Resources for Guidance Directors

Professional Associations

MA School Counselors Association

Emotional Intelligence - EQ

"Talking Heads and Hearts: Intellectual and Emotional Educaiton Make a Potent Pairing", Edutopia.org (video)

Safe and Sound: An Educational Leader's Guide to Evidence-Based Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Programs, CASEL, 2005 Illinois Edition (pdf)

"The Other Kind of Smart", Boston.com, April 5, 2009 (pdf)

21st Century Learning

Catching Up or Leading the Way: American Education in the Age of Globalization, Yong Zhao, ASCD, 2009

21st Century Skills for Learning in Our Life Times, Bernie Trilling and Charles Fadel, John Wiley and Sons, 2009

Time Magazine, "How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century", Claudia Wallis, December 10, 2006 (pdf)

"Did you know?", YouTube.com, 2006 version

Resources for Protocol Based Learning

The Power of Protocols: An Educator's Guide to Better Practice, 2nd Ed., J. McDonald. N. Mohr, A.Dichter, E McDonald, Teachers College Press, 2007

Protocols for Professional Learning, Lois Brown Easton, ASCD, Alexandria, VA 2009

National School Reform Faculty
See Resources: Protocols and Reflective Dialogues

Changing Demographics in College Admissions

"Current Trends in College Admissions", January 7, 2011 presentation (pdf)