Web-based Informal Teacher Professional development: Social Emotional Learning in Today's Classroom by Arlet tome

arlettome — 2024-06-23 01:57:58 UTC

I found this PD on Verizon! I never knew that Verizon offered PD, but they had many PDs that teachers could take to be on going- learners.

arlettome — 2024-06-23 02:31:30 UTC

My goal from this PD is to get a deeper understanding and connection of Social-emotional and learn more tips on incorporating it into my classroom. I chose this PD because social-emotional skills are essential, especially since I'm in a school with kindergarten through 3rd-grade students. I think it's necessary for them to know how to regulate their emotions.

Importance of Social Emotional

arlettome — 2024-06-23 03:35:56 UTC

The PD begins by explaining the importance of social-emotional learning. It explains that SEL is the process that people of all ages use to regulate emotions, accomplish goals, be empathetic, build relationships, and make positive connections. These factors are essential for students to learn from a young age so that they can overcome obstacles in the future.

What Social Emotional Looks Like in the Classroom

arlettome — 2024-06-23 03:36:28 UTC

The CASEL provides this framework chart to bring social-emotional skills into the classroom. In the classroom, teachers can lean towards cooperative learning or project-based learning; in this way, students can work together to meet learning objectives.

Family Communication

arlettome — 2024-06-23 20:06:56 UTC

Teachers as well can communicate with families to about services available that supports SEL and how you are incorporating it into the classroom. This way the child's guardian is able to support them at home as well.

Checking in with Student's

arlettome — 2024-06-23 20:08:15 UTC

It's important that teachers check in with their students to see how they are feeling. As a teacher, it's essential that you know how to guide any situation and can guide these students. Check-ins could be done on a one-on-one class survey or by having the students write on paper about how they have been feeling recently. Doing this can help teachers know about their emotions and how to regulate them.

Creating a Safe Environment

arlettome — 2024-06-23 20:19:27 UTC

Have areas in your classroom where, if students feel overwhelmed, they are more than welcome to go to that area and relax. If the student is feeling highly energized, have material where students can calm themselves down. Make the classroom meet everyone's social and emotional needs.

arlettome — 2024-06-23 20:46:58 UTC

This PD was a great learning experience for me and gave me more ideas on how I'm able to incorporate SEL into my classroom. The PD gave me the idea to share this information with colleagues as well because SEL is an important skill for students, especially since we have a classroom with K-thrid and another with fourth and fifth graders. SEL is something that will help them in the long run, and it is better to develop this skill when they are young.

Benefits and Challenges of Informal Professional Development

arlettome — 2024-06-23 21:07:26 UTC

Informal PD is beneficial because it is flexible, allowing people to do them at their own pace and complete them anywhere they want. Doing an informal PD could be personalized to your interest by focusing on the topics you feel you need improvement making it a personalized learning experience. They promote lifelong learners. Combining learning with your routine creates an environment of constant development and interest.

Some challenges with informal PD could be that some people might not be motivated to complete them since they could be too long. This leads to people trying to find the time to complete an informal PD since some could be from two hours up 8 hours.