Best of The Authority: Improve Every Lesson Plan with SEL featuring Jeffrey Benson

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For this episode, Ross chatted with Jeffrey Benson, author of the ASCD best-seller Improve Every Lesson Plan with SEL. 

Jeffrey and Ross discuss:

• Jeffrey’s extensive work with students who suffered the trauma of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) 
• “Are you willing to bet that your lesson plan will work – and work for every student?”
• How “home-field advantage” can inform perspectives on the classroom
• Jeffrey’s personal definition of SEL 
• The process of co-creating social-emotional learning goals with students
• “Differentiated autonomy” in the classroom
• How an emphasis on SEL leads to improved formative assessment
• The critical importance of an intentional closure routine for lessons
• Reconnecting teachers with their “best moments of teaching [that] have always been informed by the social and emotional learning of [their] students”
• And more!

Improve Every Lesson Plan with SEL is published by ASCD. Buy it HERE.

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About the guest

Jeffrey Benson has more than 40 years of experience as a teacher, mentor, and school administrator, with a focus on supporting schools that can work for all students. His books include Improve Every Lesson Plan with SEL, Hanging In: Strategies for Working with the Students Who Challenge Us Most, and 10 Steps for Managing Change in Schools: How do we take initiatives from goals to actions? His website is JeffreyBenson.org. Connect on Twitter @jeffreybenson61 

About the host

Ross Romano is a co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and CEO of September Strategies LLC. He is a leadership development and performance coach for professionals in a range of industries and consults with organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry to help communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano and LinkedIn