MAILBAG: Seminary Is for Self-Reflection, Not Self-Expression

MAILBAG: Seminary Is for Self-Reflection, Not Self-Expression

Having just recently read some gender-based letters (that is, letters from women complaining about men) in a Jewish publication, I was confronted with a mailbag letter from a female high school student complaining about the dress code of the seminary she will be attending next year. Besides saying that the code would stifle her self-expression, the student alleged that parallel standards are not applied to yeshiva bochurim, in that rules against…

Building Student Agency through Feedback and Self-Reflection

Beyond SEL · Building Student Agency through Feedback and Self-Reflection Transcript Download the companion brief and implementation guide. Feedback and self-reflection are powerful strategies for building metacognition and agency. In this audiocast, you’ll hear about Summit View Elementary’s strategies for feedback and self-reflection, founded in a culture of trust, care, and a willingness to be vulnerable. Teachers use feedback and self-reflec…