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Students’ social-emotional well-being plays a crucial role in their academic success and classroom behavior. However, when SEL needs go unidentified and unaddressed, students often struggle with regulation, engagement, and peer relationships—resulting in long-term challenges for both students and educators.

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social emotional teacher and student engagement

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SEL needs are often overlooked in traditional academic settings. When educators are not trained or resourced to identify these needs early, it results in missed opportunities to support struggling students.

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How does the lack of early identification of students' social-emotional needs impact academic success and classroom behavior?

What interventions can educators implement to support these students effectively?

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Domitrovich et al. (2017) – Integrated models of school-based prevention

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Domitrovich et al. (2017) – Integrated models of school-based prevention

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Key Ideas: This study highlights how integrating SEL into school-wide frameworks improves both academic and behavioral outcomes. Early intervention through multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) leads to better engagement and fewer discipline issues.
**Why It Matters**: Many schools lack cohesive models that include SEL. This work suggests SEL should be treated like any academic area—tiered, supported, and intentional.
**Reflection**: I wonder if districts would adopt SEL more seriously if it were funded and tracked like math or reading?

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TED Talk – How Social-Emotional Learning Benefits Everyone (Caige Jambor

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TED Talk – How Social-Emotional Learning Benefits Everyone (Caige Jambor

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Summary: Discusses how SEL transformed classroom culture and student success by shifting teacher mindsets.

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How Social-Emotional Learning Benefits Everyone | Caige Jambor | TEDxBemidji

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Summary: Brackett introduces the RULER model and explains how giving students "permission to feel" leads to stronger regulation and learning outcomes.

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Summary: This concise 1-minute video from CASEL underscores the transformative effects of implementing SEL in educational settings. It highlights improvements in student attendance, reductions in dropout rates, and enhanced academic performance when SEL practices are integrated into school systems. The video serves as a compelling visual summary of SEL's benefits, making it an excellent resource for educators and stakeholders seeking to understand the importance of SEL.

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The Impact of Social and Emotional Learning

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Description: Students identify their emotional state each morning using a mood chart. Teachers can follow up with check-ins for students who need extra support.
Downloadable Resource:https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Adapted-Mood-Meter-Classroom-Poster-Checkin-8513488

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Description: A self-regulation space with sensory tools, SEL books, and emotion charts. Helps students cool down without shame.
📸 upload photos of your calming spaces.

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Description: Introduce tools like the Early Identification System (EIS) or teacher-developed observation forms.

“What data do you already collect that could indicate SEL needs?”

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Description: Introduce tools like the Early Identification System (EIS) or teacher-developed observation forms. 

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🟢 Tier 1: Universal Support (All Students)

Value: Prevention & Schoolwide Consistency

What it includes: Schoolwide SEL curriculum, morning meetings, positive behavior expectations, relationship-building strategies.

Why it matters:
This tier creates a safe, inclusive, and emotionally responsive environment for all students.
When implemented well, Tier 1 can prevent many academic and behavioral issues from escalating.

Example supports:

Mindfulness activities

Classroom agreements

Daily emotional check-ins

✅ Research shows that strong Tier 1 systems reduce the number of students needing Tier 2 or Tier 3 interventions.

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🟡 Tier 2: Targeted Support (Some Students)

Value: Early Intervention for At-Risk Students

What it includes: Small group SEL instruction, Check-In/Check-Out systems, behavior contracts, social skills groups.

Why it matters:
Provides additional support to students exhibiting mild to moderate social-emotional or behavioral challenges, before issues become severe.
Early intervention improves engagement, attendance, and peer interactions.

Example supports:

Anger management groups

Lunch bunch peer groups

Mentorship pairings

✅ Tier 2 addresses needs with efficiency and can often redirect students back to success within universal supports.

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🔴 Tier 3: Intensive Individualized Support (Few Students)

Value: Personalized, Long-Term Impact for High-Need Students

What it includes: Individual counseling, functional behavior assessments (FBA), behavior intervention plans (BIP), coordination with external mental health services.

Why it matters:
Students with significant emotional or behavioral needs require customized, sustained support.
Without this tier, many high-need students fall behind or face disciplinary actions rather than growth.

Example supports:

1:1 weekly therapy

Trauma-informed intervention plans

Family and community partnerships

✅ This tier is crucial for educational equity and ensuring that no child is left without support due to high emotional or behavioral needs.

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Supporting students' emotional needs begins with supporting teachers. This post curates high-quality, free or low-cost professional development opportunities and wellness tools specifically designed to help teachers build social-emotional learning (SEL) skills for themselves and their students.

🌐 Key Resources:

1. CASEL Professional Learning Resources

📌 What it offers: Free guides, webinars, and tools for building SEL competencies in educators and integrating SEL schoolwide.

🔗 https://casel.org/professional-learning

2. Greater Good in Education – UC Berkeley

📌 What it offers: SEL strategies for teacher well-being, emotion regulation, and classroom activities.

🔗 ://ggie.berkehttpsley.edu

3. Headspace for Educators (Free Plan)

📌 What it offers: Guided meditations, stress-reduction practices, and sleep support.

🔗 https://www.headspace.com/educators

4. Trauma-Informed Practices Toolkit – Teaching Tolerance / Learning for Justice

📌 What it offers: Tools for understanding trauma and implementing trauma-sensitive classroom strategies.

🔗 https://www.learningforjustice.org

5. Resilient Educator – SEL + Burnout Prevention

📌 What it offers: Self-care checklists, teacher journaling prompts, boundary-setting strategies.

🔗 https://resilienteducator.com/classroom-resources/self-care-and-sel

🎯 Prompt:

“How do we equip teachers with SEL tools while avoiding burnout?”

What resources or trainings have helped you manage classroom stress?

How do you balance implementing SEL while maintaining your own well-being?

What support do you wish your school would offer to help teachers model SEL?

💡 Why This Matters:

When teachers are emotionally exhausted, it becomes difficult to lead with empathy or implement effective SEL strategies. Equipping teachers with both skills and support is essential to prevent burnout and maintain a healthy school culture.

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Ideas to share:

A time they recognized and supported a student's emotional needs

An SEL activity or program that made a difference

A challenge they’re still facing with SEL

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When students' social-emotional needs go unidentified, the effects are often misinterpreted as defiance, apathy, or inattentiveness. Research shows that students with unaddressed SEL needs are more likely to:

Struggle with focus, task completion, and transitions

Exhibit externalizing behaviors like outbursts or internalizing behaviors like withdrawal

Fall behind academically due to disrupted engagement and poor self-regulation (Panayiotou et al., 2019; Reyes et al., 2012)

Without early intervention, these challenges compound over time, leading to reduced academic performance, increased behavioral referrals, and lower student-teacher trust. Early SEL struggles can also predict long-term outcomes like dropout risk, social isolation, and diminished post-school success (Jones et al., 2015).

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Research supports a tiered, proactive approach that combines universal SEL instruction with targeted and individualized supports. Effective interventions include:

✅ Tier 1 (Universal):

Daily mood check-ins

Schoolwide SEL curriculum (e.g., Second Step, RULER)

Emotion vocabulary building and mindfulness practices

✅ Tier 2 (Targeted):

Small-group SEL instruction

Peer mentoring or Check-In/Check-Out

Social skills groups and behavior coaching

✅ Tier 3 (Intensive):

Individual counseling or trauma-informed intervention plans

Functional Behavior Assessments (FBA) and Behavior Intervention Plans (BIP)

Family and community support partnerships

Additionally, educators must be trained to recognize early SEL indicators and supported with tools like screeners, behavior logs, and SEL-focused professional development (Lane et al., 2015; CASEL, 2023).

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How does your school currently identify students who are struggling socially or emotionally?
What supports are in place—and what’s still missing?

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Sklad et al. (2012) – Effectiveness of school-based social and emotional education programs

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Sklad et al. (2012) – Effectiveness of school-based social and emotional education programs

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Key Ideas: A meta-analysis demonstrating the effectiveness of SEL in improving students’ academic performance, behavior, and emotional well-being. The strongest results were found when SEL was embedded into the curriculum over time.
**Why It Matters**: Embedding SEL isn't a one-time initiative. Schools that fully commit see measurable academic gains.
**Reflection**: This raises the question—are we giving SEL enough time and space to work, or are we rushing it?

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McClelland & Tominey (2015) – Self-regulation and executive function

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McClelland & Tominey (2015) – Self-regulation and executive function

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Key Ideas: Foundational self-regulation skills developed in early childhood directly predict academic achievement and social competence later in school.
**Why It Matters**: Self-regulation is rarely explicitly taught, yet it’s a stronger predictor of success than IQ.
**Reflection**: Could this be a missing link for students who are labeled “distracted” or “defiant”?

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Panayiotou et al. (2019) – Emotion regulation and academic performance

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Panayiotou et al. (2019) – Emotion regulation and academic performance

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Key Ideas: Students who can regulate their emotions perform better academically and socially. Emotional dysregulation leads to higher rates of disengagement.
**Why It Matters**: Behavior issues are often responses to unregulated emotions, not defiance.
**Reflection**: Training staff to recognize emotional dysregulation early could change the trajectory for many students.

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Reyes et al. (2012) – Classroom emotional climate

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Reyes et al. (2012) – Classroom emotional climate

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Key Ideas: Emotional climate (how students feel in the classroom) impacts academic engagement. Teachers who foster warmth and consistency improve outcomes.
**Why It Matters**: Emotional climate is teacher-driven. Supporting teacher well-being and emotional skills is crucial.
**Reflection**: How can we train teachers to prioritize emotional safety as part of academic instruction?

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O’Connor et al. (2011) – Teacher-child relationship and behavior

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O’Connor et al. (2011) – Teacher-child relationship and behavior

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Key Ideas: Close teacher-student relationships help identify early signs of behavior issues and lead to more effective intervention.
**Why It Matters**: Strong relationships build trust—without trust, SEL interventions are harder to implement.
**Reflection**: Could relationship mapping be a tool for identifying students lacking key adult connections?

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Lane et al. (2015) – Systematic screening for emotional/behavioral disorders

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Lane et al. (2015) – Systematic screening for emotional/behavioral disorders

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Key Ideas: Describes a multi-gating screening approach to identify students at risk. Reliable data leads to timely intervention.
**Why It Matters**: Objective tools increase equity in identifying students, instead of relying on referrals alone.
**Reflection**: Why aren’t more schools using these tools systematically?

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Schonert-Reichl & Hymel (2007) – Educating the heart and mind

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Schonert-Reichl & Hymel (2007) – Educating the heart and mind

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Key Ideas: Argues that schools must educate both emotional and cognitive development to truly support the whole child.
**Why It Matters**: SEL isn’t optional—it’s essential for student wellness and future success.
**Reflection**: This makes me think SEL should be embedded into report cards and school metrics.

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Cook et al. (2015) – Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)

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Cook et al. (2015) – Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)

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Key Ideas: PBIS offers a structure for tiered SEL support. Universal (Tier 1) strategies help prevent the need for more intensive intervention.
**Why It Matters**: SEL is scalable when embedded into existing school structures like PBIS.
**Reflection**: Could aligning PBIS and SEL frameworks improve both behavior and emotional outcomes?

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Jones et al. (2015) – SEL in kindergarten and adult wellness

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Jones et al. (2015) – SEL in kindergarten and adult wellness

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Key Ideas: Kindergarten SEL skills predict life outcomes such as employment and reduced criminal behavior.
**Why It Matters**: Early SEL is an investment in public health and equity—not just school success.
**Reflection**: How can we get policymakers to value and fund early SEL with the urgency it deserves?