19: Emotional Health & the Mood Meter

Guest: Amy Massingale

• “I don’t make any assumptions at first.  My first step into the classroom is building a relationship [...] I’m going to build a relationship with them, get to know them, and then let them tell me because I never want to assume what they have experienced.”
• Learn more about the Mood Meter here: https://www.marcbrackett.com/the-colors-of-our-emotions/
• “The most important foundation is giving them the language to use to express their emotions and to give them a space where they can talk about it.”
• “I never look at a kid for what they do or what they say as who they are. I always try to find the root of where that behavior is coming from because that is how they are expressing their needs.”
• “A basic definition of what a healthy classroom could be is students that are willing to take risks [...] and are willing to share their emotions.”
• “For me, being emotionally healthy and pursuing that is staying in the Word and staying connected with friends and being honest with myself about what my emotions are.”
• “It’s very humbling to be emotionally healthy for myself and for my students.”

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