Edsby Check-Ins are not intended as a diagnostic tool or data for analysis. They’re meant to start a dialogue between the student and teacher. The process can help students and teachers develop emotion awareness and build emotion vocabulary literacy, and their own personal toolkits of emotion regulation strategies.
In Edsby, only a student’s teacher has access their check-in data. Research has shown that this information must held closely.
“Learning involves risk and vulnerability, and much of what inspires children to invest the effort required in learning happens in the interpersonal space between student and teacher. Thus, the relationships of trust between teachers and students are at the heart of the learning enterprise of schools. When students trust their teachers, a climate of safety and warmth prevails which facilitates learning. Conversely, when distrust prevails, students are motivated to minimize their vulnerability by adopting self-protective stances. The result is disengagement from the educational process. Safety comes at the expense of student investment in the learning process.”
-Tschannen-Moran, M. (2014). The interconnectivity of trust in schools. D. Van Maele & P.B. Forsyth (Eds.), Trust and school life (pp. 57-81). Springer Netherlands
Red represents high intensity emotions that are unpleasant, like angry. Blue is low activation/intensity and unpleasant, like sad. Yellow is high intensity/activation and pleasant, like excitement. Green is low intensity/activation and pleasant, like calm.
Red represents high intensity emotions that are unpleasant, like angry. Blue is low activation/intensity and unpleasant, like sad. Yellow is high intensity/activation and pleasant, like excitement. Green is low intensity/activation and pleasant, like calm. Based on the work of Russell, J. A. (1980). A circumplex model of affect. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 39(6), 1161-1178. And Ahn, J., Gobron, S., Silvestre, Q., & Thalmann, D. (2010, September 13-15). Asymmetrical facial expressions based on an advanced interpretation of two-dimensional Russell’s emotional model [Paper presentation]. Proceedings of ENGAGE 2010, Zermatt, Switzerland.
When using Edsby’s Check-Ins, teachers are empowered and encouraged to follow their school’s established protocols for disclosure and follow-up if student mental health concerns are identified.
Teachers have always been among the first adults to notice students’ mental well-being and are a critical human link in supporting students’ mental health and pathways to care.
Yes. The regulation strategy content presented was developed in partnership with subject matter experts in social emotional learning and is informed by decades of SEL and emotion research. The strategies and the curriculum and training content from MindUP was developed to be culturally responsive and support diversity, equity and inclusion for the K-12 educators, administrators and families the program serves worldwide.
Edsby partnered with MindUP | The Goldie Hawn foundation to help guide the development of its Edsby Social Emotion Check-In feature as well as provide Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) resources and training opportunities to educators.
The Goldie Hawn Foundation is a not-for-profit organization founded to help children develop the knowledge and tools they need to strive in school and life. The evidence-based MindUP program was developed by a team of experts grounded upon on four scientific pillars: neuroscience, mindful awareness social-emotional learning (SEL), and positive psychology. MindUP is a simple-to-administer program that has been accredited by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (casel.org) as a SELect Program.
Together, Edsby and MindUP are working to provide tools and resources for teachers to support their students’ well-being and academic success.
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