Positivity in Action
Issued
2021 - 2022
Type
Classroom Tools
Amount
$440
Applicant(s)
Jennifer Clausing
Description
The resource teachers at Wheatland Elementary are
requesting the social-emotional program Positive Action.
Andover Schools have consistently sought to be leaders
in academics. With the addition of our "Portrait of a
Graduate," we are beginning to redesign our schools to
support the abilities and mindset of all students. I want to
implement the Positive Action social-emotional program
with Andover's students that were already struggling
academically. Over the past couple of years, the
academic gap has widened, and now the ability to cope
in stressful situations has fallen. We are beginning to see
the long-term effects of anxiety and its inability to
regulate emotions. The Positive Action program will
reduce disruptive and problem behavior, increase
resiliency and academic performance, and teach
struggling students a path of creating positive actions.
These positive actions will have a ripple effect on their
peers for this year and a lifelong benefit of finding a
positive feeling within oneself from providing positive
actions to others. While other districts focus on catching
up academically, Andover has maintained its focus on
the whole child for life-long success, and I believe the
Positive Action program will reinforce and strengthen our
student's future.