Blog Posts

What if you could lower student anxiety while increasing their confidence? At the start of my teaching career, high school math classrooms were typically quiet rooms unless the teacher was talking where they stood and delivered content. This has changed over the years, and the practice has changed to better support student engagement, deeper thinking, and collaboration.

The Studio Art 12 class at Yale Secondary engaged in an inquiry project based on propaganda that was used to convey a political message or specific point of view.  The project intent was to engage students by digging deeper into an issue with what they know and wonder while applying curricular competencies including critical thinking, analysis, reflecting, and reasoning.

Social-emotional learning (SEL) has become increasingly important in educating youth and even adults around positive mental health. As we navigate through CoVid, the need for intentional SEL in the classroom has become imperative. Yale Secondary School is trying, through a grassroots initiative, to help embed SEL into the classroom with the aid of videos to help teachers direct activities that support positive mental health.