{"id":1275,"date":"2022-09-02T16:39:55","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T16:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/?page_id=1275"},"modified":"2022-09-02T16:39:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T16:39:56","slug":"embracing-kindness-in-illinois","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/embracing-kindness-in-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"Embracing Kindness in Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-embracing-kindness-in-illinois\">Embracing Kindness in Illinois<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Illinois educators are embracing Teach Kindness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Teach Kindness helped Palmer Elementary meet the social and emotional needs of students as they returned to in-person instruction. <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.chalkbeat.org\/2022\/1\/25\/22901046\/chicago-principal-jennifer-dixon-2022-change-leadership-kindness-social-emotional-learning-covid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Principal Dixon knew that students and staff were hungry for connection<\/a> after COVID-related disruptions and utilized Teach Kindness to meet those needs.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/adding-to-the-gratitude-jar\/\">A Gratitude Jar<\/a> created by pre-K teacher Ms. Cade at Carver Elementary helped grow a culture of kindness and positive reflection at the school. This practice helped students develop and maintain positive mindsets amid challenging circumstances.<\/li><li>Ms. McKinney, a parent resource teacher at Fiske Elementary School, noted that <a href=\"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/all-we-have-to-do-is-teach-it\/\">Teach Kindness allows educators to easily fold important lessons into the school day<\/a>, saying of the fully outlined program, \u201cAll you have to do is teach it.\u201d<\/li><li>School leaders at Wagoner Elementary included Teach Kindness lessons in staff development sessions to help educators create a sense of community where everyone feels safe and loved. A student at the 2020 National Teach Kindness Champion School said <a href=\"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/like-coming-to-a-grand-opening\/\">entering Wagoner feels like \u201ccoming to a grand opening.\u201d<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Teach Kindness | Wagoner Elementary School is National Kindness Champion\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-sUPGN0-umA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Embracing Kindness in Illinois Illinois educators are embracing Teach Kindness. Teach Kindness helped Palmer Elementary meet the social and emotional needs of students as they returned to in-person instruction. Principal Dixon knew that students and staff were hungry for connection after COVID-related disruptions and utilized Teach Kindness to meet those needs. 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