Join us for this informative 20-minute session highlighting Thriving Learning Communities, an engaging, schoolwide program designed to build social and emotional learning skills through the lens of character strengths. Hear from current principals on the […]
An advisor to one of my projects recently said to me: “We know what impact strengths have on an individual, in family settings, in schools, and organizations… but what we don’t know is what that […]
I recently had the opportunity to visit an extraordinary school for boys in San Francisco. The school is special for many reasons, but I will stick to just two here. First of all, with the […]
Mayerson Academy offers schools, districts and organizations a full range of products that support our Thriving Learning Communities work. One very popular item is our Character Strengths Chart – an easy to read and navigate graphic display of the […]
In a recent Getting Smart blog post, School Culture and Relationships Thrive with a 5:1 Positivity Ratio, Mary Ryerse teases out the premise that positive and productive cultures are built one relationship at a time. What distinguishes […]
As mentioned in a previous blog post, February is the month in which we at Mayerson highlight the strength of “love.” This strength is reflected in the valuing of close relationships with others, especially when […]
This week Mayerson Academy published evaluation findings for the Thriving Learning Communities (TLC) program from 54 middle schools in the United States. Through our partnerships with research and evaluation experts at Fairleigh Dickenson University and Miami […]
In a recent Getting Smart blog post, Increase Social Awareness and Build Culture: Action Steps from Four Schools, Mary Ryerse profiles schools that have embraced social awareness as an integral component of social emotional learning – […]
According to McKinsey & Company, Harvard Business Review, IBM, Connor Partners and Forbes, 70% of organizational change efforts fail. Whether it’s personal, organizational, or social, change is a complex and tricky endeavor. Coupled with the […]
In Improve Your Self-Management Strategies 5 Minutes a Day, Lynn Ochs, Senior Program Director for Mayerson Academy, shares three simple, concrete actions that can easily fit into the crazy tempo of a school leader’s day on the Getting […]