New Albany Creates a Calming Space

New Albany School of Career and Technical Education’s CTE Corner was an idea of Early Childhood teacher Kimberly Langley. The space offers classroom lab experiences and a quiet, relaxing area for students and faculty.

A group of students relax in the CTE Corner during Vision time, a break where students can attend various interest groups and locations in the school.

This fall, New Albany School of Career and Technical Education Early Childhood teacher Kimberly Langley created a CTE Corner that offers a quiet, relaxing space for students and faculty.

In addition to being a calming space, the CTE Corner offers a classroom lab experience for her students to practice the social-emotional skills they learn in her course.

Langley’s 23 years of teaching experience inspired the space. She views school as a safe place and, as a teacher, desires to make students feel safe and excited to come to school.

She says that educators must continue finding ways to meet the needs of all students, especially the social-emotional needs that are sometimes overlooked.