The theme for episode 27 is centered around social-emotional learning (SEL). So much valuable knowledge was shared in this conversation about how arts education activities support SEL for students. Listen to what Cesia Roman learned through her performing arts activities, and how she is now paying it forward to the adolescents in her home district.
One of the most satisfying things about being in the teaching profession is when you see your students paying it forward. Cesia Roman graduated from Spring Valley High School in 2017, earned her BS in Special Education at SUNY Cortland (in the middle of the pandemic), and has returned to our district as a social-emotional coach with the NICE team, an incredible organization whose title stands for Nurturing, Inclusive, Community, Environment. Five years after tossing her mortarboard, she is now providing the students in her home community the same safe space and caring support that embraced her when she was growing up.
Music: "Hey" Bensound
