: “I’ve learned to slam on the…
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TLC: Helping Students Master Decision-Making: Four Simple Questions
Students often struggle with making meaningful decisions. If they lack a simple framework to help them make decisions, everyday life can become increasingly frustrating and students can find themselves making hasty choices that can cause other problems and limit options in the future. This simple four-question framework — which works great verbally, on paper, or…
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TLC – Top 5 TED Talks for School Counselors
School counselors have borne the brunt of much of the turbulence experienced in education over the last few years. These five TED Talks speak to some of the biggest challenges school counselors face. Self-Care: What It Really Is | Susannah Winters Susannah shares how she learned that if she wanted to be successful in her…
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Montgomery County Has the Region’s Top Places for Best Tomato Pie
Three Montgomery County spots are among the eleven places that make the best tomato pie in the Philadelphia region, writes Kae Lani Palmisano for The Philadelphia Inquirer. At Corropolese Bakery and Deli, with locations in Norristown, Royersford, and Audubon, offers the light spongy dough with a slightly crunchy crust that is covered with a layer…
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Kindness in the Classroom: Facilitating Student-to-Student Kindness
Sixty seconds before they step into the classroom, students are gearing up to engage. How are they preparing themselves for the vulnerability required to master new skills or to make mistakes in front of their peers? To respond to challenges and critiques? To rebound constructively when impacted by the mistakes and missteps of others? With…
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TLC: Four Powerful Ways Parents Can Express Love to Their Kids
“Deep within us — no matter who we are — there lives a feeling of wanting to be lovable…. And the greatest thing we can do is to let people know that they are loved and capable of loving.” — The World According to Mr. Rogers. If Mr. Rogers is right, how can parents help their children…
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Leading Humanely Through Change: 3 Keys to Transition and Thrive
Processing change can be difficult in the best of times, but the last few years have presented enormous challenges and substantial change in many aspects of our personal and professional lives. With so much change happening outside of people’s control, what can leaders do to help their teams, organizations, and communities to feel supported and…
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TLC – The One Freedom that Builds Resilience *Anywhere*
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” – Victor Frankl These words perfectly describe what it means to be resilient. In times of crisis, resilient people can be spotted in a crowd…
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