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title: "The REACH Framework: A Tool for Strengthening Academic Motivation | Search Institute"
description: The REACH Framework brings the big conclusions from diverse bodies of research on social-emotional skills and academic motivation together into a single structure that is both understandable and actionable at the school and classroom levels. Join Dr. Kent Pekel for a webinar in which he introduces the five components of the framework, each of which [...]
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# [The REACH Framework: A Tool for Strengthening Academic Motivation | Search Institute](https://blog.searchinstitute.org/reach-framework-tool-strengthening-academic-motivation)

 Written by [searchinstitute](https://blog.searchinstitute.org/author/searchinstitute) | June 09 2016

The REACH Framework brings the big conclusions from diverse bodies of research on social-emotional skills and academic motivation together into a single structure that is both understandable and actionable at the school and classroom levels.

Join Dr. Kent Pekel for a webinar in which he introduces the five components of the framework, each of which is summarized by a letter in the acronym REACH: Relationships, Effort, Aspirations, Cognition, and Heart.

**Free Webinar: [The REACH Framework: A Tool for Strengthening Academic Motivation](https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5660137800686201601)**

**Date and Time:** Thursday, June 16, 2016 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CDT

**Presented by:** Kent Pekel, Ed.D., President and CEO, Search Institute

[View full post](https://blog.searchinstitute.org/reach-framework-tool-strengthening-academic-motivation)

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