Monica L. Kurtz is an Education Specialist at Region 13. Monica has a B.S. in Applied Social Sciences. Her background includes over 10 years’ experience in early childhood education, as well as 15 years with the Texas School for the Deaf working with students from Kindergarten to adult learners who are deaf and also have additional disabilities.
If you’ve been in education for any amount of time, you’ve likely heard the words “Social Emotional Learning” before. It’s not a new concept, Social Emotional Learning (or SEL for short), has been around for years, but has just recently started to gain respect, attention, and importance...
There’s an unfortunate reality about teaching that you’ll eventually comes across: you’ll eventually end up angry at one of your students or your students will be angry...
Bullying is all around us. It’s easy to do. A bully approaches someone else and pressures them to do something they don’t want to do, or never wanted to do in the first...
Today our specialist, Monica Kurtz gives us her thoughts on trauma and the importance of teaching Social Emotional Learning in our schools. School shootings...
