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What stands out here is not only the role itself, but what it says about the kind of school culture PrepaTec is choosing to build. A Feelings Mentor is not there to hover or take over. They are there to be an emotional ally, someone close enough to notice, steady enough to guide, and consistent enough to help students grow before struggle turns into crisis. That kind of support does not happen by accident. It reflects a deeper belief, one @drmarcbrackett has helped put language to for years: emotions shape how students learn, connect, decide, and move through the school day. That is the kind of shift RULER is here to help schools build. 🔗 f.mtr.cool/qhhvqgacvg #feelingsmentor #emotionsmatter #emotionalintelligence #RULER

You cannot ask students to regulate in environments adults have not made emotionally safe. What Lily shares from @WillowsSchool is not just a touching moment. It is what becomes possible when leadership, language, and culture align, and when a child knows there is another path before the breaking point.  That is the kind of leadership we build at YCEI Leadership Symposium this July. 🔗 rulerapproach.org/leadership-sym… #Leadership #EmotionalIntelligence #emotionsmatter #education

Had a quick chat with @WTNH this morning. Always grateful for their team. A little Dealing With Feeling in real life :) youtu.be/pmO7mg4kaMc #dealingwithfeeling

We forget that teachers are feeling the school day too. If Teacher Appreciation Week only rewards endless calm, we miss the harder human work happening in classrooms every day. Students are not learning from perfect adults. They are learning from adults who can feel pressure, care, concern, frustration, and all the things a school day brings, then pause, name what is real, repair, and keep the room safe enough for students to do the same. Debra Turner reminds us that RULER is not just language students use. It is a culture adults live in front of them. Dr. Dawn Brooks-DeCosta helped build the foundation for it, and @drmarcbrackett and RULER keep asking schools to take this seriously. #TeacherAppreciationWeek #Educators #RULER #EmotionalIntelligence

Louis Theroux’s Inside the Manosphere should bother us because this does not end when the documentary cycle moves on. Boys are not the manosphere. Adults cannot leave them alone with a script that turns shame into blame and domination into belonging. More in @educationweek: edweek.org/leadership/opi…

For too long, children’s mental health has been treated like something we only notice once there is a problem. By then, the child has often already learned a brutal lesson: this feeling is too much, and so am I. What children need is not panic, dismissal, or constant rescue. They need language, strategies, and adults who know how to stay with them. That is why this conversation between @drmarcbrackett and Eli Lebowitz still matters. From the vault for Children’s Mental Health Awareness Month: Dealing with Feeling on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Links below! YouTube: f.mtr.cool/pyzlolbfsq Apple: f.mtr.cool/eibvoubolc Spotify: f.mtr.cool/meimzndsyu #childrensmentalhealthawareness #mentalhealth #emotionalintelligence #anxiety #dealingwithfeeling #emotionsmatter

Some people think RULER is something you design for the kids. A program. A set of lessons. Something that goes into the classroom. But year one of RULER belongs entirely to the adults. Before any student receives a single lesson, educators spend a full year doing their own personal and professional learning with our RULER skills. Dr. Jessica Hoffmann and her team looked at school climate data from students across 37 partner schools in Mexico, before and after that adult learning year. The results were clear. School climate had already improved across every dimension they measured, before the kids had been taught a single thing. The students felt the difference because of who their teachers were becoming. That is what RULER is built on. The adults go first. And when they do, the whole school feels it. Training and support 🔗 rulerapproach.org/ruler-institut… #EducatorSupport #EducatorLeaders #ProfessionalDevelopment #RULER #EmotionalIntelligence #Emotionsmatter

🏫 Enhance student & educator well-being! High schools can access RULER training, 2-year support, & networking at no cost as part of a new study. Learn more & apply here: rulerapproach.org/ruler-for-high… #EducationMatters #SchoolClimate

Upcoming RULER Institute dates are filling up. Eligible schools can register at our new training-only rate. Don’t miss out → rulerapproach.org/offerings/even…  #SEL #EdChat #K12 #ProfessionalDevelopment #EmotionalIntelligence #RULER

More adolescents are turning to AI for mental health support. What does this mean for connection and belonging in schools?  Explore how to help students use AI with emotional intelligence. Learn practical strategies for guiding conversations, building critical thinking, and centering real relationships.  May 13 @ 3 PM ET  👉 Register on RULER Online: ruler.online/login

🎓 Join our study! US high schools can access RULER training, 2-year support, & networking at NO COST. Enhance student and educator well-being with an approach based on decades of research. Apply now: rulerapproach.org/ruler-for-high… #SEL #EdLeadership

For the school leaders carrying more than most people ever see—> rulerapproach.org/leadership-sym… #leadershipthatdelivers #professionaldevelopment #emotionalintelligence

A school can use every right word and still miss the child standing in front of it. @drmarcbrackett and Dr. Dawn Brook-DeCosta get at something bigger here than feelings alone. They get at trust, delivery, and what children learn when adults say they care, but only know how to receive certain parts of them. From the vault: Dealing with Feeling on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Apple Podcasts: f.mtr.cool/uqertuknxr Spotify: f.mtr.cool/adqzadfmcu #SEL #Howareyoufeeling #emotionalintelligence #emotionsmatter #educators

RULER Institute Online: $1,500/person. RULER Institute at Yale: $2,000/person. Available to schools with an active training/subscription package. Learn more → rulerapproach.org/offerings/even…  #SEL #EdChat #K12 #ProfessionalDevelopment #EmotionalIntelligence #RULER

You cannot pull adult SEL out of implementation and expect the rest to stay standing. Students do not experience SEL as a framework on paper. They experience it by observing adults' tone, regulation, repair, relationships, and the consistency of those skills across the school day. That is why adult learning cannot be assumed. It has to be built into training, implementation, and the support schools provide over time. Our new Education Week essay explores a three-domain framework for educator SEL: learn it, live it, teach it. When adults are supported across all three, SEL has a better chance of becoming something students experience everywhere, not just something they are taught once. 🔗f.mtr.cool/healmiasmj #SEL #Educators #ProfessionalDevelopment #SELResearch #EmotionalIntelligence #LeadershipDevelopment @drmarcbrackett @RobinSStern

If we only talk about educator well-being when someone is already burned out, we are treating the symptom and calling it support. What we keep hearing from district leaders is simpler and harder: staff well-being is built into the day. It shows up in what gets protected when the week gets heavy, how conflict is addressed when everyone is tired, and whether people feel safe enough to speak honestly without consequences. This is why emotional intelligence belongs in leadership, not as a slogan, but as a daily practice that shapes culture, retention, and learning conditions. If you’re leading that work, this is the kind of conversation we’re having at the Leadership Symposium: f.mtr.cool/axfjuculmz #Leadership #ProfessionalDevelopment #Educators #SEL #EmotionalIntelligence

If a kid’s emotion word is “weird,” that is not a punchline. It is a clue. Craig Bailey’s research suggests kids’ emotion language is social. Who they talk to shapes what they say and what they stop saying. Are we making school spaces where specific feelings are safe to name, or do students learn to shrink everything down to “fine,” “whatever,” and “weird”? RULER info sessions coming up:  f.mtr.cool/xvhgppbakf #EmotionsMatter #RULER #EmotionalIntelligence #EmotionSocialization #ResearchSpotlight #Education

You gave the whole day away. Again. And at 11pm you picked up your phone… not because you weren't tired, but because you weren't ready to end a day that never felt like your own. Nikki Elbertson mentions the term. Revenge bedtime procrastination. But we call it a signal worth listening to. What would it look like for women in schools to reach the end of the day with more of themselves still intact?  #womenshistorymonth

We have SEL moments all the time. A kid slams a Chromebook shut. A teacher pauses, names what’s happening, and gives a reset that keeps the student in the room. That’s real SEL. But too often it depends on one person’s instinct in one moment. Strategic SEL is when the school builds around it so educators are not carrying it alone, and leaders can actually see what’s working, what’s missing, and what to support next. If you’re leading that work, this is the kind of conversation we’re having at the Leadership Symposium: f.mtr.cool/osagnqwipa #SEL #EmotionallyIntelligentSchools #EmotionalIntelligence #ProfessionalDevelopment #SchoolLeaders

A narrow definition of power can live inside a girl for a long time. Sometimes it sounds like leadership has to be hard or forceful before it counts. Women educators lead through empathy, steadiness, and understanding. This is not just "part of the job." It is leadership. Maybe part of the work is expanding what power looks like before girls learn to mistrust the forms of it that already live in them. #womenshistorymonth