Ep. 91 - SEL for Academic, Career and Life Success, with David Adams

In today’s episode, I share conversation with David Adams, CEO of Urban Assembly, and definitely a BIG PICTURE kind of educator.

In this conversation, David explains the how’s and why’s of Urban Assembly’s approach to building schools’ cultures, which are 100% centered on developing students’ social emotional competencies for success in school, and for success in their future careers, and for success in their personal lives’ moving forward.

In other words, everything is connected, and Urban Assembly schools work with, and through, that fact of life….  which might, at first, look like more work for teachers, but give it time… and listen up… by the end of this one hour conversation, you’ll understand why it actually means less work for teachers of all grade levels… K-12.

In 2021, David received the Champion of Equity Award from the American Consortium for Equity in Education. David sits on the board of CASEL which, as I’m sure you know, stands for the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning.  David is an author of The Educator’s Practical Guide to Emotional Intelligence, and a co-author of the textbook, Challenges to Integrating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs in Organizations. He is a Civil Affairs Officer in the Army Reserve and holds a Master’s in Educational Psychology from Fordham University.

URBAN ASSEMBLY:  https://urbanassembly.org

SEL DAY:  https://selday.org

YOUTUBE of this conversation:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCnrRKmpVzY