Restorative Practices Kori Smith 9/6/21 Restorative Practices Kori Smith 9/6/21

Proceed With Care

It was a client meeting, so I knew I had to watch my face. My emotions are easily broadcast across the furrow of my brow or the turn of my mouth. If there is an opposite to a poker face, that is what I have: A “Kori face”.

Social Emotional Learning Kori Smith 4/4/21 Social Emotional Learning Kori Smith 4/4/21

Measuring Growth

Mondays are soccer practice days. Which means that us parents stand at the edge of the grass, six feet away from each other and make small talk while our children run up and down the field.

Social Emotional Learning Kori Smith 12/1/20 Social Emotional Learning Kori Smith 12/1/20

A Shift in Approach From Either/Or to Both/And

My nephew has had his face in front of a screen for the better part of a year now. Like other students across this nation, he was thrust into online learning last March. And like millions of children today, he still has not made it back on campus.

Social Emotional Learning Kori Smith 11/11/20 Social Emotional Learning Kori Smith 11/11/20

Anchoring Down to Connect with Students

I once had the pleasure of hearing Trish Shaffer speak. As Social Emotional Learning Coordinator, she proudly shared the great work taking place in Washoe County schools, a district right outside of Reno, Nevada.

Social Emotional Learning Kori Smith 10/20/20 Social Emotional Learning Kori Smith 10/20/20

Putting All of the Pieces Together

The phrase Social Emotional Learning came into my life in 2015. Though SEL implementation has been around for decades, the schools and districts in which I worked had not yet embraced whole child education with that particular lens.