Welcome to Central Rivers AEA’s Learning Portal – The best place for relevant, real-time learning!

The purpose of this toolkit is to support coaches and administrators as they observe practices that support the development of social and emotional skills in classrooms, and hold critical conversations that include SEL.

Using this toolkit allows educators to reflect, set goals on their own practices, and engage in coaching conversations with colleagues. This toolkit also brings awareness of how our own beliefs about how student behavior affects learning may unintentionally increase classroom behaviors we don't want. Reflecting and coaching on these strategies empowers educators to set up the classroom environment in a way that influences high engagement and efficacy.

Jim Sporleder is the inspiration of the documentary "Paper Tigers". Jim moves us with his passionate stories of his school's journey to becoming trauma-responsive. His dedication, leadership, and love for all students cuts to the core. In this series Jim shares real stories of success, heartbreak and how the power of one caring person can make all the difference in saving another's path in life.

Teachers will learn more about key project-based learning practices and the 7 project design elements from Buck Institute of Education's PBL Works. In the end, teachers will learn how to plan and carry out a project for their early childhood classroom.