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Plugging in with Purpose: SEL in a Blended Learning Experience with Happify
With “Plugging in with a Purpose: Students Dive Deeper into SEL Through Blended Learning Experiences with Happify,” Mayerson Academy published the last of a 7 case study series surrounding Thriving Learning Communities work started in […]
Thriving Learning Communities Work Featured in Education Week
In a just published article, Online Gaming Platform Aims to Teach Social and Emotional Skills, Education Week spotlights Mayerson Academy’s Thriving Learning Communities program – a personalized learning program that applies the science of character strengths […]
Mayerson Academy’s Orton-Gillingham Program to Be Showcased at IMSLEC Meeting
by Sonia Milrod
I am pleased to announce that the International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council (IMSLEC) has invited me to present a 40-minute session demonstrating our newly launched Orton-Gillingham Multisensory Reading Practicum I – ONLINE program at […]
Teaming for Impact: Collaboration Multiplies Benefits
In “Teaming for Impact: Collaboration Multiplies Student Benefits from SEL-Focused Program” teachers from Hyde Park School and College Hill Fundamental Academy reflect on the Thriving Learning Communities (TLC) work implemented last year. This recent case study […]
Superhero Character Strengths on Parade at the Ravenna Balloon-A-Fair
Brown Middle School in Ravenna, Ohio, one of our 9 Champions Institute grant recipients, recently took home 1st place in the Youth Float Division and received the Trustees Award for Originality at the annual Ravenna Balloon-A-Fair. […]
Using Creativity to Combat PTSD
The strength of the month for October at Mayerson Academy is Creativity. VIA defines Creativity as the following: “Creativity falls in the virtue category of Wisdom. Wisdom deals with strengths that involve the way we […]
Spot On, Carol!
Some days we get it right, some days we don’t, but at Mayerson Academy we aim every day to act in ways that brings out the best in our work and our interactions with one […]
Crawl out of the Cave and Be Brave
When faced with a difficult situation, I typically experience an overwhelming desire to crawl into a cave and hibernate until whatever it is passes. Living as long as I have, however, has taught me that […]
Character Strengths in a Montessori School
Under the leadership of Jeff Groh, Director of The New School Montessori, an independent Montessori educational center in Cincinnati, the science of character strengths were brought to students and staff through the Thriving Learning Communities […]
How Will You Celebrate Character Day? … Each and Every Day!
by Karen Graves
This year, Character Day falls on September 22nd. There will be over 70,000 Character Day screening events in 96 countries and all 50 states. When you compare that with several thousand events last year, it’s […]
Bravely Engaging With Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
by Joe Moorman
In her Ted Talk “Color Blind or Color Brave,” financial executive Mellody Hobson makes a case for individuals and organizations to exercise bravery in taking race head on in the workplace. She encourages people who […]
Learning for a Change: Our Most Recent Case Study
In our most recent case study, “Learning for a Change,” educators from College Hill Fundamental Academy, Hyde Park School and Rees E. Price Academy reflect on the change professional development opportunities can bring to the […]
Celebrate. Elevate. Participate.
At Mayerson Academy we choose to focus on what is strong versus what is wrong. We believe it is culturally important that we reflect our core values and celebrate our individual and collective character strengths. […]
Mayerson Academy’s First Online Orton-Gillingham Cohort Begins
by Sonia Milrod
The first cohort in Mayerson Academy’s Orton-Gillingham Multisensory Reading Practicum I Online began their coursework on August 15, 2016. A second cohort will begin in January 2017. Mayerson Academy’s Orton-Gillingham Multisensory Reading Practicum I – […]
Two Tools to Build Community at Work
Personal relationships and a strong sense of community in the workplace have been repeatedly shown to help create high performing work places. However, you only need to look at the recent explosion of books about […]
Embracing Bravery
In the fall of 2013 our staff was first introduced to the VIA Character Strengths work. Karen Graves joined our staff and trained us. We took the VIA survey and discovered what our strengths […]
Using a Common Language of Character in the Classroom
In “Common Language, Uncommon Community,” students and educators from John P. Parker School, Hyde Park School and College Hill Fundamental Academy in the Cincinnati Public School District share their stories of transformation through Thriving Learning […]
Strong Cincinnati Named an Ashoka Children’s Wellbeing Pioneer
In July we asked our readers to support the Strong Cincinnati entry to the Ashoka Changemakers Children’s Wellbeing Challenge. The challenge received 284 entries from innovators across the United States who are committed to helping build a […]
It All Begins Here: Amplify Your Students’ Strengths This School Year
by Lynn Ochs
Educators who believe in the importance of social and emotional learning know the place to begin each new school year is by raising students’ self-awareness. This means helping all students identify early on what is […]
OG Card Deck App is Among the Best Apps for Literacy
by Sonia Milrod
In the summer 2016 Examiner E-Newsletter published by the International Dyslexia Association, Mayerson Academy’s OG Card Deck app was featured among the best apps for literacy by Dr. Elaine Cheesman. In her column, Dr. Cheesman’s […]
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