Dr. Kellie McClain, a school psychologist, presented a workshop entitled “Build Classroom Community and Climate Through SEL-Based Conversations.” In this workshop, she introduced the practice of Morning Classroom Conversations (MCC) which engages students in a multi-layered, metacognitive approach that improves executive functioning through character development and classroom community-building. This process is also shared in a book by Dr. McClain and Dr. Elias which can be found on Amazon. A link to view the presentation as well as a list of MCC topics can be found below…
