Cynthia Sistek, EdD
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Cynthia Sistek, EdD
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Passionate educator grounded in whole human education. Academic Program Director, Master of Arts in Social and Emotional Learning @natuniv Exploring the Intersections between SEL and everything!! Harnessing the power of AI but through a human intelligence.
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Please tell me this is NOT happening. The Civil Rights of all humans are being violated, not only the underserved, minoritized, and people of color~ it's now creeping into K-12 (most likely Pre-K also) using the smoke screen of Title IX and others. www.npr.org/2025/09/04/n...
How the Education Department is using civil rights laws to bring schools to heel
The Trump administration is using decades-old laws, meant to prevent discrimination, to threaten school districts and states with cuts to vital federal funding.
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Join us September 11th at the U25 Virtual Conference
The SEL SIG for AERA is examining the state of SEL in a review of the literature. Pew's (2023) study reflects that public education is generally not going in the right direction. Can you recommend any other poll that has queried social, emotional, or whole child well-being opinion or research?
Join me July 22- 24th for the MTSS Professional Learning Institute in Anaheim, CA. #SEL4CA #MTSS
Change your mindset, change your words. In celebration of #SELDay, I want to encourage you to embrace asset-based language instead of deficit language. This website has a treasure trove of resources. www.icsequity.org/asset-based-...
Embrace Asset-Based Language Over Deficit-Based Language
Shifting from deficit-based language in schools to asset-based language has significant implications for student outcomes.
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Educator and Human Well-Being, Sunday, February 16th, 4:00 p.m. PST. Meet Ferdi Serim, Musician, Author, Digital Advocate, EdTech Leader for 4 decades. Join the conversation and discover the world of Well-Being (AKA, Social and Emotional Well-Being)
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SEL Sunday for February—Join us for Well-Being in a Digital Age presented by Ferdi Serim, Musician, Author, and Digital Innovator for 4 Decades. We will also celebrate what's happening in Whole Human ...
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The CASEL Exchange #caselexchange Conference was energizing and enriching. Met some of the most revered SEL Researchers. Meeting Dr. Stephanie Jones from Harvard and Dr. Maurice Elias from Rutgers filled up my SEL bucket. Thanks @natuniv for sponsoring my attendance. #sel4us