Social+and+Emotional+Learning

Social and Emotional Learning Dr. Elizabeth Coyle Principal's Meeting May 3, 2011

The process of developing social and emotional skills in the context of a safe, caring, well-managed, and engaging learning environment ([|www.casel.org])

Skills:
 * Recognize and manage emotions
 * Care about and respect others
 * Develop positive relationships
 * Make good decisions
 * Behave responsibily and ethically

SEL Instruction [|www.edchange.org/multicultural/teachers.html]

Academic Outcomes []

Focused school-wide approach that integrates SEL skill building in six areas: Competencies are promoted in context of safe and supportive school, family, and community learning environments in which children feel valued and respected, and connected to and engaged in learning ([|www.casel.org])
 * __Defining ASEL: Modes of Delivery__**
 * Academics
 * Classroom management
 * Conferences with students and families
 * Support services
 * Prevention programming
 * School-wide discipline policy and procedures

ASEL: Tips for Academic Infusion Take lesson "to the local level"
 * Link to other program initiatives
 * Language Arts/English
 * Use of illustrations
 * Use of story lines
 * Social Studies
 * Issues of social justice and decision making
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 * [|www.teachingtolerance.org]
 * Math/Science
 * [|www.rethinkingschools.org]

Freedom Summer by Deborah Wiles To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
 * __Sample book titles__**

ASEL: Tips for Academic Infusion Ideas __**Social awareness**__
 * __Self-awareness__**
 * Have you ever felt what this character is feeling?
 * What strengths do you have that are similar to the character in this book?
 * Tell about a time you have used this strength.
 * __Self-management__**
 * How did the character handle anger, waiting, etc.?
 * What head talk do you think the character used?
 * When could you use head talk/cool talk at school?
 * Reading non-verbals, attribution, cognitive flexibility and perspective taking
 * When have you "read" the situation right/wrong?
 * __Relationships__**
 * Healthy friendship skills
 * Refusal skills
 * __Responsible decision making__**
 * How did this character stay true to self?
 * What steps did this character take?
 * When did you take similar steps inmaking an important decision?


 * __ASEL: Tips for Classroom Management__**
 * Your job, my job, our job together
 * Your problem, my problem, our problem
 * What do you need from me/self?
 * Balance of extrinsic and intrinsic rewards
 * Self assessment (1-10)


 * __ASEL: Tips for Conferencing__**
 * Learning from mistakes**
 * What did you learn from this?
 * How could things turn out differently?
 * Responsible decision making**
 * Conferenceing (what I said and did, what I would do differently, buy in)
 * Framework of moral development
 * 1) Avoid punishment
 * 2) Golden rule
 * 3) Integrity (honor self and respect rights of others)

__**Two good books**__ Elementary Classroom Management by Carol Weinstein Secondary Classroom Management by Carol Weinstein

Classroom Management "Checklist" goes nicely with the two above books

__**Useful Websites**__
 * Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning [|www.casel.org]
 * School climate surveys [|www.casel.org/assessment/climate.php]
 * Blueprints model programs [|www.colorado.edu/cspv/blueprints]
 * Responsive classroom [|www.responsiveclassroom.org]
 * Second Step Program [|www.cfchildren.org]
 * Teaching Tolerance [|www.teachingtolerance.org]
 * Rethinking Schools [|www.rethinkingschools.org]