The LINC Blog

Embracing Diversity: Supporting LGBTQ+ Students in Inclusive Classrooms

By Mahaliah Duncan

In today's diverse educational landscape, it's crucial for educators to understand and support their LGBTQ+ students. By fostering positive environments, educators can empower their school’s LGBTQ+ ...

Developing Students’ Self-Awareness Skills

By Charity Dodd

What is self-awareness? According to the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL): The abilities to understand one’s own emotions, thoughts, and values and how they ...

Introduction to Social and Emotional Learning

By Charity Dodd

What is SEL? According to the The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is "the process through which children and adults acquire and ...

When I feel upset, sad or unfocused at school, I can…..

By Charity Dodd

Self-management tools can help students stay calm and focused at school, allowing for motivating themselves and setting and reaching goals. Self-management allows students to follow through on plans ...

Leadership for Cultivating a Generative Culture

By Sandra Noguera

At LINC we strive to  develop a culture of generativity. Generative humans are adaptable, creative problem solvers and are active collaborators and innovators in this rapidly changing world, full of ...

PD that Builds Connection and Student Agency

By Tiffany Wycoff

The goal of professional development is to enhance the learning experience for the students in our classrooms. However, rarely do we ask students for their input on how to do that. Even more rarely ...

Supporting You in Moving from Anxiety to Zen

By Jennifer Wolfe

January 2022  hasn't turned out quite the way we all had hoped.  Several months ago, when things seemed to finally be turning a corner, I started to breathe again and thought things would continue to ...

The One We Feed Each Day

By Tiffany Wycoff

As I started this year, it was not without the weight we all felt as our planned holiday festivities morphed into the frantic rush to find rapid tests and the return of near-2020 quarantine levels. ...

Increasing Empathy: Focus on Restorative Practices as Students Return to the Classroom

By Carolyn Hanser

Our return to brick and mortar schooling is upon us and like any back-to-school season, we are filled with anticipation, hope, and curiosity. To finally have our classrooms filled with children is a ...

Social Emotional Learning Matters in Middle and High School

By Cassondra Corbin-Thaddies

Over the past year, being aware of our emotions and feelings was highly socialized as a way to remain healthy during the pandemic. Our students were vulnerable as well. According to a survey ...

Shifting to a Virtual School Counseling Environment

By Charity Dodd

Shifting to a virtual environment for school counseling can present its own challenges, from students not being required to meet with a school counselor, to trying not to overwhelm students and ...