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Self-awareness: The abilities to understand one's own emotions, thoughts, and values and how they influence behavior across contexts. This includes capacities to recognize one's strengths and limitations with a well-grounded sense of confidence and purpose.

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The ability to make constructive choices about personal behavior and social interactions based on ethical standards, safety, and social norms.

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Relationship skills: The abilities to establish and maintain healthy and supportive relationships and to effectively navigate settings with diverse individuals and groups.

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Social awareness: The abilities to understand the perspectives of and empathize with others, including those from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and contexts.

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Self-management: The abilities to manage one's emotions, thoughts, and behaviors effectively in different situations and to achieve goals and aspirations. This includes the capacities to delay gratification, manage stress, and feel motivation and agency to accomplish personal and collective goals.

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SEL Videos & Activities by CASEL Component

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Free emotional check-in site.

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Closegap - Daily Emotional Wellness for Kids

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Closegap is a free tool used by educators and parents to support the emotional health of K-12 students.

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What Are SAFE Circles?
With 145 restorative lessons, prompts, & reflective quotes, Safe Circles offers youth a safe space to proactively build community, check-in, and actively participate in a healing centered practice. The Safe Circle is a guiding circle that empowers young people to take an active and thoughtful role in creating their community. SAFE Circles provide youth with a safe space to connect with one another, build trust, show mutual respect, engage in dialogue, and foster a sense of belonging.
The SAFE Approach
Effective SEL approaches often incorporate four elements that are SAFE; Sequenced, Active, Focused, and Explicit. A meta-analysis of 213 social-emotional school programs showed that the most effective SEL programs incorporate these four SAFE elements.
The SAFE approach elements include...
Sequencedactivities that lead in a coordinated and connected way to skill development;

Activeforms of learning that enable young people to practice and master new skills;

Focusedtime spent developing one or more social and emotional skills;

Explicitlydefine and target specific skills.

By integrating the SAFE approach into the restorative process, you can model it in a way that creates a "safe" space for participants. This approach supports children by helping them recognize how they feel or how someone else might be feeling. Importantly, this approach is an exceptional way to promote authentic dialogue, equity of voice, and the social-emotional development of youth.

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This is an instant download, which is delivered in a printable PDF format. What Are SAFE Circles? With 145 restorative lessons, prompts, & reflective quotes, Safe Circles offers youth a safe space to proactively build community, check-in, and actively participate in a healing centered practice. The Safe Circle

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CAPS-6th Grade, 6 Weeks
ACES-7th/8th Grades, 9 Weeks

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What Are SAFE Circles?
With 145 restorative lessons, prompts, & reflective quotes, Safe Circles offers youth a safe space to proactively build community, check-in, and actively participate in a healing centered practice. The Safe Circle is a guiding circle that empowers young people to take an active and thoughtful role in creating their community. SAFE Circles provide youth with a safe space to connect with one another, build trust, show mutual respect, engage in dialogue, and foster a sense of belonging.
The SAFE Approach
Effective SEL approaches often incorporate four elements that are SAFE; Sequenced, Active, Focused, and Explicit. A meta-analysis of 213 social-emotional school programs showed that the most effective SEL programs incorporate these four SAFE elements.
The SAFE approach elements include...
Sequencedactivities that lead in a coordinated and connected way to skill development;

Activeforms of learning that enable young people to practice and master new skills;

Focusedtime spent developing one or more social and emotional skills;

Explicitlydefine and target specific skills.

By integrating the SAFE approach into the restorative process, you can model it in a way that creates a "safe" space for participants. This approach supports children by helping them recognize how they feel or how someone else might be feeling. Importantly, this approach is an exceptional way to promote authentic dialogue, equity of voice, and the social-emotional development of youth.

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This is an instant download, which is delivered in a printable PDF format. What Are SAFE Circles? With 145 restorative lessons, prompts, & reflective quotes, Safe Circles offers youth a safe space to proactively build community, check-in, and actively participate in a healing centered practice. The Safe Circle

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Build empathy, increase self awareness, and create connections in any learning environment- with the app made for experiential education and personalized for youth's social emotional learning needs.

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Rutgers SEL Certificate and SEL Lab Courses are not free but are very reasonable.

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2 NEW COURSES HAVE BEEN ADDED!! Click here

(1) SEL and Equity

(2) SEL Academy Overview

(3) How to Integrate SEL into Academic Content (STAT) and tier 2 intervention (SEL Lab)

(4 ) How to Instruct Students in ANY SEL/Character Program Effectively

(5) Leading SEL Implementation in Schools

(6) Principles of Staff Development for Expertise in SEL/Character Instruction

Frequently Asked Questions - Scroll down on Program Overview Page

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Vision

Every professional working in schools should possess all the skills and attitudes needed to promote the social-emotional and character development of all children-- all meaning all-- in those schools, and should be prepared to make positive, constructive contributions to school climate and adult communities of learners in schools.

SEL in Action

Our Pledge to You

The story begins with a belief that every child deserves to attend a school that is inspiring, challenging, supportive, safe and healthy, engaging, and build on mutual respect.

Every child needs competencies for success beyond the test score-skills for the tests of life, a life of college, career, contribution, and caring.

Someone has to take responsibility for schools to become cohesive and coherent places to accomplish the above goals. These courses and this credentialing program are designed to prepare you for that responsibility, but we don't expect you to succeed on your own. You are entering into a community of mutual support and consultative assistance, a virtual Professional Learning Community, that will be at your side as you move forward. Within your country and around the world, people sharing the vision and goal want to move beyond the dream and into reality. By teaching the mind and encouraging the heart-in each other, as well as in our students-we can be successful.

That is our unique pledge to you-you will be prepared to implement a wide range of social-emotional and character-based programs to your students, and you will also be joining others whose collective experience, wisdom, creativity, and problem-solving skills toward a shared goal will make each of us and all of us better. We are all instructors and students in the service of improving the lives and futures of all children entering schools.

The Academy for SEL in Schools ( SELinSchools.org), a collaboration of Rutgers University and Saint Elizabeth University, proudly offers two certificate programs:

The Certification in Instruction in Social-Emotional Learning and Character Development found here at this website and

The Certificate in School Leadership for Social-Emotional Learning and Character Development found at selinschools.org

"Which Academy Online Certificate Program better suits my needs?"

If you are a classroom teacher, or an in-school or out-of-school professional working directly with children...

You are in the right place. Our Certificate in Instruction of Social-Emotional Learning and Character Development Interventions focuses on teaching SECD skills and/or virtues to students in a classroom, small-group, and/or after-school contexts.

For registration information regarding our Instruction program, please visit our Registration page.

For most general questions regarding the Instruction Program please go to Program Overview and scroll down to Frequently Asked Questions.

Please send more specific questions regarding the Instruction Program to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

If you are in a leadership position such as supervisor, director, principal or assistant principal working with staff or in an SEL- related position working directly with staff.. ...

Consider the Certificate in School Leadership for Social-Emotional Learning and Character Development, which adds Social-Emotional Learning (SEL), Character Development (CD), and School Culture and Climate (SCC) to your portfolio of leadership skills.

Registration and other information regarding the Leadership program can be found at SELinSchools.org

Questions regarding the Leadership Program can be sent to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Instruction in Social-Emotional Learning and Character Development certificate program is an implementation of a series of online courses that leads to a certificate in Instruction in Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and Character Development (CD) in Schools and After-School Programs. This unique program is a non-credit program which offers all educational staff, school mental health professionals, and those working in after-school programs the opportunity to enhance their professional development skills in the field of Social-Emotional and Character Development. The Instruction in SECD certificate program offers two tracks: the General Track Program and the Accelerated Track Program.

"Which program track is right for me?"

The General track program is composed of three courses, each addressing a different level of participation and delivery perspective of Social-Emotional and Character Development (SECD) competencies. This program is for those with some to no knowledge/experience in teaching SECD directly to students. Visit our General Track page for more information.

The Accelerated track program is composed of two courses strictly designed for those who have 5+ years of consistent and intentional teaching of Social-Emotional and Character Development to students in their setting. This fast paced program builds on the strong SECD teaching experiences spanning 5+ years and will result in creating a portfolio documenting this journey as well as an experience in developing and implementing an SECD workshop for staff.

The Accelerated Program is not a fast-track to completion. Visit our Accelerated Track page for more information.

Find out if you are eligible for any of our online certificate programs or courses here.
I think the 3-course program provides an excellent background in SECD and then allows us the opportunity to put what we learn into practice. I think it is important to learn first about ourselves, as this really helps us to be able to work more effectively with our students. I like the Canvas format much better than the first format that we were using in the earlier courses. I also like the Zoom app. for our live chats and found it more user-friendly than Google app. I found the connection with like minded professionals to be very helpful and important in my learning process. It made the experience more real and allowed for me to feel connected and supported. At the same time I found the guidance and encouragement from my instructors to be most helpful as well. It is a resource on which I can bank on at any given time. I just need to draw upon their supportive words and encouraging smiles! To me the chats were the most valuable thing about the course. The chats opened an all together new discussion and learning paradigm. It opened our minds to things happening elsewhere in the field of education and helped connect with kindred educators who believed SEL as an important part of the education process. Working with students while having a support system in place, so I could apply what I learned from what was happening in my classmates' classes into my own.
Frequently Asked Questions - Scroll down on Program Overview Page

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The School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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Short lessons on decision making that will allow you to go a long way

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Lessons on decision making giving you an overview of stages, models, styles, and evaluations.

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Making Mistakes // If/ Then Plans (prepare for difficult or important situations)

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Making Mistakes // If/ Then Plans (prepare for difficult or important situations)

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Making Good Choices Video and Notes Page Grades 7 and up

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Making Good Choices Video and Notes Page Grades 7 and up

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Developed with Wiley Blevins

This enhanced phonics program is based on the latest Science of Reading research information and adheres to the tenets of Structured Literacy.

There is an emphasis on application of learning to reading and writing-where the learning sticks.

Differentiation is built into both the whole-group and small-group instruction in the program.

Literacy Expert

Wiley Blevins is an early reading specialist who holds an Ed.M. from Harvard. He taught elementary school in both the United States and South America. Wiley has written and edited many phonics and reading materials, and he is the author of numerous best-selling professional development books.

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Teacher's Resource System and Assessments

Explicit, systematic instruction features robust opportunities for application and practice.

Daily 30-minute whole-group lessons

Small-group instruction for every day

Sequential scope and sequence includes spiral review to mitigate learning decay

Integrated English Language Development instruction included

Cumulative assessments provided

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Available in take-home format and 6-pack readers, students have multiple decodable readers per week for practice and application.

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About Phonics Intervention

This intensive phonics intervention program is designed for students two or more years below grade-level expectations. Lessons are designed to be delivered one-on-one or in small group by an intervention specialist or resource teacher.

It is built on the Science of Reading research and aligns to the tenets of Structured Literacy, shown to be beneficial for students with dyslexia.

It encompasses the 7 Characteristics of Strong Phonics Instruction and addresses the 10 Reasons Why Phonics Instruction Sometimes Fails, as detailed by program consultant Wiley Blevins.

Literacy Expert

Wiley Blevins is an early reading specialist who holds an Ed.M. from Harvard. He taught elementary school in both the United States and South America. Wiley has written and edited many phonics and reading materials, and he is the author of numerous best-selling professional development books.

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Explicit, systematic, multi-modal instruction in daily 20-30 minute lessons

3-Part Lesson Structure:
Warm-Up: Students reread the previously read decodable text, review sound-spelling and high-frequency words, or engage in phonological awareness training.

Multi-Modal Mini-Lesson: e.g., blending, word building, dictation, and vocabulary and content knowledge development through the Read-Aloud Cards.

Application to Reading and Writing: Students read a new decodable text and write about it.

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Sequential and systematic instructional sequence aligns to Tier 1 phonics solutions.

Aligns to Benchmark Phonics Tiers 1 and 2

Aligns to Benchmark Advance Grades K-3

Complete Phonics Solution

Connected programs provide a complete phonics solution for Tiers 1, 2, and 3.

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Benchmark Phonics and Benchmark Phonics Intervention Programs

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Benchmark Education offers two phonics programs, Benchmark Phonics and Phonics Intervention, to build elementary school phonics curriculums for all students.

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At REYCRAFT BOOKS our mission is to create books of interest for ALL children. We publish original and licensed works from authors and illustrators around the globe who have unique stories to tell.

Dear Reader,

I came to the United States as a child. I can remember the sense of alienation during those early days in my new country, in a new school. I remember turning to books, searching for characters that looked like me, characters that mirrored my feelings and experiences. I remember not finding any. Those memories are at the heart of Reycraft Books.

I believe every child needs to know that their story is important-that it has value. I decided to start an imprint to publish the stories that have not yet been told, as well as the stories that have been told but have not yet been truly heard. This is my mission and my passion.

I am very proud to present to you the inaugural list from Reycraft Books-an incredible collection of beautiful fiction and nonfiction trade books with a focus on diversity. As you browse through these pages you'll find familiar, award-winning authors and illustrators and a host of inspiring new talent, each bringing their unique vision and perspective. Please let me know what you think.

- Sera Reycraft, Publisher

2020 SPUR Award Winner

Western Writers of America: 2020 Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction

Founded in 1953, Western Writers of America annually honors distinguished writing about the American West.

2019 AICL Best Books Winner

American Indians in Children's Literature

Established in 2006, AICL provides critical analysis of Indigenous peoples in children's and young adult books.

Devotion to Diversity in Children's Book Publishing

Reycraft Books Publisher Sera Reycraft speaks to School Library Journal about her calling to reach every child.

Read the Interview Here

Sera Reycraft

Publisher

Korean born, Sera knows firsthand the struggles of an immigrant child in a strange land, looking to find herself reflected in the world around her. A trained architect, Sera has brought her eye for design and function to create high-quality, visually impactful, and innovative books for children that honor and respect their community, and help them build essential literacy and language skills.

Eileen Robinson

Eileen Robinson has worked with children's writers all over the world for more than twenty years. Former Executive Editor at Scholastic and Editorial Director at Harcourt, she has acquired published works from the U.K. and Italy, and created original works for U.S. markets. She teaches the art of revision through Highlights and workshops, and is an adjunct academic advisor for Rosemont College's publishing program.

Sunita Apte

Sunita is the half-Indian, half-Hungarian child of immigrants. She has lived and traveled in Asia, Europe, South America, and Africa. Born and raised in the southern United States, she grew up never seeing herself reflected in the books she read. To help rectify this state of affairs, she has spent thirty years in publishing working to create inclusive, compelling material for children and young adults.

Wiley Blevins

Wiley has lived throughout the United States, South America, and the Middle East. He has also worked extensively in Asia. As an author, former Editorial Director at Scholastic and McGraw-Hill, and early reading specialist, he brings three decades of experience in creating books for young readers.

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Authentic Stories and Illustrations Reflecting the Voice and Vision of Children

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Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

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Adult Social and Emotional Skills

What's your emotional style? Understand how your emotions effect your well-being and relationships with others. A self-assessment from Dr. Richard Davidson, the Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Personal Assessment and Reflection - SEL Competencies for School Leaders, Staff, and Adults
This Personal Assessment and Reflection - SEL Competencies for School Leaders, Staff, and Adults tool, from CASEL, is designed to help schoolwide SEL leaders to assess and understand their own levels of social and emotional competence.

Meyers, D. C., Gil, L., Cross, R., Keister, S., Domitrovich, C. E., & Weissberg, R. P. (2015). CASEL guide for schoolwide social and emotional learning. Chicago, IL: CASEL.

This tool was adapted from Goleman, D., Boyatzis, R., & McKee, A. (2013).Primal leadership: Unleashing the power of emotional intelligence(pp. 253-256). Harvard Business Press.

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Decision Making and Social Emotional Learning

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Decision Making and Social Emotional Learning

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Social media page for various emotions. Each student or staff is responsible for an emotion that week. They are taking on the role of that feeling. This teaches students appropriate behavior for social media/technology, perspective taking, decision making, and social emotional awareness.