On Friday, January 18th, the North Vancouver School District has scheduled a Curriculum Implementation Day. The staff at Cleveland will be joining a number of other schools at Carson Graham Secondary School to listen to a key note talk by Stuart Shanker, author of Calm, Alert and Learning. In the afternoon, we will be joining up with other local schools at Highlands to discuss a number of different topics in education.

I am just getting into the book Calm, Alert and Learning, and it is an interesting read. There are some strong statements about self-regulation and its importance in school.

“”Some theorists believe that self-regulation should now be considered a more important indicator of educational performance than IQ” ~ page xi

“Children acquire the ability to self-regulate by first being regulated” ~ page 9

“Adults around children need to be optimally regulated themselves.” ~ page 9

“it involves a straightforward understanding of the importance of children’s emotions in their ability to learn, and emphasizes what educators can realistically do to help students optimally regulate those emotions.” ~ page 25

I look forward to learning more about self-regulation. For parents who are interested, this Self-Regulation may be site may be a good place to start.

Take care.