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SEL is a crucial component of school. If students social-emotional needs aren't being met, they will not be able to learn. All children need guidance and support in developing their social-emotional understanding and skills, but this is especially important for students with disabilities.

At my school, many of my students have counseling services and I regularly touch base with their counselors about how they're doing, issues I see arise that I want the counselor aware of, and strategies we can utilize with a student. We also have a Tier 2 SEL team who create resources and activities for classroom teachers and do individual check-ins or small social groups for students. I have an SEL curriculum and binders of social stories I can use for students as needed. Because I work with K-4, I keep the same students for years and get to develop strong relationships with them. This allows me to step in when I see them having a tough time, or look for resources to help them navigate a new social or emotional experience. My classroom has a sensory/calm down space with weighted blankets, soft lighting, and comfortable pillows. I also have a wall filled with the zones of regulation, breathing techniques, and visuals of calm down strategies for students to use with or without support as needed. That said, I would like to have more proactive and systematic activities or materials to use with my students in a small group setting.

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Social Emotional Learning means taking the time to reflect on emotions and social situations.  It involves learning how to maintain positive relationships and how to manage our emotions. With my students, I teach them SEL skills. I give them examples of situations and we have conversations about how they would respond. I also ask them to try and empathize with the person in the situation. I use this strategy when a student is upset with another student. I have seen that it really helps the students involved feel heard. It also helps decrease the behavior.

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Social Emotional Learning is how students are able to handle conflict, differences, or challenges. It gives students the tools to handle their emotions and cope with life and all its challenges. It is the most important thing we can teach students. It helps to create productive citizens that can help regulate their emotions and is needed to help students to be prepared for the learning they need to know.

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To me SEL is being able to sit with our emotions and feel them. Teaching students how to navigate and work through their emotions. I think it is important that students also know the importance of being able to express their emotions and actually feel things. I think there was such a strong stigma around being 'weak' if you showed emotions, but teaching students the importance of it is vital-especially after the pandemic. I truly love being able to check in with my students, or let them express how the feel about things whether its through discussions, drawings, or any other activities they like to do.

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SEL: What does SEL meant to you? Ivonne Santana

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SEL: What does SEL meant to you? Ivonne Santana

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Social emotional learning is a strategy that helps students be aware of their emotions. By being aware of their emotions, students are able to react better and also understand the things that can trigger them. I believe social emotional learning is something that all students will benefit from, but especially high school students. As teens, high school learners are experiencing both physical and emotional changes, sometimes these changes can be too much and cause students to react impulsively and or destructively. As a 9th grade RSP teacher, I have witness a handful of students react negatively because they don't know how to direct their emotions. I have made it a priority to check-in with my students during my prep period. During these check-ins we talk about things that are going good both at school and in their personal lives. We also talk about any concerns that they may have, and how I can help navigate those issues. Some students struggle with sharing verbally, but are welcome to write something down. I believe these check-ins help built relationships with students and allows them to feel comfortable with sharing their emotions/feelings.

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SEL is Social and Emotional curriculum embedded into school/school curriculum.
To me SEL is students learning how to identify things like, social awareness, self awareness, relationship skills-it is a mix of social skills and executive functioning skills for emotional responses (how to react not react to certain situations, how to manage feelings.) Teaching empathy. I have have a ILC-Independent Learning Center period and I embed social emotional learning during that class.

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What do you think of when you hear the term social emotional learning? What resources do you have access to?

The first thing I think of when I hear Social Emotional Learning, is taking the students mental health into consideration when learning. I LOVE that there are teachers who are considering this aspect of their students, and I think it has a lot to do with new teachers are of a generation that is very aware of mental health and putting more into that aspect of our lives than previous generations. In my classroom, I have Wellness Wednesdays where my students come into class, only half the lights are on, they scan a QR code to a mental health check in on google forms, and we listen to some calming music before we get into the class material. During the chill time, I read the surveys as they are submitted and make note of any students I want to check in with based off of their answers before the period is over.

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I believe social emotional learning (SEL) is intended to help students navigate and understand their emotions and show empathy for other people's emotions. Hopefully, SEL will encourage students to make positive choices and build healthy relationships. It is also important in helping students learn the skills they need to be productive and successful humans. Providing students with the necessary coping mechanisms through social emotional learning may help reduce anxiety and allow students to be in a good head (and heart) space and be ready to learn.

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I think Social Emotional Learning means building positive relationships with students that allows them to be able to share how they are feeling in a safe space. This allows them to reflect on their feelings and in turn, be able to work through them.
-Monique Andrade

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Social Emotional Learning is important for most of our students in our classes. It will help with sympathy and empathy for others, which helps to maintain healthy and positive relationship. This also, helps with the process of learning life skills and it helps with dealing with oneself, others and relationships. The way I use it in my class is by playing some soothing music and having my students breath in an out. The other way I support them is by having a brain break in between lessons.

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Natalie Neimann~when I think of SEL in the classroom it brings me back to when the pandemic first started.  It became quite evident, literally overnight, how important it was to teach this skill to our students. For me, SEL is about self-management. How can I teach my students to check in with themselves, express what they are feeling, and finally manage their feeling(s). It is also important to cultivate a classroom environment where appropriately expressing ones feelings  is not only encouraged but fostered in the classroom. In my classroom, we do daily check-ins, my students go to groups with our site counsellor, and I collaborate with staff for SEL lessons. One of my mentor teachers told me that teaching SEL to students is just as important than math and ELA because it gives our students tools for the rest of their life. I only wish that I had SEL taught to me and encouraged when I was a student as I feel it would have helped with my anxiety. I appreciate the importance educators and administrators are shedding on SEL instruction in the classroom. This is a positive direction for education.

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Natalie Neimann~when I think of SEL in the classroom it brings me back to when the pandemic first started.  It became quite evident, literally overnight, how important it was to teach this skill to our students. For me, SEL is about self-management. How can I teach my students to check in with themselves, express what they are feeling, and finally manage their feeling(s). It is also important to cultivate a classroom environment where appropriately expressing ones feelings  is not only encouraged but fostered in the classroom. In my classroom, we do daily check-ins, my students go to groups with our site counsellor, and I collaborate with staff for SEL lessons. One of my mentor teachers told me that teaching SEL to students is just as important than math and ELA because it gives our students tools for the rest of their life. I only wish that I had SEL taught to me and encouraged when I was a student as I feel it would have helped with my anxiety. I appreciate the importance educators and administrators are shedding on SEL instruction in the classroom. This is a positive direction for education.

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When I think of social emotional learning I try to show YouTube videos on how to deal with stress, self-control, how to recognize when one is starting to get upset. I also show videos on mindset growth.

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When I think of social emotional learning I think of a curriculum that is culturally aware, of a class room that is open, calming and welcoming. Not with student work EVERYWHERE, but celebrated throughout. When I think of social emotional learning I (as a student) can close my eyes and enter a space at any given time that allows me to reference a soothing voice from my classmates , teacher or administrators helping me not only understand myself better but understand others when I am my most angry (a thousand miles in their shoes). Social emotional learning to me as a teacher makes me think of practicing the constant reminder of forgiveness. I can’t expect what I don’t give. I see a classroom where restorative justice is the word of EVERYDAY! Where not just posters of “You can do it!” are up, but a positive expectation of success is commanded by all. Where I am not the only counselor with wisdom in the room.  (Out of the mouths of babes) A space where all are welcome to share, give and take leaving positively reinforced to face their days ahead. But that is just the space. The culturally aware curriculum helps them understand themselves by understanding others and realizing they are not alone. We are not alone.

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Social emotional learning is teaching students awareness on their own emotions. In order to successfully teach we should not only focus on academics but also incorporate whole body (social and emotional).

M. Murillo

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Joshua Wells.                               When I hear the term social emotional learning I think of teaching students how to manage their emotions in an effective manner. Having students discuss a wide range of emotions other than angry or happy is crucial to the development of the student holistically. I currently have a feelings journal. I have my students practice journal writing because it is a healthy skill to develop. In addition we have DIS counselors at our school that work with students who struggle navigating their emotions.

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Joshua Wells.                               When I hear the term social emotional learning I think of teaching students how to manage their emotions in an effective manner. Having students discuss a wide range of emotions other than angry or happy is crucial to the development of the student holistically. I currently have a feelings journal. I have my students practice journal writing because it is a healthy skill to develop. In addition we have DIS counselors at our school that work with students who struggle navigating their emotions.

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When I hear social emotional learning, I think of teaching students to become aware of their emotions. This means that a student can recognize the emotion they are feeling. Once a student can recognize their emotion, then we can teach students how to regulate their emotions with a variety of strategies.  For some of my students, when they are feeling bad we talk about the challenging feeling they feel. We do a lot of breathing in and blowing out the candles. We also reflect on what happened and good things that have happened throughout the day.

Here is a link to a valuable resource of SEL activities. https://www.understood.org/articles/en/social-emotional-activities-for-children?_sp=2bb908ba-1d0c-49ba-8ce5-416bc186b245.1647907544980

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Kids can learn to manage their emotions and work on social skills.

You can help your child with social-emotional learning (SEL) by playing fun games at home.

There are lots of simple games you can play during everyday activities.

Looking for ways to help your child with social-emotional learning (SEL)? Many schools have started teaching kids how to do things like cope with feelings, set goals, and get along with others. You can help your child work on these skills at home, too.

Here are a handful of social-emotional learning activities that can help your child manage emotions and work on social skills - and have some fun with you along the way. These social-emotional learning games are very low-tech. And all are designed to fit easily into daily routines.

1. Starfish and tornadoes

Try playing this game at different times of the day and help your child describe the energy levels. For example, if you play first thing in the morning, you can say, "You like to snuggle and watch cartoons." Or "I bet you could run up and down the stairs five times before I finish making breakfast!"

Keep in mind: Self-awareness can help kids build a skill called self-regulation . Self-regulation is about managing your internal energy. It helps kids manage their emotions and their body movements during tough situations. It also helps them pay attention and learn. (Watch this video for more information about this game.)

The goal: To help kids practice observing what's going on around them. Picking up on social cues helps kids get their needs met and understand the perspective of others.

Help your child connect these observations with choosing how to behave. For example, when the swings are crowded, your child may decide to go on the slide first.

The goal: To build self-awareness and help identify your child's strengths . These skills can also help with decision making and understanding the perspective of others.

To help your child come up with ideas, comment whenever you notice your child's positive behaviors: "You just offered to teach your sister a nursery rhyme. Let's talk for a second about what kind of person you're being right now."

Keep in mind: Many families try to teach social-emotional skills by commenting on negative behavior. But don't forget to catch your child doing something good. Praising good behavior often leads to more of it.

Also, you can buy these kinds of cards or find templates online. But kids might like making the cards themselves.

How to play: When you and your child can't agree, use the tune of "This Old Man" to sing these lines: "You want this. I want that. How can we both get what we want?" Then brainstorm solutions and choose the best idea for right now. For example, if your child is demanding to bake cookies at 8 a.m., the best solution might be to wait two hours so you can bake when the baby is napping.

5. Taking turns taking charge

Simple, fun games can help kids learn to cope with feelings, set goals, and get along with others.

Self-regulation helps kids manage their emotions and their body movements.

Praising good behavior often leads to more of it.

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5 social-emotional learning games to play with your child

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Kids can learn to manage their emotions and work on social skills. You can help your child with social-emotional learning (SEL) by playing fun games at home. There are lots of simple games you can play during everyday activities. Looking for ways to help your child with social-emotional learning (SEL)?

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To me, social emotional learning is teaching students how to navigate their emotions and the healthy ways to express one's emotions. I think it also relates to how students function socially, meaning making friends and dealing with conflict.

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To me, social emotional learning is teaching students how to navigate their emotions and the healthy ways to express one's emotions. I think it also relates to how students function socially, meaning making friends and dealing with conflict.

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I feel that is one of the most important components in a student's learning journey. Students need to have a stable social and emotional state in order to start learning. I believe that creating a safe learning environment for a student requires to support their social and emotional well being. I appreciate that our school encourages teachers to provide social and emotional support to our students. In addition, checking on our students' social and emotional state helps create those relationships/connections between student and teacher. These relationships/connections make a difference when it comes to dealing with students' behaviors.

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Social emotional learning (SEL) is a method that helps students better comprehend and deal with their emotions. It teaches them to feel emotions, to be self aware, to be socially aware, to have self management, to respect decision making, and to demonstrated empathy for others.

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SEL is teaching  students how to create healthy identities, control emotions, work within a community, learn appropriate communications skills (demonstrate empathy), build and sustain supportive relationships, and make responsible and caring decisions. In short, preparing them to  become good adults.
Currently, my school implements two curricula (activities and PDs) to help with teaching students some of the concepts under SEL. These are Compass and Anti-Bias Learning.

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As an RSP K-2nd teacher, my students struggle with writing. Therefore, I came up with an emoji journal for everyone to write on the same page on the same day. Each day, they will draw on how they feel instead of writing. They may write if they choose to, but this is a time for them to reflect on how they feel and however they feel, share it in the way they feel most comfortable. Then we discuss why they are feeling that way. The kids love this and if I forget about it, they'll remind me at the beginning of the class. I have been doing this for 2 months now and they have really found it as a great resource to see their fellow classmates all feel differently each day and that is okay. I also have a list of youtube stories that talk about the various SEL emotions and has been a great resource. We will watch a video and then have a discussion about tit. Some will have worksheets with them, if not I will create an activity to go with it.

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