Success in the digitally and globally integrated world of the 21st Century requires skills like self awareness and self-confidence, goal setting, public speaking and active listening, teamwork and cross-cultural awareness, and critical and creative thinking—all skills upon which our programs focus.
Current research underscores that education programs that assist students in developing these social and emotional skills will provide a lifetime of benefits.
* A growing body of research demonstrates that students learn more deeply if they have engaged in activities that require applying classroom-gathered knowledge to real-world problems. (Darling-Hammond and others, Powerful Learning: What We Know About Teaching for Understanding, 2008).
* Students who had more developed social and emotional skills exhibited greater leadership skills, received higher grades and demonstrated a better ability to persist in challenging situations (Scales and Leffert, Developmental Assets: A Synthesis of the Scientific Research on Adolescent Development, 2004).
* Using data from the National Education Longitudinal Study, researchers found that 67% of students “benefited more” from developing non-academic skills than from improving math skills, resulting in higher rates for entering and completing college. (Deke and Haimson, Expanding Beyond Academics: Who Benefits and How?, 2006).
* Nearly 90 % of "star performers" success is attributed to such emotional competencies as influence, team leadership, political awareness, self-confidence and achievement drive. (Goleman, Working With Emotional Intelligence, 1998)
* An analysis of 207 programs involving an estimated 288,000 students across the U.S. found that students who participated in after-school social and emotional learning activities, mostly conducted away from school settings, enjoyed significant improvements in their academic performance, life success skills, attitudes and leadership ability. (Durlak and Weissberg, The Impact of After School Programs That Promote Personal and Social Skills, 2007).
Current research underscores that education programs that assist students in developing these social and emotional skills will provide a lifetime of benefits.
* A growing body of research demonstrates that students learn more deeply if they have engaged in activities that require applying classroom-gathered knowledge to real-world problems. (Darling-Hammond and others, Powerful Learning: What We Know About Teaching for Understanding, 2008).
* Students who had more developed social and emotional skills exhibited greater leadership skills, received higher grades and demonstrated a better ability to persist in challenging situations (Scales and Leffert, Developmental Assets: A Synthesis of the Scientific Research on Adolescent Development, 2004).
* Using data from the National Education Longitudinal Study, researchers found that 67% of students “benefited more” from developing non-academic skills than from improving math skills, resulting in higher rates for entering and completing college. (Deke and Haimson, Expanding Beyond Academics: Who Benefits and How?, 2006).
* Nearly 90 % of "star performers" success is attributed to such emotional competencies as influence, team leadership, political awareness, self-confidence and achievement drive. (Goleman, Working With Emotional Intelligence, 1998)
* An analysis of 207 programs involving an estimated 288,000 students across the U.S. found that students who participated in after-school social and emotional learning activities, mostly conducted away from school settings, enjoyed significant improvements in their academic performance, life success skills, attitudes and leadership ability. (Durlak and Weissberg, The Impact of After School Programs That Promote Personal and Social Skills, 2007).
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