Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is:

"The process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve postive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships and make responsible decisions."

                              - CASEL (Collaborative for Academic, Social and                                   Emotional Learning - our nation's flagship                                             organization for development of academic,                                         social and emotional learning for all students) 

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Click the topics under the headings below to learn more about how to support the social and emotional learning of your students.

Pedagogy

•Empathy In the Classroom
•Jon Kabat-Zinn About Mindfulness in Education
•Promoting Social and Emotional Learning​

​Practice

• Teacher Appreciation: Why we Teach
• Social and Emotional Learning: A Schoolwide Approach

Ideas

• Mindful Schools

• Mindful Schools in class Instruction
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Can you assess social and emotional learning?  Click HERE

What about classroom Management?

Building a respectful, supportive, organized classroom environment for and with your learners can be challenging.

Setting the Tone From                Day One

 Watch this video about the importance of building and enforcing classroom routines and procedures. View it HERE

Repairing Our Schools With Restorative Justice

Restorative justice is a framework for     managing challenging behavior.               Watch it HERE

Dave Burgess: Teach Like a Pirate

The best way to manage behavior is to engage learners by'preheating the grill'.  Watch it HERE

More Ideas

Explore these  Classroom Management strategies 

Teachers as Learners and Students as Leaders

Kayla Delzer's Ted Talk entitled "Reimagining Classrooms: Teachers as Learners and Students as Leaders" is an interesting look at how she views her students, her classroom and her power.  Watch it HERE

Empowering Learners to Name and Manage their conflicts

"Stop SIgn: A conflict resolution tool"   demonstrates that even the youngest of learners can name and manage their conflicts. Check it out HERE
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School Suspensions are an Adult Behavior

This TED TALK might challenge the way you think about student behavior.  Watch it HERE