What is SEL?
Social and emotional learning (SEL) is an integral part of education and human development. SEL is the process through which all young people and adults acquire and apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to develop healthy identities, manage emotions and achieve personal and collective goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain supportive relationships, and make responsible and caring decisions.
SEL advances educational equity and excellence through authentic school-family-community partnerships to establish learning environments and experiences that feature trusting and collaborative relationships, rigorous and meaningful curriculum and instruction, and ongoing evaluation. SEL can help address various forms of inequity and empower young people and adults to co-create thriving schools and contribute to safe, healthy, and just communities, (CASEL.org).
Teaching self awareness, self-management, and relationship skills leads to a more empathic and compassionate working and learning environment. The SEL workshops offered teach and help you incorporate these skills into your community:
The social and emotional competency of self-management is a life skill that is gained by learning, practicing, and implementing strategies that help regulate our emotions. Emotions are powerful motivators of behavior. They can help motivate and focus attention and they can also completely hijack logical thinking.
Taking a moment to pause, breathe, and refocus attention is one way to help manage intense emotions such as anxiety and stress. First grade teacher, Kaitlyn Lawler, shares one of her favorite ways to help her learners manage their emotions: Count Down to Calm.