Growth Mindset Resources by Laurie Guyon

The OK Book

guyonsmile — 2021-11-07 17:34:52 UTC

Watch the trailer and then fall in love with this book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZTdG_rlngg

Books where characters wrote...

guyonsmile — 2021-11-07 17:37:22 UTC

Growth Mindset Video

guyonsmile — 2021-11-07 17:38:07 UTC

Growth Mindset Video

guyonsmile — 2021-11-07 17:38:49 UTC

I Can Video

guyonsmile — 2021-11-07 17:39:31 UTC

The Most Magnificent Thing

guyonsmile — 2021-11-07 17:40:09 UTC

The Dot

guyonsmile — 2021-11-07 17:40:38 UTC

Famous Failures

guyonsmile — 2021-11-07 17:41:03 UTC

Impossible is Nothing

guyonsmile — 2021-11-07 17:41:33 UTC

The Pink Refrigerator

guyonsmile — 2021-11-07 17:42:07 UTC

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

guyonsmile — 2021-11-07 17:42:35 UTC

Grace for President

guyonsmile — 2021-11-07 17:43:09 UTC

Ish

guyonsmile — 2021-11-07 17:43:43 UTC

Above and Beyond

guyonsmile — 2021-11-07 17:44:33 UTC

Iggy Peck Architecht

guyonsmile — 2021-11-07 17:45:07 UTC

What to do with a Problem

guyonsmile — 2021-11-07 17:46:00 UTC

Growth Mindset

guyonsmile — 2021-11-07 17:47:10 UTC

2021-12-01 20:55:11 UTC

Everyone Can Learn to Ride a Bicycle

2021-12-20 17:58:47 UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4LWOXGQ_uA

aamos13 — 2022-01-04 15:57:15 UTC

Do Unto Otters

2022-01-07 16:43:44 UTC

Take away

2022-01-11 15:15:32 UTC

I will have students identify a zone based on how they are feeling and provide strategies or suggestions in each of those zones.

I teach the primary grades so I chose this song that helps students see what each of the zones mean:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uzend67vKc

I'm always making comments about what's appropriate and what's appropriate language to my secondary students. I am thinking that we need to start a "Respectful" list of words, that they could use in real-life situations. It never occurred to me, that they may not recognize or know what I mean as appropriate.

2022-01-12 16:47:03 UTC

Take Away- J. Capobianco

2022-01-14 00:27:37 UTC

Each morning I start our day off with an individualized greeting with my students. They can choose from a choice board of greetings that they would like to do each morning and they are greeted 1:1 at the door every day. We then engage in an SEL based morning meeting where we incorporate Steven Covey's 7 Habits to check in on our emotional and mental well being. Students have the opportunity to share publicly or privately how they are feeling and/or any issues they are experiencing. I have a private "Issue Bin" mailbox they can add to if they want to share.

Growth Mindset

2022-01-18 16:54:37 UTC

Every day I do read alouds and brain breaks. I am going to intentionally pick a growth mindset book and self care brain breaks at least once a week. I'm going to call it "Thoughtful Thursdays"! Using this resource as a starting off point. (Kelly Saletta)

Zen Den

2022-01-18 17:41:24 UTC

I have a specific 'Zen Den' space that students (and teachers!) can practice mindfulness. I have a number of activities, and will continue to utilize those discussed here as well as ensuring that they match SEL initiatives.

Take Away

2022-01-20 16:21:02 UTC

Buncee - My Vision Board. I would like to create a vision board with each of my students to focus on the positive and work on creating and accomplishing goals. There were alot of helpful resources provided that I will be utilizing in my practice with students.

Zen Den

2022-01-21 17:33:46 UTC

Social Emotional Learning is extremely important in the classroom. Therefore it's imperative that teachers create opportunities to take brain breaks whenever necessary. I teach a special education population and my students can become overwhelmed at times with the workload and content. Therefore, the Zen Den attached is a form or mental break as well as a time for them to get a break while doing a fun activity before resuming their assigned task.

Finding connections to each other

2022-01-23 18:13:59 UTC

I feel that one of the most important aspects in life is to find a connection to others. This is how we build empathy and compassion for all life. I would like to create a connection board in my room that lists connections we have with each other. These would be life issue ad struggles we have encountered, whether they are bullying, feeling left out, divorce, loss of a parent, etc. Conversations will be held to see the connections we have with similar struggles or issues we have had to face. This includes the teachers. And even if the struggles or issues may be different, a connection will be made between them. We can see that others may have walked in our shoes, and if not, we can always walk besides each other as support.

Take Away A. Mohler

2022-01-24 16:34:53 UTC

I love this resource. As a school social worker, I am going to utilize this more often with my students.

Take Away - C. Morelli

carlimorelli1 — 2022-01-25 17:33:59 UTC

This resource would be such a great discussion lead. I find that often students don't know the steps to making a decision, whether it be a good decision or poor decision. This would really help them think about each step.

Take Away- T. Heatherman

2022-01-26 19:47:56 UTC

We have tried the write it down, tear it up and throw it away with both teachers and students. I think it is important to try many of these strategies with adults first so they can understand what we are asking students to experience, but also because we need the support too. This activity may seem simple, but it is a powerful visual and physical reminder of one way to start to get rid of the things that might be getting in our way.

Take Away- Onward! Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators

2022-01-28 17:11:42 UTC

I have created a book study, actually further developed the one included in this book, and believe it will be a very powerful activity to do with staff. It not only focuses on staff well-being, but opens up the conversation for DEI topics. The things gone over in this course just further support these ideas and provide ways that educators can, after caring for themselves, extend that to the students.

The Good Egg

2022-01-31 16:20:56 UTC

What happens when you don't take care of yourself!

2022-02-01 14:32:56 UTC

Take away- S.Belo

2022-02-04 20:37:55 UTC

SEL is a very important component in my school. We follow the Leader in Me program. When introducing growth mindset at the beginning of the year I use the videos found on Class Dojo. They are kid friendly and straight to the point. They are great to use as ways for scholars to reflect and have turn and talks.

Yoga Brain Breaks- A. Street

2022-02-05 18:10:07 UTC

Over the past few years, I have made it a priority to have yoga brain breaks each day in the classroom. This resource provides active yoga and mindful listening activities for students. There are several videos to choose from ranging from as short as 3 minutes to as long as 30 minutes. My students look forward to this time every day!

Take Away - Edutopia: 13 Powerful SEL Strategies

tkanick — 2022-02-08 17:04:32 UTC

We have a freshman leadership class that most of our 9th graders participate in. I like the idea of giving students the opportunity to share their voice by talking about their childhood and their interests. In this article there were 2 strategies discussed, number 6 and number 8, that I would like to see implemented in this course. Number 6 has students sharing baby pictures and discussing their childhood, and number 8 gives students the opportunity to present their interests to their peers.

Overcoming Challenges

2022-02-10 15:05:59 UTC

I plan to use Inky Johnson's video and story to help promote perseverance through challenging times. Students can often relate to his story, and find hope in one dream ending, but another door opening. Students can write about a time they faced a challenge and identify the steps that were necessary to overcome. It is so important that students can identify the strategies and skills that allow us to get through the tough times in our life.

Bring it home

2022-02-10 15:10:35 UTC

SEL in the classroom is very important but what about at home? Not all schools understand the importance and may not be teaching your own child about SEL. I am going to begin implementing some of these ideas with my own teen. Each Sunday we are going to set one goal for the week and celebrate .

Student Interest Survey

tauriedecker — 2022-02-10 23:41:07 UTC

I always start the year out with giving students two different types of interest surveys. The first one is to get to know them as a person and the second one is to get to know them as a math learner. I want to begin to use digital forms when doing this. I think another thing I want to add to the survey is some SEL questions so I can begin to implement that into my classroom instruction from the beginning of the year. I teach my students strategies they can use when they are feeling strong emotions to provide them with a toolbox of strategies.

https://www.leeandlow.com/middle-school/social-and-emotional-learning

2022-02-12 23:24:04 UTC

I plan to read alouds in my classroom to promote SEL relationships. It's really important to model and teach the SEL components. We can identify the perspectives of the characters in the books and see how the students would react.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8AN9tu9Y84

2022-02-17 18:56:39 UTC

Classroom Contract

2022-02-17 20:17:46 UTC

SEL is a very important component in our classroom. We decided to come up with a classroom contract. A classroom contract is an agreement between teachers, students, and even sometimes parents. In the contract, expectations for the classroom are outlined and often coupled with repercussions in the event that the agreement is broken. This is a contract that requires signatures and should be easily accessible throughout the year. This idea is adaptable for all age levels.

Social Emotional Learning

mark_cook — 2022-02-18 14:46:12 UTC

Objective of Lesson: for students to gain self awareness of their mindfulness toward peers and adults.
1) Brainstorm -Have students make a list of ways they can enhance their relationships with their peers
2) Brainstorm -Have students make a list of ways they can enhance their relationships with adults
3)Brainstorm -Have students make a list of behaviors that weaken relationships with peers
4)Brainstorm -Have students make a list of behaviors the weaken relationships with adults
5)Have students start a journal where they track when they are being mindful toward others
6)Weekly students will share results with peers

Overcoming Challenges

mark_cook — 2022-02-18 14:49:45 UTC

Social Emotional Learning

mark_cook — 2022-02-18 15:10:14 UTC

Objective of Lesson : for students to become aware of their degree of mindfulness toward peers and adults
1) Students will make a list of ways they can be thoughtful toward peers
2)Students will make a list of ways they can be thoughtful toward adults
3)Students will make a list of ways they can be hurtful toward peers
4)Students will make a list of ways they can be hurtful toward adults
5)Students will begin a journal where they record when they are thoughtful toward peers and adults and hurtful toward peers and adults
6)Weekly students will share results

Take Away

2022-02-21 21:36:40 UTC

I actually had a different sort of takeaway. I will continue to explore SEL and find better ways to connect it to the children in my classroom. But I will also look for different ways to talk about digital citizenship. As presented in the video, I have generally taught digital citizenship in terms of what not to do and where not to go. I have been inspired to look for other ways to explore this and put more of a positive spin on things! For example, the song linked above is a cute way of reminding my 3rd graders that yes, they need to be careful, but that the whole world is right there at their fingertips!

SEL Reflection in Group Work- A.Mulhern

2022-02-22 18:11:40 UTC

In 5th grade, we do a lot of group work in math. With students of such varying levels of math ability and confidence, it's sometimes difficult for students to feel like they have a "good" partner or that they themselves are being a "good" partner. Something I have added to my lessons is a reminder before a lesson that each student has something they can "bring to the table". It may not be the whole solution to the problem. But it might be recognizing that they can do part of the solution. I have the students find a part of the problem they can do and offer that to their partnership. It might be as simple as doing a 2's fact, but it's something that they can feel good about contributing to build their confidence with partnerships and math.

My takeaway from these sorts of activities is that we all learn better in a social context. In order for us to fully integrate our learning we need to consider our own context within a social setting and that involves looking at ourselves, others, and our communication and control within that context.

zombietcs — 2022-02-23 18:08:37 UTC

The lesson that I usually use that works well within this is a reset we do after every break (such as spring break). The bell ringer is a list of emojis that the student has to circle in stating how they feel today. We then move into a discussion as to what students have done over their time off and what that has to do with how they feel or don't. The students then break down into a small group discussion of those feelings and how to get them to work for their learning. We finish with a presentation from the group on their findings and if they believe the exercise was useful.

2022-02-28 14:43:53 UTC

This activity provides the students with scenarios where they would need to come up with the responsible decision. You could make up your own scenarios based off of student needs/interests in the classroom.

Digital Citizenship Lesson - Technology Tail C. Eggleston

carolyneggleston — 2022-03-02 15:44:58 UTC

In 5th grade, we are using laptops more and more in our daily instruction. Something important I think students need to learn is that everything they click or do online leaves a trail. The book, The Technology Tail, A Digital Footprint Story, would be an excellent way to reiterate the importance of pausing to think before they click. I would also encourage them to use their social awareness skills to think, "how might someone feel if I were to send this?".

2022-03-03 18:39:27 UTC

In my district we use padlet to allow students to express themselves emotionally. Each day we provide a writing prompt about SEL and ask students to reply to the prompt.

SEL within Current Events - Courtney Perez

2022-03-03 19:20:46 UTC

Within our student’s SS class (8-10 grade) the students are learning about what is currently going on in Ukraine. We found some articles in Newsela and were pleasantly surprised to see that there are some SEL activities that you can do, aligned with the feelings that these difficult subjects may evoke. With all that is going on in the world today, I feel that students should be aware of what is going on, but they do need the supports of some SEL activities to help them emotionally understand and how to use their coping strategies when thinking about these difficult subjects.

2022-03-03 23:03:06 UTC

For my takeaway lesson, I plan to utilize the attached YouTube video and Google doc worksheet (see the link below) with my high school students. High schoolers can sometimes still be stuck in a fixed mindset and as their school counselor, I want to help them recognize that. I also want them to examine ways that they can break free from a fixed mindset and identify situations where their fixed mindset may limit them.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y8R7H57HBm5J7MuQzgMtXwChHuSmMMf5Zq202qI4vwI/edit

Take Away- C Giampaolo

2022-03-07 14:29:27 UTC

My takeaway from this course is that I always saw SEL as a separate entity of teaching. One that was hard for me to to feel like I was grasping. However, after this course I have learned that SEL can be integrated so seamlessly into my content area (music) and teaching music addresses many of the components of SEL so beautifully - but I need to be consistent and structured.

Following performances for my choral group, I would love to implement more self check-ins with my students. Prior to our dress rehearsal I will have students fill out a check in. Following the rehearsal, I will have the students complete a growth mindset worksheet comparing their feelings before rehearsal, and then after with the performance being next.
Following the performance, I will have students watch a video of themselves- provide positive affirmations- ways we can grow as a group- and then goals for our next performance.

I have researched a bit more about what resources are available to music educators, and the National Association for Music Educators provided information for a lesson series "Music Education and Social Emotional Learning" which has a teacher workbook as well as a student workbook. I plan on purchasing this book this week and implementing some of the structured material laid out.

Dana Iannacone - Take Away

2022-03-07 18:27:21 UTC

Something I would love to implement aligns with my classroom being a math room. We do a lot of graphing in 4 quadrants so I would like to set up a large poster with a coordinate plane and assign one axis to "energy" and the other axis to "feelings". Quadrant 1 (+,+) would be high energy and positive feelings so a happy demeanor. Quadrant 3 (-, -) would be low energy and negative feelings so a sad demeanor... so on and so forth. Each student would identify with a quadrant at the beginning of the class period either by moving their face or their initials into the quadrant on the poster upon arrival to my class. This would allow me to see how they are feeling before the class begins. This may help me when dealing with this particular student.

Calming Boxes

asmith1490 — 2022-03-08 17:56:30 UTC

Something that we have started creating with students and adding to classrooms as an additional resource to be used when needed are calming boxes. These are small boxes containing fidget items, stress relief items, or other things that a student could use to help calm themselves down without having to leave the classroom. They are great because the students can usually take a short break with box when they are feeling overwhelmed, stressed, angry, etc. and begin to feel better much quicker than if they had used a more intensive intervention. It doesn't work 100% of the time but the success rate is high enough that most teachers are looking to implement the program in their classroom.

Communication Comic

2022-03-10 22:25:09 UTC

At the beginning of the school year, I spoke to the students about different ways to communicate, both in how we speak and through our actions. We can communicate with our words or with our bodies. Like we just talked about, when we communicate without words it is called nonverbal communication or body language.
I started by asking the students to share some ways they can communicate with others without talking (i.e. using hand signals, rolling eyes, crossing arms, etc.).
Then we practiced. For this quick activity, simply write down emotion words like happy, sad, surprised, angry, tired, disgusted, etc., and have students draw from a hat, bucket, or whatever is handy.
I asked for volunteers. And asked to students to draw an emotion out of a hat, and, without using any words - non-verbal communication only - you are going to convey the emotion to us and we are going to see if we can guess it.

Take Away!

2022-03-11 16:17:47 UTC

I love the idea of having a student check-in resource where I can see how my students are doing and feeling. This can be before or after class. Maybe creating a little slip of paper with faces on it for them to circle how they are feeling. Leaving room for comments on how I can help or support them. Having those slips of paper available on a desk by the exit of the classroom where students can stop, fill out the slip of paper, and put it into a box located on the desk would be a quick and easy way for a check-in. I could modify it for quick feedback using something like thumbs up or thumbs down to determine if the given activity was useful, enjoyable, and met the objective intended.

2022-03-12 18:40:44 UTC

For students to gain awareness of the feelings and social emotional well being. Hearing stories they can relate to

Take Away- E. Nick

2022-03-12 23:31:42 UTC

I've always known that SEL is important, but I don't often incorporate it into my curriculum as much as I should. My orchestra students complete a weekly practice log as part of their lesson requirements. This log asks them to reflect on their practicing and learning, as well as what they can do to improve in the future. I plan on adding a new section that asks them how they feel about their practicing and what they feel about our upcoming performances and events. This will help me to understand what my students need from me and how I can help them to overcome performance anxiety, negative thoughts, and other emotional struggles. This check in may take the form of choosing from various emoticons that represent their feelings or a written response.

Connecting with students during Circle Time-Ibolya Czapp

2022-03-13 22:51:48 UTC

Take Away-Ibolya Czapp
Connecting with Students during Circle Time!!!
During our Circle Time Meetings in the morning, I would share my feelings through a stuffed animal. The students reciprocated and started to feel comfortable discussing how they felt. By holding a stuffed animal in their hands, it enhanced their social and emotional abilities. Since, they have learning disabilities, it allows them the freedom to share and discuss their feelings within their classroom community. We provided ample time for them to respond. Some students were shy to express their feelings but the stuffed animal gave them the incentive to talk. Circle Time Meetings are beneficial because it helps to promote social and emotional learning.

More SEL in the Classroom!

2022-03-14 02:58:16 UTC

I am a 5th grade teacher. I really want to include more SEL in my classroom. Watching the videos helped me a great deal. For relationship skills, I can start morning meetings or work on more conflict resolution in my class. I am also trying to bring in more meditating which falls under the self-management category which I feel is so important.

Take Away

2022-03-16 18:30:54 UTC

I am a secondary special education teacher. I try to incorporate wellness activities and stories on a weekly basis. I would like to include the Zones of Regulation Check-in. This will help me better understand where the students are emotionally so that I can better help them in the classroom.

Takisha Justin-Dawkins

2022-03-18 13:19:36 UTC

I start my sessions with my students with mindfulness, 5 emotion daily check in, and end sessions with our affirmation board. Each student gets to pick an affirmation for the day to encourage positive self talk and improve self-esteem.

SEL in the Classroom

2022-03-20 17:27:01 UTC

As I am a Teaching Assistant in special ed classrooms, I think there needs to be a high focus on tasks that make students anxious or cause them other distress. Therefore, one of the ways in which I can incorporate SEL into the classroom is by asking them to complete a quick journal entry each morning before the day begins with several prompts. These prompts would help them identify what they think they will struggle with each day and what steps they can take to mitigate the struggle. For reinforcement, we could reward students who attempt to work through their difficult items with the steps they identified at the beginning of the day.

Responsive Classroom: Hopes and Dreams

sjackson177 — 2022-03-21 12:15:39 UTC

There were several ideas that I got from looking at the resources throughout the PD unit. First, there a several hopes and dreams resources that connect directly to responsive classroom techniques that are used in the beginning of the year to help with a classroom culture. These resources not only allow us to keep a class slideshow, but will enable the students to better check in with their goals throughout the year. To go along with that, I plan on using the hopes/dreams hyperdoc as a better guided discovery into the hopes and dreams lesson. Typically, I read a story and then give students some examples. This will better allows students the opportunity to discover and truly understand examples of the hopes and dreams. Furthermore, the website that gives students different opportunities to look into their own SEL is a resource I plan on using. Specifically, there was a google form that shows students how to take care of their emotions. This year especially, I noticed that students have a harder time controlling and managing their emotions. As a result, this resource/activity is something that I can use to support students when they are struggling and as a way to help them manage their stress and emotions in tough situations. Finally, there was an activity to deal with kindness that goes with the book Each Kindness. Typically, I use this book during our theme unit to have students practice that ELA skill. Using this resource will also give students the chance the further support their own understanding of kindness and how to apply it to their lives. Overall, there are many resources that will fit extremely well with our units and can also support the development of their own SEL skills.

Creating time

2022-03-21 13:42:39 UTC

As a team, we are working to really make the time to address the SEL needs inside the classroom. How can we bring in the community to do this as well?

2022-03-23 05:03:30 UTC

Gaining Awareness
1. In my class we start our school day watching a video highlighting positive affirmations. We then ask students to “Name a mood” they are feeling. This enables them to share their emotions with each other and helps them to understand they are not alone in the way they are feeling.

2. Nurturing kindness is an important element in social emotional learning and should be done every day. Having a classroom that fosters kindness means the students have respect for themselves and their classmates. Reading books about being kindhearted is a good way to promote positivity and tolerance.

3. Putting your feelings down on paper is a very therapeutic exercise. Students can also make a picture reflective of their emotions. Their writing/drawing can be about their accomplishments, feelings, thoughts or fears. If a student is upset, writing about their emotions can help them understand why they are having those feelings.

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Digital Literacy & SEL

2022-03-25 17:06:23 UTC

As a school librarian I am always on the lookout for ways to include SEL skills in my digital literacy lessons. I use a variety of books and online reosurces for this including CommonSense Media videos, the "Technology Tail" book and the one above "Once Upon a Time Online".
In this story the Fairy Tale characters find a laptop and use it to order a variety of things. They end up learning to share, work together and always ask an adult before going online. After reading this story we discuss it and talk about self management, relationships, and social awareness skills as related to using technology.

4th Grade Teacher

2022-03-25 21:48:00 UTC

Take away: I really enjoyed the Zone's of PD. I think this is key in helping students identify their emotions and connecting it with their personal coping strategies. Lesson Idea: I like the ide of providing more time for students to explore how different emotions look, sound, and feel. Through classroom experiences. The idea of using nearpods, and padlet seem so fun and easy ways to incorporate it into our class.

Take Away!

2022-03-30 00:34:15 UTC

I think it is so important for students to feel connected to one another. We have small homerooms this year, and I am going to focus my attention so much more on making connections with them beyond the "every day" conversations we have as we are beginning our day together. I am going to use a gratitude journal with my students to encourage them to find things to be grateful for each day.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Nty9_7FAZWTAQjkktRQNqy3gliRxoNvVdGDm24k4STg/edit?usp=sharing

bcalabria — 2022-03-31 11:32:54 UTC

Feeling Growth/Positivity

bcalabria — 2022-03-31 13:12:38 UTC

Keep a journal - list 3 positive things each day.

Morning Meeting/SEL

2022-04-01 13:29:41 UTC

I am a Paraprofessional working with 7th Special Needs students, when students are walking into Morning Meeting they are greeted at the door we then watch morning meeting slides, do different SEL activities along with listening to calming relaxing sounds, and by asking students the following question: What Zone are you in today?
Students will then identifying what zone they are in. The zones are identified by colors, and are as follows: Red Zone=Angry, Blue Zone=Tired, Yellow Zone=Worried, Green Zone=Happy, Brown=Neutral/Unsure .

2022-04-02 13:12:08 UTC

Take Away

2022-04-06 13:09:20 UTC

I am a middle school counselor, and there is such a great need for more SEL to be embedded into the school day. There is always such a push for more academics, but without SEL, students may still struggle with their academics. They have a lot going on in the day-to-day. We have to do better for our kids!

SEL Activities

2022-04-06 18:26:37 UTC

I particularly like the following ideas that I found on the listed website.

30+ Social-Emotional Strategies for Middle School Kids - The Pathway 2 Success

"SEL Chats

A SEL Chat is a time when groups talk about social-emotional skills explicitly. With middle schoolers, you can bring up these conversation starters at the start or end of class. It’s helpful to put questions on a ring and bring up a few whenever time allows. This can help maximize learning time, even when you finish a little early with a lesson. Some questions might include:

What are some of your biggest strengths?
What is a goal you are working on?
What three words best describe you?
What qualities do you look for in a friend?
How can you tell how someone else feels?
What is a positive choice you made today?
What are three “ground rules” for working with others?

Quote of the Day

Quotes can be easy to assign, fun, and meaningful for middle school students to discuss. Post a quote of the day up and give some time to discuss or journal write about it. With quotes, it’s easy to connect them to a social-emotional theme. Here are a few examples:

“You are enough and a work in progress all at the same time.” – Self-awareness, self-love
“You never fail until you stop trying.” – Self-management, perseverance
“Just be kind. You never know what someone else is going through.” – Social awareness, kindness, empathy
“Friendship is a two-way street that is always under construction.” – Relationships, friendships
“You are writing your own story. Your choices help decide how that story is written.” – Decision-making, choices

You can even have students look up their favorite quotes and submit them to you for approval to be the quote of the day."

I'm a middle school health teacher and feel this will be a great addition to the program and for mental health.

2022-04-07 11:42:10 UTC

The Agile Learner - James Anderson

kbuell4 — 2022-04-07 16:57:56 UTC

SEL Throughout the school

2022-04-07 17:29:16 UTC

My biggest takeaway was the tangible SEL resources including the attached "wellbeing check-in" for students. Students often struggle with verbally expressing how they feel and what they need, and this resource can be really helpful in allowing students to put their thoughts on paper. These short, simple prompts can be excellent conversation starters & I am excited to use this resource with students. There were multiple other SEL resources that I plan to use with students in the future as well!

SEL

2022-04-07 18:37:00 UTC

As school counselors and social workers we push into classrooms monthly to ensure that all of our students receive SEL. We develop a calendar that is shared with staff in the beginning of the school year that outlines what topics we will be focusing on each month so it can be reviewed in advance to allow teachers to incorporate extension of learning activities into their curriculum.

Community Building

kbuell4 — 2022-04-08 14:49:52 UTC

My biggest takeaway is that building a community and culture within a classroom, grade level, and school is the biggest factor in whether or not learning and growth will take place.

Idea for Implementation

kbuell4 — 2022-04-08 14:52:45 UTC

Scales such as those in this google search are something that I plan to implement more frequently in my practice.

Growth Mindset has been part of our PD for years. Pairing it with SEL is just simply genius.

2022-04-12 18:54:41 UTC

SEL in the Classroom

2022-04-14 15:14:30 UTC

The program that I have been using in my classroom for several years now is the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Program. This is a K-12 SEL program that uses literacy, videos, music, and activities to help student's identify and handle all of the big feels. Since the COVID 19 pandemic students are coming to us with more anxiety than ever. The Choose Love Program saw that this would be a need, and created a module called "Brave New World" it has been a huge asset in returning back to in person learning and figuring out how to navigate this "post (hopefully)- pandemic world." I would strongly encourage anyone to check out this amazing and FREE program.

Community Building

vabrevanel1 — 2022-04-15 16:19:21 UTC

My biggest takeaway is that building a community and culture within a classroom, grade level, and school is the biggest factor in whether or not learning and growth will take place.

I wish to combine the attitude of a growth mindset with check in emotion charts. I wish for the art room to be a place where all students can shine and feel comfortable.

2022-04-17 16:08:27 UTC

SEL

2022-04-18 01:33:39 UTC

I am a Teaching Assistant in kindergarten. I feel that at this age, children are learning how to express their thoughts, needs, and feelings. It is important to help children develop social skills at an early stage of their lives.

Takeaway - Chris Francis

2022-04-19 01:20:07 UTC

I'll start off by saying that I teach High School Students with disabilities. I found that while going through this course, I implement some things throughout the course of a regular school day that really fit in with SEL and I had previously never thought of this connection. Each day starts with a morning meeting where each student takes a turn to answer questions such as How are you feeling, what's your energy level, what's your goal for the day and who can help you. Each student also facilitates this to a peer so students are also working on basic socialization skills during this time. Another thing that seems to happen organically with my students and myself is working on their decision making skills and guiding them through the process to arrive at a decision that they can feel happy with.

Knowing my students and how upset they can get with something that is labelled a 'failure', I would like to incorporate the "Famous Fails" into my classroom to demonstrate to students that it is ok to fail and that even though on this occasion you could've done better you still grew and that should always be celebrated. I would like to incorporate these in a whole group lesson where students can identify the failure and the actions each individual took as a result.

Focus on Self-Awareness - Holly Carroll

hcarroll32 — 2022-04-19 20:12:00 UTC

I am an elementary special education teacher and I have been incorporating SEL into my daily teaching for several years because I see the value in helping students to truly see themselves and to get to know themselves in a way they never have before. Self-awareness is something we would probably not expect kids to be able to possess at a young age. I believe that when we teach them and provide them with the knowledge and tools to be able to reflect on who they are, they are capable of so much more than we may have imagined. When teaching students self-awareness, we hope that the outcome will involve them building coping strategies that foster increased optimism, a growth mindset and more self-confidence. One particular way that I like to incorporate this idea of being "self-aware" is through discussions during guided reading. I choose books about kids that are about the same age range as my students, and the kids in the books face situations that my student can relate to. The discussions are engaging and they usually create opportunities for further discussions around social awareness.

SEL / GROWTH MINDSET

2022-04-20 18:24:40 UTC

As a library media specialist who sees every kid in the school (PK - 8), I think incorporating SEL and Growth Mindset should be a requirement.

Currently when I finish an activity I check-in with the students academically, and one of the things I want to try is adding an emotional check-in as well... letting them tell me if something stressed them out, or caused an emotional reaction should really become part of my teaching process.

I also want to start including "this book made me fee...." as an option on my book review forms. Typically I ask students to share story bits, and genre details (no spoilers), but hadn't thought about asking them to include any emotional responses that they may have had.

SEL Growth Mindset

2022-04-21 16:58:50 UTC

2022-04-25 16:15:07 UTC

SEL/ Growth Mindset Takeaway- Danielle Brown

2022-04-25 20:29:05 UTC

I teach Home and Careers and I love integrating Growth Mindset as an entire unit (I blend it into my Personal Development Unit). The growth mindset unit is what I love to start the year off with because it helps set the tone for the year, helps students focus themselves, and allows me to get to know them. I love integrating a lesson that has students identify failures or mistakes in their life, but then shifting their viewpoint of that failure or mistake to see it as a positive, or to find the silver lining in it all. It's so important for students to understand that our failures do not have to be something negative to focus on, but can be looked at in a positive light, and we can always be learning!

Take away

2022-04-25 23:16:04 UTC

I would like to incorporate a time during morning meeting to talk about how each student is feeling.

I would like to implement a calm/quiet corner where my students can take a moment to regroup n breathe...incase they had a bad morning/day..and remember that self love/self care is important amd that

2022-04-26 14:54:19 UTC

And they are special.

Take Away!

2022-04-26 17:08:52 UTC

I can not wait to implement a quiet corner in my classroom for students to visit when necessary. There are many times throughout the day when I look for a break or a second to get away and I think it is so important for students to have that space as well. In the corner I am going to have fidgets, coloring pages, books, pillows, and other activities students can use if they want to. I will also have comfortable seating such as a bean bag for them to relax on.

Takeaway/Lesson

2022-05-01 23:38:41 UTC

My take away is that a student is not ready to learn fully until their Social/Emotional needs are met. When a student can feel comfortable and safe in a learning environment, they will be able to engage and learn in ways they wouldn't have been able to before. I plan to start the year with growing my class and making the room a safe environment, so everyone can learn. From there, I want to continue to develop SEL during the year to continue to help students grow as a class.

One lesson that I found during this activity that I would really like to use is the one linked above. I would like to use this on a regular basis so students stop and take a moment to notice and appreciate their peers. Many times, this is something that is overlooked, but I think taking the time, and making it an engaging activity with the stickers would make it fun for everyone.

Loved the 5 steps for responsible decision making!

2022-05-02 13:23:33 UTC

I really likes the 5 steps for responsible decision making. I'm trying to incorporate more project based learning into my curriculum but I feel like some students really struggle when you give them more autonomy in their learning and go wild without the structure. Have the 5 steps are like an SEL design loop for project based learning.

SEL

2022-05-03 03:45:14 UTC

I would like to set up a quiet spot in my room for my students who just need a moment to get their thoughts together.

Take Away-SEL

2022-05-03 03:52:32 UTC

Since the pandemic, students have a hard time controlling their feelings. To help them cope with these feelings, I would like to set up a quiet corner in my 2nd grade classroom for the child to go to breath or recenter themselves.

I would have coloring books there to help support and calm their nerves and/or feelings.

Take Away-SEL

mgulinello — 2022-05-04 16:50:59 UTC

I am a Special education Teacher of Fourth Grade students. I really liked the Padlets shared during this webinar. The one book that stuck out is
"Goodnight IPad". I would like to try to find time on a weekly basis to incorporate one or some of the books. I also liked the idea of a journal entry for those who prefer to be more private and not share their mood on the mood meter I present.

Growth Mindset Take Away

2022-05-04 18:24:16 UTC

SEL is unbelievably important, and something I often feel can be overlooked. The past few years have really challenged all people on an emotional level. I think incorporating SEL into weekly, if not daily activities and lessons would be extremely important for our students' success. Mindfulness is not always an easy thing to teach, but with practice, it can be extremely beneficial to all students. There is an incredible video by Carol Dweck called "The Power of Yet" that I feel my older population of students can really connect to. They often give up before they even begin because they feel as though failure is inevitable when something is challenging. This video would be a great starting point to begin teaching growth mindset within the classroom and helping students understand that anything is possible.

We already do great things at the school I work at. Morning meeting is super important to see how students are feeling AND a great way to get to know each student and for them to get to know you. I cannot tell you how huge this is.

2022-05-05 12:57:20 UTC

2022-05-05 13:09:44 UTC

https://padlet.com/masampson3/elqwz960j9fts9on

Mood meter

mwallach9 — 2022-05-05 14:56:53 UTC

I really like the mood meter/emotion chart! I will use that to implement in my classroom. I already have a peace corner where the students can go to relax and take a breather, and etc.

Take Away

acalandra1 — 2022-05-05 15:02:13 UTC

As a school counselor it is very important to include the SEL competencies into our groups we have weekly. I love the Canva worksheets and really plan to use a lot of those with the students. I really like the Mindfulness Monday worksheet where the students can trace their hand with their finger. I like finding little things like that the students can do to give themselves a little bit of a break and time to just gather their thoughts.

The power of yet is amazing! I want to remember to use this as much as possible because it really is almost daily that I hear "ahh I cant do it!" I also want to use the mood meter but I think my students would often put the red face up even if they aren't upset or angry. I'm not sure how to fix that. Ideas?

2022-05-05 15:24:57 UTC

Take away

2022-05-05 17:31:39 UTC

I really liked the idea of Famous Failures. The trials and tribulations of famous stories builds connections for students. They begin to develop a vision for themselves so they feel that they can overcome challenges and set-backs.

I like using "weather the storm" on Gonoodle when practicing mindfulness in the classroom as a visual for students. Imaging themselves as a strong but flexible being that can "weather the storm".

Take Away

2022-05-06 00:29:34 UTC

As a physical education teacher I love the idea of using Famous Failures because there are so many iconic figures that have struggled at one point only to find great success later on.

Journal Sharing

2022-05-06 12:33:06 UTC

My students write daily journals. They may respond to my prompt or write about something else. Many students choose to share about their day or about something that is frustrating them. Students who don't feel comfortable writing about something personal can always just use my prompt. Every day, students have the opportunity to share their journals--only if they choose to. Daily, I repeat the expectations for listening respectfully while someone is sharing. When each student is done, we do snaps instead of claps out of respect for the nearby classrooms and students within the classroom with sensory sensitivities.

Identify Feelings Video

2022-05-06 12:37:09 UTC

Take Away

2022-05-06 12:40:07 UTC

I am so happy with all the knowledge and resources that were shared! I try to incorporate SEL into my daily reading classes, but now I have even more tools to help my students as well as myself.

I loved the fixed mindset vs growth mindset and will be working to help my students change to a more positive mindset...I can't read this YET.

Future Lesson

2022-05-06 12:43:46 UTC

My students journal quite a bit in my classroom. I want to give them more free writes where they can write down what they're feeling - vent and process their emotions.

I plan to create a unit for my students reading picture books about digital citizenship and opening it up for discussion on how it can positively/negatively impact their mindset.

There are so many great activities to incorporate into the classroom! I like the idea of having students write down three things about themselves everyday to help with their self awareness and self confidence.

2022-05-06 13:05:56 UTC

Values: I like the activity of having Students identify core values and having them attach to specific behaviors. A way to emphasize integrity and empowerment!

2022-05-06 13:11:37 UTC

I love the idea of using Nearpod to promote SEL in my middle school class. I will plan to do this in the beginning of next year. It will fit in great with lab safety and classroom expectations.

cweaver112 — 2022-05-06 14:27:56 UTC

Mood Meter/ Emotion Chart

cwoodruff14 — 2022-05-06 14:43:45 UTC

I really gravitated towards the mood meter/emotion chart! I would love to implement that into my classroom. I do regular check-ins with students regarding emotions/feelings, but would love to have something that can become a routine for them when they enter the room.

Take Away

pbushey — 2022-05-09 14:24:43 UTC

I am a special education teacher who works with students with Emotional Disturbances. SEL is extremely important for these students, as it is for all students. We have SELskills and activites embedded throughout our school day. Each month we have a character trait that we focus on. This character trait is displayed on our "Morning Slides" at the beginning of the day. Also, we include a "wellbeing check-in" in our daily routine with our students. Since the pandemic, I believe SEL is extremely crucial now more than ever.

I like the idea of a mood meter/emotion check in. I am a TA and will make a point to check in with my students in the morning. Then we can check in at set times in the day to see if things improve or stay the same. I've also started the day with poitive affirmations for the whole class and a minute to close our eyes and breathe.

2022-05-09 17:06:56 UTC

Conflict Resolution

2022-05-11 16:32:54 UTC

I feel my students really struggle with conflict resolution. I use a PowerPoint with the SPELL (attached) to teach conflict resolution. I then present certain scenarios and students have to act out how to solve the conflict with a partner. I find this to be very effective.
Maria S.

The Power of Yet - Sesame Street

2022-05-14 22:07:08 UTC

I plan to use this video to remind students of the power of yet!

The Backwards Brain Bicycle

2022-05-14 22:09:24 UTC

This is a great story that explores what it means to unlearn and learn something. Here's a link to supplemental TEDEd resources: https://ed.ted.com/best_of_web/bf2mRAfC

Stuck on an Escalator

2022-05-14 22:10:30 UTC

This is a short, humorous video that can be used to remind students to take action when they are stuck!

Take Away

2022-05-14 22:31:38 UTC

This was a great course filled with a lot of good resources and reminders about how important SEL is! We did some community building this week, playing elbow tag as a class. Hearing the students' shrieks of laughter made my day!

Takeaway

2022-05-15 17:31:10 UTC

As a service provider, I don't have the opportunity to check in with students during a morning meeting, so I like the idea of using funny pictures depicting different emotions and asking students to pick which one represents how they're feeling today. It's a super quick way to check in and gauge how they're feeling before starting my session with them. I only have 40 minutes with them, so I want to make every second count!

Take away

2022-05-16 13:23:20 UTC

I am a TA and I like the idea of checking in throughout the day. Students and staff have moods that change and we need to share what is happening in our day. If there is something that we can assist one another with it is a great way to keep in the loop.

mbennett37 — 2022-05-16 21:27:18 UTC

In the beginning of the year, I teach the acronym FAIL (first attempt in learning) to my students. We also read the book, Jabari Jumps which leads into a discussion about working up courage , to face fears and take a leap.

I work with high school students I I work with students with disabilities who participate in a community-based internship program. I think both practicing a growth mindset and goal setting are important when learning new skills at work. I also would like to start having our interns practice stating something they are grateful for at the end of each work session by writing one small thing that made them feel happy. The Inside Out emoji coping strategies chart is a great visual to guide students cope with emotions in-the-moment. I also enjoyed the resources given to teachers to help with self care. I may share these with my colleagues.

2022-05-17 16:15:23 UTC

Feelings Check-In

2022-05-19 14:02:19 UTC

As a first grade teacher, we have been trying to implement more SEL practices into our daily routine and curriculum. We have been using the feeling spots throughout our school and I am hoping to implement the feelings check-in and mood tracker daily. I also loved all of the book suggestions with additional activities! I will be incorporating more of those next year to address certain feelings/situations as they arise, as well as using it to help with our character building and writing units!

Implementation Plan

2022-05-19 17:04:17 UTC

I plan to include more mindfulness activities like meditation and yoga to help build community and make sure everyone feels accepted and respected. Taking just a few minutes a day to incorporate this will likely enhance the spirit of community in the classroom.

Implementation Plan

2022-05-19 17:09:13 UTC

Often times when students are arriving in the morning I find myself busy doing something on the computer, making copies, or getting the classroom ready. I always stop to say hello to the kids but it would be more meaningful if I stopped what I was doing for five minutes, and focused solely on addressing them, asking how they are doing, and listening intently to their responses. I know that for some kids, the first positive interaction they have had for the day is with me, I should make it a larger priority so I can attend to their needs throughout the day with more compassion.

2022-05-20 18:25:35 UTC

Lesson Idea

2022-05-20 18:33:23 UTC

I teach special education students from grades K-3 in a self contained classroom. They all need direct instruction on SEL and we have a 30 minute block every day dedicated to it. However, it isn't until later in the day. I think the best way to incorporate what I've learned in this module is to start the day with an SEL activity. We do morning meeting each day which includes calendar and songs. I could add an extra 5-7 minutes to our morning meeting and each day do a different activity to address the social - emotional skills that we will be working on later that day. My thought is that I could write down prompts on popsicle sticks, put them in a cup, and have a student choose a different prompt each day. Examples (What zone are you feeling today?- (based on the zones of regulation ) ) Greet a classmate and give them a complement, Say 3 things that you are good at, Complete a kids yoga youtube video, etc.)

SEL Take Away

2022-05-22 15:06:10 UTC

My take away from this SEL course includes making sure that I take the time to slow down and be patient with my students. This will create a warm, caring classroom environment where students will feel safe to express themselves and work with others to create positive learning experiences.

One lesson idea that I plan to implement includes reading The Rainbow Fish and creating an anchor chart with my kindergarten class about what it means to be a good friend. This will help my students understand the mechanics behind building solid relationship skills. We could even make posters about what it means to be a good friend like Rainbow Fish!

2022-05-24 02:05:50 UTC

I teach physical education grades 8-12. Next year will be my 33rd year and I still love my job. There are just so many ideas in the SEL that I am overwhelmed and excited at the same time. Our students and students all over our country are struggling with social anxiety, trauma and so many other challenges. I want to begin my year by building strong relationships. First, i want my teaching space to feel safe for our students. I want them to know they can let their guard down with me and together we can explore and learn about ourselves and about others. I want to explore the fear we feel in new settings and how that can stunt our growth. How for some it causes a avoidance attitude and for some it will create a defensive attitude. I also want to read the book The Boy, the mole, the fox, and the horse. A simple yet so complex book that i think would resonate with this age group. I will also be planning some self care activities with breathing techniques, tapping, and yoga and meditation.

Mindfulness moment

mcmurrayt1 — 2022-05-24 14:50:00 UTC

As a quick activity to be done in Morning meeting I will lead students through a 5 minute body scan. This is where students will sit in a chair with their feet firmly planted on the ground. They will close their eyes with their hands placed on their laps. I will lead the group on a tour of their bodies, starting with the feet and moving to each major part. With each stop along the way, the students are instructed to bring their attention to that body part, sense if there is any stress in that body part and to release it. This is a mindfulness activity that gets students out of their heads and into their physical bodies.

I Think I Can

2022-05-24 15:57:20 UTC

Take away

cward71 — 2022-05-26 01:49:48 UTC

I am a special education teacher for children with autism, so having time dedicated to SEL activities/lessons is so important. We practice the Zones of Regulation every day to understand emotions, and what we can do to make us feel better. At the end of the lesson, everyone will say how they feel that day. This is a great way to start the day. we also have a 30min block dedicated to social stories on different types of behaviors and how we should act. Visuals of different feelings, break or sensory ideas is super helpful for the students to be independent with emotions.

Take Away-SEL

2022-05-26 12:49:32 UTC

My take away is that I need to start taking care of myself. I am constantly taking care of others that I often forget about me. I often poo-poo the fact that I didn't get a turn, or I didn't get something to eat, or I didn't share my answer - this all seems so petty and selfish really - but I think that if I began to participate, to share my thoughts and feelings, to take care of my needs, I might be more emotionally connected to my students and that they might know me better.

lesson idea

2022-05-27 13:02:12 UTC

I teach special education students and something I would like to teach is an open mindset. I have a lot of students who consistently say they are bad at math or bad at reading or they are going to fail their test. This is something I would like to change in my classroom. I want my students to know that failure is important.

Take Away

pgittens3 — 2022-05-29 13:49:13 UTC

In my Living Environment class I am always ready at the start of class with a Do Now content question for review purposes or to assess prior knowledge before I get into the lesson. Attendance and fielding students' questions are also a priority. This makes for a very busy and stressful time. With the increased focus on SEL I have incorporate a mindful minute at the beginning of class where everyone "STOP" and take a minute to breathe while they become aware of their surrounding, inhale and exhale, listen, see, touch to be aware, then proceed with the task at hand with a smile. This helps me to calm down as well and the atmosphere is becoming less stressful for some with this deliberate pause.

Lesson Idea

pgittens3 — 2022-05-29 14:03:48 UTC

I love the idea of incorporating the journaling activity to allow students and myself to reflect as we become more self aware.
I see the need to build confidence and the growth mindset in my classrooms. I will implement the idea of listing three things that are positive or what students like about themselves and to also help students to develop the growth mind set by allowing them to replace "I can't" with "I can't as yet" phrase. We have started the self management activity by practicing the breathing exercise at the start of class but I still need to work towards 100% buy in.

Lesson Idea - In the morning at least 2 times a week during Home Base or on every Friday - I plan to do a sharing circle. There will be 2 prompts. The first one will always be a check in from 1-10. 1 being terrible & 10 being fantastic. Students will all share a number with how they are feeling. They can explain the number or not. Then they will answer the second prompt. While students are answering everyone else is in the room is quiet. There is no discussion until everyone has answered the 2 prompts.

2022-05-31 17:09:23 UTC

Take Away - I think it is so important to teach mindfulness & digital citizenship. I would like to try doing the rock, pebble, water in a jar lesson to symbolize priorities, activities to do for fun & free time extra activities. I also would like to incorporate commonsense.com & other digital citizenship lessons into my FACS curriculum at every grade level.

Takeaway and Next Step

carolynemonereaustlouis1 — 2022-05-31 18:36:28 UTC

Self Care is something that I always neglect. In one of the artciles it mentions that we need to " secure our own oxygen mask first before assisting children". For me that can include just taking time to eat lunch during the school day! However in regards to implementing SEL in the classroom or during meetings, practicing mindfulness activities such as " Tuza" for 3-5 minutes can help soothe and calm the mind and get everyone ready to work.

Take Away/Impementation

2022-05-31 20:07:41 UTC

I would like to add journaling and reflection on practice students do. I'd like them to work on setting goals and reflecting through journaling on how they achieved them, or what needs to be adjusted.

My takeaway from the class is a reminder to pause and put SEL activities into place. It's ok to slow down and set a few minutes aside for students to do a simple check in or activity. It is also important as teachers to practice self care. My implementation plan as a FACS teacher is to incorporate an SEL digital quilt activity into my Sewing Unit. I would like to have students include growth mindset into each square of the quilt at the beginning of the unit and put their goal for their sewing project onto their square and then decorate it with things that are meaningful to them. I would then combine each students square into a classroom digital quilt and display it in the classroom. I would then like to end the unit with students creating a second square to add onto the border of the digital quilt where they reflect on their accomplishments and how they persevered and achieved their goal. Throughout the unit, we would start or end each class with a check in on how students are feeling and one goal or accomplishment for the day.

One activity that I have woven into a larger lesson is that I ask students to do a self data dig. They collect their own data on what they do in the course of a week. They come up with five different categories such as "#of times I played soccer" or "#of times I missed someone." We then turn the data in to a sculpture. I think this could tie into the Knowing yourself in SEL. Students are able to thing and compare their actions from a different lens. They also start to open up to the group and share their day.

My lesson idea is to read the book, the Little Girl Who Never Made Mistakes. This book teaches students about the growth mindset. Students can put themselves in the shoes of the character and analyze the traits and feelings of the character as she changes in the story. Students will learn about fixed and growth mindeset.

2022-06-11 20:35:41 UTC

I plan to continue implementing our daily mood meter both in the morning and again after lunch. I feel that students need a second check in because many times issues arise during lunch or recess. I also plan to continue incorporating brain breaks and mindfulness activities throughout the day.

2022-06-13 14:27:18 UTC

Take Away - C. Rathbun

2022-06-13 14:41:41 UTC

As a social studies teacher, I like the idea of incorporating Famous Failures into my curriculum. So many students strive for perfection and it's important for them to know that even famous athletes and individuals they may perceive as "perfect" have overcome various obstacles to success. I would also like to create a Zen Den for students in my classroom next year. Perhaps a quiet corner with curtains that can be pulled for privacy - or a screen divider of some sort. Students would be able to use this space for personal reflection, work, or to simply unplug and unwind from things.

Takeaway - SEL for teachers

2022-06-13 14:52:10 UTC

As educators, we often forget that our mental health needs to be a priority. We tend to get burnt out easily and if we are burnt out, we are doing no favors to our students. I also feel the need for students to unplug from their devices more frequently and for longer periods of time. As the mother of a 7th grade girl, I have seen how quickly she can become engrossed in her phone and lose all track of time. Honestly, I fall into the same trap from time to time. Modeling healthy digital practices to our students is important for their success.

Take Away

2022-06-14 19:47:29 UTC

My take-away is that classroom circles should continue to be the center-piece of a classroom community. It is here where all voices are heard and conflicts are resolved.

I would like to get into a circle in the morning and share how everyone feels for that day. As the students get use to sharing, we could use pictures of emoji's , colors, or even pictures of different things.

dtelech — 2022-06-14 23:05:11 UTC

Take away

2022-06-15 15:56:01 UTC

I want to implement more of a check-in with students to get a feel for how their day is going. We already have a community within our classroom, and talk about growth mindset with the students. Knowing how the others are feeling on a day to day basis will help further both of these.

Monthly Goals

2022-06-15 18:11:38 UTC

I am a 6th grade math teacher and I would love to establish creating monthly goals. I feel like this would give each student a sense of identity, encoragement, and accountability in the classroom.

Takeaway...

2022-06-15 18:58:19 UTC

Next year, I will be implementing a new program called Closegap. It is a researched based check-in program for educators to use for their students. I am a huge proponent of stopping something before it starts and Closegap promises this. It is an online program that students can use multiple times a day to 'check-in' for mental health purposes. As a former high school teacher (current administrator), I know all too well how something completely unrelated to academics can affect a student. It is important to know our students' lives as they can be going through something that is affecting their learning.

Takeaway - K. Dolan

2022-06-15 19:56:11 UTC

Currently in my classroom for SEL we practice Gratitude Fridays and I post a gratitude prompt for students to respond to on sticky notes that get posted on their class poster in the back of the classroom. Students can share their response or choose not to. As a social studies teacher, I also like the idea of incorporating Famous Failures into the curriculum to help my students develop a growth mindset.

Takeaway

annamassaro86 — 2022-06-16 12:49:11 UTC

Students cannot fully be engaged and work to their full potential if they are dealing with things that they are unable to express/deal with. It is vital that we are get to know our students, so we can be aware of these barriers to provide supports. I use a mood meter check in and do frequent check-ins to ensure engagement to increase participation.

Takeaway

2022-06-17 15:07:33 UTC

I would love to implement a morning circle to allow students to share some good news, how they are feeling, as well as engage in some role playing and discussing children's literature with how characters are feeling and why.

Take Away- M. Tidd

2022-06-17 18:34:24 UTC

I love the idea of using read aloud books with my high school Spanish students. The book Ferdinand that is mentioned on one of the previous padlet pages would be a great book to read for its SEL benefits, as well as being culturally relevant to Spanish class. I also like the idea of having "circle time" or daily check-ins with my students, regardless of their age.

Takeaway - V. Lawrence

2022-06-19 00:39:02 UTC

One big takeaway for me is the idea of consistency. I think schools are given so many initatives at one time that you are never given the opportunity to get good in one of them. SEL seems like the new buzzword but it has been around for a long time. Some implementations that I can bring back to my classroom would be the weekly journal writing, maybe every Friday or when a student finishes an assignment early, they can write in their journals. Morning mood meter check ins as well as creating goals for the year with monthly check ins could keep students on task and give them a sense of responsibility for their learning. As a history teacher, I would also build in more opportunities for empathy learning for students in regards to learning about hard history. I would also work with the SAPIS coordinator and the STH coordinator for my school to begin a mentorship program for girls and see if a male teacher would like to start one for the boys. We could also have SEL spirit weeks throughout the year that focus on one of the character traits discussed in the videos and have the students create goal sheets for their friends to complete.

Take Away

2022-06-21 13:46:05 UTC

Oh my gosh --- so many great things! I'm a 9-12 high school librarian and I've been making my way through the padlet and seeing so many wonderful things. Sometimes we think at the 9-12 level that we are "beyond" SEL when in fact it's needed at every level and for every teacher and student!

Our school is implementing a new messaging/newsletter service in fall. Using that service I will: : 1) Help teachers realize that SEL is in fact within their wheelhouse and is something that they may already be doing now. So defining it is first and foremost.
2) Share one resource per month that 9-12 teachers can start using with their classes NOW!
3) Ask for feedback from staff at the end of the year!

Take Away- T.Millhouse

2022-06-21 14:08:46 UTC

My Takeaway:

To have morning circles on Monday’s

to processThe weekend and continue

2022-06-27 22:27:25 UTC

Listening Exercise - Leadership

Why:

1. Knowing who you are is the most important activity you can be involved with in your life no matter what your age.

2. Sharing who you are will give your classmates a better understanding of the relationship that will be formed throughout our class.

3. Listening, even more so than speaking, is the most important characteristic of a leader.

Directions: The class will be standing in a circle starting with a popsicle stick with their initials on it and you will read your two paragraphs to the class. Working individually, you are to complete the following:

Choose two adjectives (or any form of them) that describe you the best and those will be written throughout your two paragraph story. The first adjective when it is read will require the class to pass a Popsicle stick with their initials on it to the right. The second adjective when it is read will require the class to pass a Popsicle stick with their initials on it to the left.
The story you create must be appropriate for school and be two paragraphs in length (double spaced so you can easily read it to the class). You are to use those adjectives and give specific examples in your life why those two adjectives best describe you.
Bold and underline your two adjectives throughout your story.
Add up the number of times you used the first adjective (pass to the right) and the number of times you used the second adjective (pass to the left). They should be the SAME and everyone should end up with the popsicle stick they started with.

Takeaway

sarahpassarello — 2022-07-06 13:17:12 UTC

As a principal, I plan to work with our school counselor to update our current cyber-bullying lesson plan for students to make it more focused on the "dos" instead of the "don'ts".

2022-07-11 19:12:30 UTC

I am going to have a poster in our classroom that the students can check-in with. They can find the emotion they are feeling and clip their name on that emotion. I will be able to talk to students about how they are feeling on a particular day.

Takeaway activity

meganwalls — 2022-07-11 19:27:11 UTC

I am a middle school music and English teacher. I liked the idea of looking through someone else's perspective and working on being aware of how others might be feeling. In English, I am hoping to have students write from the perspective of a different character in order to better understand and see that character's point of you. In music, I want to explore the connection between composer's live and the feeling in their music; why is the emotion present and how did the composers represent it through sound.

Kindness Poster

2022-07-11 20:49:09 UTC

At gym the class will discuss kindness, teamwork, and ways to be treated. We will put a poster together at the end of class for reflection. At the end of the week, I'll have several kindness posters. This will continue for each unit we do.

2022-07-12 01:06:51 UTC

I love the idea of Mindfulness. Starting the morning with some quiet time fore each student helps them to focus on the day ahead. Mindfulness emcourages students to center themselves, focus their breathing and release any streaa or agitation. I would give explicit instructions and demonstrate any body poustures like closed eyes or planted feet.

Take Away

2022-07-12 12:50:07 UTC

I have implemented several different SEL activities for my students this year. One area I think I could focus more on would be journaling/mindful breathing. I am going to look for more resources to implement this this into daily practice.

My biggest takeaway from going through all of the resources, is the connection between SEL and digital literacy. Creating the foundation of skills, so students can use them while engaging in the digital world is crucial to creating positive experiences for students. And in turn, their overall social emotional well being. I will incorporate the idea of meditation and mindfulness into my pe classroom and apply the idea of self awareness and self management, by teaching my students the importance of taking care of one's emotional well being. Meditation is an excellent tool to incorporate into my classroom, as it is easy and manageable within any setting and activity. My plan would be to use 10 minute meditation at the end of each class to help my students to clear their thoughts, focus on being in the moment and prepare them for the rest of their day.

2022-07-12 13:17:04 UTC

Take Away Idea

jcena1 — 2022-07-12 15:38:08 UTC

I have begun to do this in our poetry unit when we talk about tone in the poems and songs we cover. We discuss background on what was happening in the poet's life at the time of the work, as well as things that may have had an impact on his/her writing style. These types of discussions and lessons are certainly rooted in mindulness, although in a very basic form. When my students create their six-room poem, which is a very specific poem about a specific moment in their lives, the start of the unit asks them to be mindful, not necessarily the moment right then, but to imagine their lives at that particular time, even if it was a time that they don't remember everything about. It's cool to see what these poems actually become when they close their eyes and remember the smells, the sounds, and the sights of this moment in their lives. Suddenly everything comes rushing back to them with each new idea about that moment. It's very cool to see!

2022-07-12 17:44:33 UTC

Working with younger students I have implemented many simple and quick SEL strategies, but would love to focus more on teaching mindfulness breathing and coping skills on a group therapy level this upcoming school year. I will continue researching how to make strategies more accessible for parents and children diagnosed with ASD or are nonverbal (much of my caseload)

2022-07-12 17:47:22 UTC

Another takeaway idea is to have a kindness poster and reward system! I love this idea for encouraging SEL across every setting of the school day, and to catch our youngest learners being kind and helpful

My Take Away

2022-07-12 22:43:58 UTC

I love kindness day as well as writing to really get to that sel piece. I love adding calming areas in the room as well, I feel it would help a lot for when a break is needed. My take away is the job charts, love this for sel!
I believe that would help in all areas. I would implement this, and believe the take away would be absolutely positive for all! I would give our schools "RocK" expectations, once a student was chosen for following one; for example lets say the R in Rock is- Respectful, respecting yourself, or others. Once that behavior is demonstrated by a student that child would be able to pick 'the first job" and so on..
I would also create a kindness chart and when a student earns a star on the chart, they would earn something they work for. examples a coloring page, classroom helper, line leader, etc. As well, as a ' kindness badge, of honor "
There were so many "takeaways, to be honest, its hard to choose just one. There were so many educational resources in this course.
The digital literacy, really gave me a knowledgeable approach when addressing the Internet. I especially liked the piece on positive uses and "see something say something" encouraging the positive interactions.
I also loved the mindful breathing and find that would be super beneficial. Again. its hard to choose! The resources provided in this course are extremely valuable.
I will implement most of them if not all.. of them moving forward.
-H.C.

As a World Language teacher it is vital that students feel safe and comfortable in my classroom to try new things. We do icebreakers in the beginning of the year that highlight the importance of giving everyone that space, along with the ides of not being afraid to try ew things. I say all the time "progress not perfection!"

2022-07-13 14:11:55 UTC

My Takeaway

2022-07-13 14:25:17 UTC

Working in a high school special education program I realized that each student can be in a different state of mind on any given day. I am going to put up a poster defining the main feelings usually shown by the students. I will include cards that represent those feelings and have the students take the card that represents their feeling for the day and place it on their desk. This way I would know what they are feeling and better be able to adapt to meet their needs. If it is something I feel should be delt with more in-depth then I will make the time to talk with the student.

My Takeaway

2022-07-13 14:50:01 UTC

There were so many useful suggestions listed and I try to implement all character traits throughout the school year. Given the climate of pandemic empathy is needed in the school. I try to support all students and colleagues whenever possible. One fun activity I like to do with the class is Adirondack Jack and Jill. One student is the caller in the center of a circle and they ask a question that everyone answers yes or no. Yes- you move to another spot within the circle, no you stay put. This activity allows students to stay within their comfort zone and answer questions as they seem fit. It also allows students to get to know one another which lends itself to empathy.
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SEL

2022-07-13 16:29:56 UTC

As a district Arts administrator, I plan to incorporate more in-depth check-in time during our monthly department meetings.

I love kindness so for me a great idea is creating kindness posters and place them around the room, additionally, another ideal is teach or work with students in mindfulness to help them manage their behavior and feelings.

2022-07-13 17:57:21 UTC

My Take Away

2022-07-13 23:07:51 UTC

I love kindness day as well as writing to get to really get to that sel piece. I love adding calming areas in the room as well for when a break is needed. My take away is the job charts, love this for sel! I believe that would help in all areas. I would implement this, and believe the take away would be absolutely positive for all! I would give our schools "RocK" expectations, once a student was chosen for following one for example lets say the R in Rock is Respectful, respecting yourself or others once that behavior is demonstrated that child would be able about to pick the first job and so on.. I would also create a kindness chart and when a student earns a star on the chart, they would earn something they want. examples a coloring page, classroom helper, line leader, etc.
Also digital literacy, really gave me a knowledgeable approach when addressing the Internet. I especially like see something say something and encouraging the positive interactions. There were so many take aways for me
I also loved the mindful breathing and find that would be super beneficial.

Takeaway

2022-07-14 01:16:12 UTC

It is important to be a positive role model to my High School students by sharing with them how a growth mind can help them be more successful instead of letting them feel defeated and give up because they are so focused on their grades.
Instead, make them realize the wealth of knowledge they have acquired so far in the course and look at their mistakes positively and not be afraid to ask for more explanations to improve their understanding and help them retain knowledge beyond the school year or a test.
Show the video that explains to them what is Growth mindset vs. a fixed mindset is. Always ask them to analyze their attitude daily by asking themselves what mindset they are in.

Take Away

2022-07-14 01:30:39 UTC

I am a middle school teacher. This past year I started using meme check-in's on Monday mornings. I will continue to do this but I will add a few things I have learned in this course. I really like the idea of mindfulness. I will choose a day- maybe Monday and call it Mindful Monday and do some mindful practice for 3 - 5 minutes with music. I also like the idea of Famous failures. I so I will incorporate both famous scientists but also other famous people students will be familiar with. I teach that it is ok to make mistakes- that is how we learn. So this will add to that very easily. There were many more really good ideas.

TAKE AWAY

2022-07-14 01:58:33 UTC

I PLAN TO IM IMPLEMENT CHECK-IN, IN MY SESSION WITH STUDENTS BY USING EMOJI FACES. ALSO MAKING A CALMING CONNOR IN MY OFFICE USING DIFFERENT MAINIPULATIVES TO HELP CONTROL THEIR EMOTIONS.

Take Away - D. Russo

2022-07-14 15:44:38 UTC

As a kindergarten teacher I incorporate many of the ideas mentioned, as sometimes this is a students first experience in school or in this country. So I try to make it as comfortable for all my students. First, when entering the classroom I have an emoji poster on my door and students express how they are feeling today. When going home we do it again, hopefully that the students have changed their feelings for the better. After settling in the classroom we do our daily affirmations. Once a week we do our Restorative Practices. We sit in a circle, in the middle of the circle is a talking piece (ball, stuffed animal). We have guidelines during our discussion: Speak from the heart, Listen from the heart, Be spontaneous/no need to rehearse what you would like to share, No one makes fun of anyone, pass the talking piece respectfully, and give full attention to the one holding the piece. I also have a calming corner which includes in a basket books, coloring pages, squishy toys, bubbles, scented sachet, laminated cards to practice some yoga moves and breathing techniques. I also have a CD player to listen to stories or just soft calming music. What I would implement in my class is having students working together creating kindness posters and taking a picture of each student so they can write "What Things I Like". I feel that both myself and other students can better get to know their classmates.

SEL

2022-07-14 15:47:05 UTC

As a teacher assistant, I will reward the smallest achievements and help students to set the simplest goals so they can see the goals to completion.

Take Away

2022-07-14 16:47:07 UTC

I like this idea of having a Kindness Day for my school to serve as self care for us, teachers. Let's all do something kind for one another. I also like the idea of a semester of kindness in one of my courses. Every class, one of us does a random act of kindness for another person! Thanks for the ideas!

mcraig5 — 2022-07-14 17:03:10 UTC

Take Away

2022-07-14 17:35:34 UTC

Working with severed emotional disturbed youngsters can be a challenged in all ages and functional levels. We find ourselves focusing so much on the behavior aspect of the students. Most of the times, we find ourselves using or implementing the 5 frameworks presented.
Although we have many posters around the classroom, which encourage children about social emotional, at the beginning of the school year, we go over the posters so they can make sense to the students. For example, during academic a child gets frustrated, trips a paper, knocks desk down and curses, we may have to stop the lesson and deal with the behavior and talk about expressing feeling and emotions. It is dealt according to the severity of the incident.
We are constantly role playing, identifying and managing feeling, and thoughts.
I just suggest patience in the process and be ready to repeat yourself constantly because they are very forgetfull.

There are so many resources and take away ideas that I have learned from this module. One I like most is all of the ways to incorporate SEL lessons into literacy with the picture book recommendations. I am eager to begin working with the support staff in my building on different lessons incorporating picture books and literature.

2022-07-14 19:08:00 UTC

Take away and Lesson Idea

2022-07-15 00:16:48 UTC

As a high school physical education teacher, I feel it is vitally important to be a positive role model for my students. We often discuss how to work on and towards having a growth mindset and by sharing with them how a growth mind can empower them and allow them to be more successful in all areas of their lives. Some students feel so defeated because of pressures they feel to have certain grades, friends, social media likes, and other factors that negatively impact how they feel about themselves.
When I am teaching, I work with students on seeing the "cup half full instead of half empty". In working with my students I help them realize the wealth of knowledge they have acquired so far in their learning careers and to view their mistakes in a more positive light. We work on confidence and how to not be afraid to ask more questions or for more information.

As far as a lesson idea, I would like to show my students the video that explains to them what is Growth mindset vs. a fixed mindset is. In each of my classes, we always discuss how we can analyze our feelings and moods and what mindset they are in that day. Below is a sample discussion about resiliency that I have used in class:
How Do We Become Resilient:

Adjusting our mindset: Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset

By adopting a growth mindset we can see the positive in the face of the negative. The glass is half full mentality aids in the building of a resilient approach to daily ups and downs and can be part of an effective coping mechanism.

Highly resilient people share certain personality traits, including positivity, flexibility and the ability to regulate their emotions. We can strengthen our resilience by developing some of these traits including:

Optimism. Try to see the positive in every situation and in yourself. Don’t say, “This could only happen to me!” Instead think, “I can and will, get through this.” Life may have changed but it is not over.

Keeping things in perspective. Try not to blow things out of proportion and overreact. Avoid catastrophic thinking – imagining or dwelling on the worst possible scenarios.

Maintaining a sense of humor. Not losing the ability to laugh and see the lighter side of life helps bolster optimism as well as keep things in perspective.

4. Accepting that change is inevitable. Whether we like it or not, change is part of life. Rather than resisting unavoidable change, try to channel your energies into the things you can control.

5. Learning from setbacks. Use adverse situations to develop your problem-solving and coping skills. Look back on previous times of adversity and ask yourself what you did right and what you could have done better.

6.Keeping an open mind. Be flexible to new solutions to coping and dealing with tough times.

Adjusting your lifestyle

Resilient people also DO similar things to help them weather difficult situations. Simple lifestyle adjustments can help you do the same. For example:

Create a support system (team games). Having family members or close friends with whom you can share feelings, discuss problems, and receive advice is an essential part of weathering life’s ups and downs.

Be in control. Take decisive actions rather than hoping the problem will go away or that others will resolve the situation. For example, if you’re feeling overwhelmed with debt, meet with a financial advisor and make a realistic step-by-step plan to tackle the situation.

Take care of yourself. Keep your body and mind ready to deal with stressful situations by eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, getting enough sleep, and finding time to do things you enjoy.

Find healthy ways to manage your stress. Go to the gym, take a walk, enjoy a yoga class — whatever helps quiet your mind and relax your body. Meditation has been shown to be extremely beneficial in building resilience and managing stress.

Volunteer. Helping others increases our sense of self-worth and is also another way to help put our problems into perspective and develop a great support system.

This year I had the students randomly draw a name of a child in the classroom using popsicle sticks. They would find their peer, look them in the eye and compliment them. It was amazing to see how their compliments went from simple things like, "I like your shoes," to "I think you are really great at math," or "you are a terrific friend because_____."

2022-07-19 16:25:26 UTC

I plan on using SEL weekly topics as a guide to introduce a variety of discussions and new skills.

Take away, A. Stoessel

2022-07-19 16:32:38 UTC

I really enjoyed hearing more about SEL today--all of these ideas/strategies/resources are so important and will be incredibly useful moving forward. I have always strived to be mindful of my student's social emotional well being in my classroom. Many times, children really just want to be heard and understood (just like adults). I have found that in order to cultivate meaningful relationships with my students, they need to feel respected, valued and loved. When they feel that their "whole person: is being cared for, they will open up and be even more motivated to do well in your classroom.

Takeaway E.G.

2022-07-19 18:25:08 UTC

I loved all of the book suggestions to read before or while talking about the different standards. In addition, I loved the This is Me lesson and would like to use that this year with my kids. I teach ELA and it would be perfect for teaching them to appreciate and be respectful of others' differences.

Take Away

2022-07-20 12:16:10 UTC

I like the idea of journaling. I think I might implement this, but add a twist where students can make a video along with it where they can incoperate pics and videos of things that intrest them,

Take Away

kmarano — 2022-07-20 14:23:14 UTC

I have had so many take aways. So many great resources. I loved the teacher self care check and suggestions. I also created a padlet with ideas for SEL. I already discussed with my co-teacher to have students write 3 positives each day and do weekly goal setting.

Takeaway & NYS Mental Health Literacy Standards

2022-07-20 14:58:48 UTC

As a high school health teacher social emotional learning is incorporated on a daily basis in my class. I have used the feelings check in, a lot of team buidling acitivites, understanding their own mental health and it's impact on their lives. NYS has Mental Health Literacy standards for K-12 that can be incoprated into any subject and any age.
http://www.nysed.gov/common/nysed/files/programs/curriculum-instruction/continuumofwellbeingguide.pdf

I also like the idea of journaling for students as I myself journal my thoughts and feelings on a daily basis. I also liked the Inside Out emotional zones form. I would like to use this items as a poster resource in my classroom to assist students when they are feeling particular emotions.

2022-07-20 17:11:27 UTC

My Takeaway

2022-07-21 12:44:14 UTC

There are so many resources and ideas shared on the padlet and hyperdocs. This is useful because it is always good to see what others are trying in the field so that one does not have to recreate the wheel.

This summer, I am working with a school guidance counselor on his SEL lessons. He did a lesson "Around the world" where he had the students share where they and their families were from. I encouraged him to have them go deeper by creating a classroom visual with everyone's heritage as well as helping the teacher incorporate those cultures into her lessons. For example, she could have the student do research about different cultures and share in class, etc.

takeaway

2022-07-21 18:10:53 UTC

I love all of the resources! However, it takes lots of time to sift through them all, and very few are geared toward high school students. I wish there was a comprehensive program that could be done in 5 minutes per day in any high school classroom.

Take Away-SEL MS

2022-07-21 18:43:44 UTC

As a new third grade teacher this upcoming school year, I found many valuable lessons and activities for incorporating SEL into the classroom. I will definitely place an emphasis on making sure SEL is not limited to just Morning Meeting, but revisited throughout the day. I think having checkpoints throughout the day will allow my students opportunities to express their emotions. Oftentimes a specific lesson/topic, special, lunch, or recess can trigger a wide range of emotions or thoughts. It is important to create a safe place where each student can make sense of what they are experiencing and express their thoughts or emotions. I especially liked the idea of using books with familiar characters from movies or sports. The children are able to make connections, visualize themselves in the characters, and recognize that everyone can experience similar feelings, thoughts, or challenges. The Post It and Complimentary Cards will be staples in my classroom. Children need to feel a sense of belonging and need to hear those kind, encouraging words from both peers and teachers in order to build self confidence. A simple word or words can change the trajectory of one’s day and impact how they approach academics, peers, adults, or specific situations. I am eager to implement the numerous activities, coping mechanisms, and books into my classroom in order to support my students as learners and citizens. I feel this course will support me as I build a classroom learning community where each student feels valued, respected, and safe to be an individual.

My takeaway and lesson

2022-07-22 10:28:12 UTC

There are so many useful resources out there that I had no idea about. I love the idea of journaling feelings every day. I think it's important to keep open communication with students about feelings and that it's OK not to feel OK sometimes. I also love the space in the room that they can decompress and no one will "bother" them. I'm definitely going to create a space like that this year in my room.

I want to create a journal that kids can write in every day about their feelings. I want them to start noticing things that maybe upset them or make them happy every day. I think it's important for them to be more aware of triggers they may feel every day. I also want to show the students how to utilize the "quiet" space in my room that I'm going to create for them this year. I think this will help other students be empathetic as well to others' needs at that moment.

Take Away

2022-07-22 11:33:35 UTC

The resources were very helpful. Two things that stuck out to me that I would like to incorporate in my classroom are journaling and having personal space for my students to be alone. Pre-covid, I had flexible seating in my classroom and a cool off area. I would like to bring that back this school year, as opportunities for students to reset or just be alone if needed. I would also like students to start journaling for a few minutes to start class to get whatever is on their mind and clouding their ability to learn out. I want to give them the option to share with me or keep it private.

I love the idea of Random Acrs of kindness. It should be done on Kindness Days.

2022-07-22 13:31:26 UTC

What I do with my students and will continue to do is make a chain of kindness. I would first identify what is kindness. We would then make a poster. Each students would then choose a color for their chain link. Each students who recieve a kindness stripwhen they are caught being kind. At the end of the year, we take it down and measure it.

2022-07-22 13:42:03 UTC

Take Away and Lesson Idea

2022-07-22 14:41:39 UTC

One take away that I have taken from this having a better understanding of what SEL is comprised of, and how I can incorporate these concepts during direct instruction. I think that using the words with students will be beneficial in not only helping students identify these skills, but help me remember how important they are, and that young kids do not develop these concepts on their own. In my opinion Self-awareness, responsible decision making, Relationship skills, social awareness, and self management can best be addressed in my classroom through goal setting, with planning on how to achieve those goals, and using opportunities to view other perspectives. I believe that having students create goals and then having discussions on how peers can help support those goals will address many of those concepts in a genuine context. I plan on displaying different emotions in my classroom, and starting the year by talking about them. Incorporating the idea of growth mindset will help ensure that the goal setting activities will be successful.

My takeaway and Lesson idea

2022-07-22 19:16:02 UTC

Seeing how much information is available for teachers to use SEL in the classroom is fantastic! SEL is an essential component in education because I believe it serves SIFE students and students with a history of recidivism and truancy. I like to greet my students when they walk into class and bid them farewell at the end of the course. The farewell does not happen every day, but I welcome them every day. I also like to incorporate art into the lesson and have done so. But creating SEL artwork is something that I want to do with my class.

Take-Away/Quote of the Day

2022-07-23 00:50:33 UTC

I am a high school English teacher. I am very interested in incorporating the Quote of the Day Activity in my classes. The quote can be taken from a piece of literature that is being studied in class, or a current event that may be of interest to the students at that time. Students may write a 2-3 minute reflection, discuss the quote with a partner or in a small group, or participate in a full class discussion if need be. This will provide many opportunities for students to reflect on their own opinions and beliefs in regard to the quote, and the opinions and beliefs of their peers as well. In addition, I appreciate the attention given, and the resources provided, for Self Care for Educators. In order for us to provide an environment where social emotional learning can be fostered and nurtured, we must be diligent in taking care of ourselves as well.

Take Away and Lesson Idea

2022-07-23 02:22:30 UTC

I really like the idea of circle time discussions. I think this will be an important thing to do with my classes, especially at the beginning of the year. I teach mixed grades in high school and many times the students do not know each other. These circle time discussions, will help break down barriers and will help students feel welcomed and a part of the class. I plan to do it continuously throughout the year and not just at the beginning of the year.

Take away

2022-07-24 15:02:56 UTC

As an elementary teacher, I have always had a hard time with self care. For the last 10 years I taught K-2 grade students and due to their need and lack of independence, I find that I am constantly pushing my needs away in order to support them. I really like how this course focused on the components of SEL, as well as the importance of educators' self care. I plan to use some of the suggestions provided, such as journaling and talking openly with other teachers about struggles and challenges. I also liked the strategies shared on how to teacher students to be aware of self-care!

Take Away Idea

2022-07-25 13:21:09 UTC

I plan to teach my students about growth mindset. We will all brainstorm something that we can't do "yet". I love the idea of "yet". We will create a class bulletin board with our goals that we want to reach by the end of the school year. We will use growth mindset language instead of fixed mindset language.

Takeaway and Lesson

2022-07-25 14:12:25 UTC

As a PreK teacher, I will definitely incorporate each one of the character building skills learned in this course into my unit curriculum. I will also include the suggested activities, especially the circle time discussions and kindness challenge. The circle time discussions focused on character building will help my 3 and 4 year olds to learn how to create positive relationships while having fun at the same time. I also loved the kindness challenge and I am planning to involve the parents by providing an Acts of Kindness Calendar.

One more thing that stood out for me was the positive outcomes of self-awareness. PreK is a grade in which we highlight and teach children how to manage their emotions. I think the role-playing activity is a great way for students to learn and teach their friends what growth mindset, optimism and self-confidence looks like. The knowledge I acquired in this course has equipped me with the tools needed to start including SEL activities into my monthly planning calendar.

Take away

abianco15 — 2022-07-25 16:39:04 UTC

As a speech therapist, I work with students of various abilities. I work in a school dedicated to serving students with behavioral and emotional difficulties. This course has given me ideas and tips for SEL. I especially like the idea of circle time and making good choices.

I believe incorporating SEL into our daily education classrooms is going to be the key to ensuring that the next generation will be able to help solve life's issues. I think that helping students to be more self aware is one of the best take aways as it leads to them being able to empower themselves.

2022-07-25 20:28:38 UTC

Last year I tried to incorporate a day of mindfulness based activities each week. Now that I have been exposed to so many resources and activities my thought is to create choice boards organized according to the 5 SEL competencies so that students are given more choice and overall exposure to multiple practices.

2022-07-26 11:02:46 UTC

Take Away

2022-07-26 16:02:10 UTC

As a middle school teaching assistant, I feel we should share Famous Failures with our students. So many of our youth are familiar with the success stories but not the pain and failures that got them there.

2022-07-26 18:13:26 UTC

As a Pre-K teacher, I feel that so much of what I teach is SEL. I will definitely be even more mindful of incorporating all of this in my classroom on a daily basis.

Take Away and Lesson Idea

2022-07-27 00:27:00 UTC

I liked the idea of having a morning meeting. Starting the day with engaging the students by posing a question and have all students and have each student have a chance to answer. Students are connected to the their teacher and classmates from the beginning of the day. Also establish collaborative classroom norms such as empathy, integrity, compassion and respect.
Lesson Idea
Conflict Resolution Game Show
Students will form teams and choose from a number scenarios where the solution has to be acted out, sketched, and true or false. Students gain points using their strategies for conflict resolution.

Take Away and Lesson

2022-07-27 16:14:58 UTC

As an art teacher, I feel that SEL and art creativity go hand in hand. It is a wonderful creative outlet for children to recognize and reflect on their own thoughts, feelings, emotions, personal traits, strengths and even weaknesses. It is through this exploration of personal expression that builds upon their social awareness of themselves and their understanding of others.

A fun lesson to incorporate is through the story In My Heart by Jo Witek. It is a book that explains feelings and how they come in all different shapes and sizes. Following the literacy component, children can draw a picture and/or write about what is in their heart.

Lesson

afrisbie1 — 2022-07-27 16:19:56 UTC

Over the past couple years, I have been more conscious about including more SEL in my classroom. Last year, I have been incorporating check in activities where students can let me know how they are feeling as well as let me know if there is something going on in their lives that they would like to share. I do this on Google Forms. After reading through the responses, I make sure to respond to each student individually who has shared information. Sometimes, students' responses have prompted me to reach out to the counselor. I also do other check ins through Bell Ringers. I also incorporate various wellness activities in my classroom such as breathing, relaxation, stress relievers such as coloring and stress balls. Gives kids a break and they enjoy it.

I am currently beginning a new position for the next school year. Within this district I believe SEL will be very helpful. I students should be explicitly taught SEL daily. Within the district I would like to help to train the teachers and help them bring SEL into their classrooms.

2022-07-27 18:56:39 UTC

Take away

2022-07-28 02:32:47 UTC

Mood Meters:

How are you feeling today?

A simple, yet powerful, question! When kids

As a school psychologist, I have the responsibility of supporting within the classroom, but also on a 1-1 or small group basis. I think the most critical skills needed involve all 5 points of the Digital Citizenship model. I believe that those 5 points are the only way forward toward truly engaging in perspective taking of another person, which is critical to empathy and personal growth.

I do think that the Inclusion and Engagement components are being addressed currently, but without the skills for Informed and Balanced decision making, there can only be great difficulty with having students engage in the virtual and physical realms in healthy and safe ways.

Lessons would be focused on bridging that gap between students showing up and getting involved and doing so in a manner that is appropriate for long term growth. This would include lessons involving perspective taking, empathy, respect for self and others etc, something which programs like Second Step or Zones of Regulation have provided me in the past. I will continue to work with ongoing and new SEL programs with a more specific eye toward Informed and Balanced decision making.

Takeaway

2022-08-14 20:22:05 UTC

I always like to start my lesson with a chain of positive hellos. I start with one student, and they turn to the next. They say a greeting to the neighbor and do some kind of positive gesture. A high five, and air hug, peace signs, etc. We go through the room making sure everyone is welcomed.

2022-08-19 13:36:00 UTC

This course was a great reminder that we have to model and teach our students SEL, that it is not just something they already know. I think that most teachers have to continually work on being Self-Aware and having to personally Self-Manage. I think we forget we also have to help our students be self-aware and how to self-manage. Teachers also need to help students make responsible decision, build appropriate relationship skills and to be socially aware of those around them. There are many different ways we can teach these, as the course clearly laid out for use, but one way we should always be doing is by modeling.

I know as a teacher I can get caught up in my content and I forget to address the needs of the whole students. It was great to have a class remind me that I need to look at the big picture and not just a small part. Each piece needs the other parts to work effectively. Being a math teacher, I sometimes wonder how I can fit teaching these skills into my curriculum. One thing I have tried over the years is journaling. This year, I have been trying to figure out how to more effectively incorporate journaling in my classroom. I really like the ideas of using journaling to help students be more self-aware and to help them with their positivity. This is one of the ways I plan to use journaling in my classroom this year.

Journal Option 1: During the week, give students time at the end of class to reflect on learning and also ask for feedback on the lesson.

Journal Option 2: Start class with one of the following questions:

2022-08-22 16:18:40 UTC

I am fortunate to teach in an elementary school that recognizes the importance of SEL. Each summer our site team picks a book that focuses on character development. As a building we discuss the book with students and participate in activities to support the message in the book.
As I participated in this course, I was thrilled to see the connection between my school's action plans and some of the ideas presented here. I plan to share with my principal the teacher SEL piece. It is important to recognize that teachers need SEL just as much as students.
One Lesson/ Activity I would like to share is geared towards younger students.
Read the Story

bosox770_mm — 2022-08-24 22:24:25 UTC

I just loved all of the shared resources. I found many wonderful books and activities to share with students. I would like to try the "Where We Come From" and Write down, Rip it and Throw Away Your Stress" Activities. I also found the piece about how to incorporate digital citizenship and SEL together to be valuable. One thing that I started last year is "feelings at the door". This helped several of my kids first thing and made their morning transition run a bit more smoothly.

Take Away

bosox770_mm — 2022-08-24 22:29:14 UTC

Take Away - Math

2022-08-25 00:12:00 UTC

I've found that teaching the "Math Moves" language, encourages students that what matters can often be the process of getting to the answer - not just the answer itself. Math Talk Moves give students language, framework and permission to agree, disagree, add on, ask questions, etc. during class.

Take Away

2022-08-25 01:03:18 UTC

Upon returning to school since the pandemic, our district has implemented a “soft opening.” This will be the 3rd year we begin the school year with SEL in mind. Teachers spend the first few days of class getting to know the students and how they are doing. We have a wide variety of topics we cover with them, and this helps to make a connection with the students a lot faster. I know it is used often and is not new, but I have never done the fist-to-five activity at the beginning of class in order to gauge how everyone in the room is feeling (or using emojis). We are going to discuss what it means to truly be engaged when in class, and if I have a room full of 1’s and 2’s (or sad faces), I am not going to have engaged students. This class gave me a lot of good ideas and resources to use throughout the entire year.

I love the ideas to share all about feelings. It will be great to share with my students.

Take Away

2022-08-29 19:43:26 UTC

I plan on using SEL to create a classroom culture of respect. Respect needs to be defined and agreed upon by everyone in the classroom. Not every culture has the same definition of respect and that needs to be reflected in the classroom.

Take Away

2022-08-30 15:05:34 UTC

I believe that when we incorporate art in activities, students will engage positively and can work together as a team. using SEL into the curriculum can help both teachers and students to achieve their targeted goals. using SEL helps in connecting with the students at a personal level, each student are unique in their ways and we much meet them halfway. Although SEL is steered towards the students, but itv can also help all staff that are in someway or another in communication with students. Adults also benefit from SEL and they are the first model students see when using SEL. Just like students, there might be adults/staff members who have difficulties coping/using SEL effectively.

Growth Mindset

2022-08-30 15:20:44 UTC

The first thing we as educators need to do is to stop saying that some students cannot do anything. We must see all students as positive goal getters who can do anything with our full support. When we fix our own mindset, then we can change the students mindset. Remember that we are their first example, model or figure that they see (6hrs) in the classroom. Morning meeting will set the tone for the day you wish to accomplish. Setting the tone and including them in the process can generate a positive mindset.

Take Away

2022-08-31 14:34:47 UTC

I teach middle school special class. I had two take aways I would like to start incorporating into my lessons. The first is working on a growth mindset. I often notice students saying things such as "I can't do this" "I am not smart enough." I believe by working on growth mindset, I can help my students achieve success and believe in themselves. I want to teach the difference between a fixed mindset and a growth mindset. Another take away is a digital student check in journal in English. I start each week with a journal about their weekends/ breaks or anything they would like to share. Many times students report they did nothing over the weekend/ have nothing to report. I believe by having a check in journal it will allow students to have voice on how they're feeling and it will hopefully allow them to feel comfortable speaking to me if they need someone. This assignment will allow students to have a voice. Even if they do not want to share it with the class, I will be able to see their response online and can check in with them during the day.

Take away

csurerus76 — 2022-09-01 12:37:59 UTC

As an Early Childhood Special Education Teacher I have students that are on all different levels with their SEL skills and needs. I show my students patience and respect and in turn, once relationships have been established, they treat me the same way and a bond is formed. This training has taught me ways to incorporate literacy and activities to help them build the same relationship with their peers and other people in the school. We become a community and must work together to be successful. I never thought there were books for my students that talk about digital citizenship, however, I was thankful that several were shared during this training.

As a school counselor I am often speaking with frustrated students and staff in a negative mindset. I would love to implement a growth mindset lesson using the power of the word "yet". We will start in a community circle each stating something we are frustrated with not being able to do. We will then go around the circle again stating the same frustration with the word "yet" at the end. For example, "I cannot run a mile...YET"

2022-09-02 16:40:07 UTC

I plan on completing a lesson on mindset. Having a growth mindset lesson will allow students to start the year off reflecting on how to improve their academic and personal goals to strive for success.

2022-09-02 22:57:17 UTC

Take Aways

2022-09-03 03:47:57 UTC

I work in an Early Childhood ICT classroom with a mix of gen. ed. students and students with disabilities. It is important for me to create a classroom where the students can develop and strengthen their SEL skills, through self awareness, self management, social awareness, relationship skills and decision making. This can be done through modeling, role playing, different Read Alouds that show this process through the characters SEL problem solving, picture-based journaling (expressing thoughts/feeling through drawing pictures). Also teaching mindfulness to my students by taking deep breaths or counting to 10, to help cope in situations where they are having a hard time manage their feelings can help them learn how to navigate and de-escalate in some social conflict situations.

Cyber bullying..

2022-09-03 13:39:10 UTC

As teachers, we sometimes forget that little, everyday actions in the classroom have a huge impact on our students’ lives But also how important the online world places a major role as well.

I am going to do a cyber bullying lesson with my students using role playing and discussion questions for each group. Each groups will have a chance to role play the scenario and then respond to the discussion questions. At the end we will all have a class discussion on cyber bullying.

Take Away

2022-09-03 13:43:18 UTC

Self-care is all about taking care of your health and making sure that you have everything you need to thrive as a teacher. Without taking care of yourself, you won't have the energy to help your students.

I will make sure I practice self-care during the school year. It is important to have positive energy daily for my students and even for myself.

Mindfulness

2022-09-03 15:48:35 UTC

I am going to be teaching 1st grade this year. I plan on adding mindfulness activities to my daily routine. I want to incorporate yoga and meditation as a "brain break for students". I also want to have a mood meter and have students reflect on their day at the end of the day.

Big Takeaway

2022-09-03 16:51:32 UTC

I will be teaching 4th grade this year and I plan on incorporating the components of SEL into the school day as a stand alone activity and apply it towards academic goals. With Google Classrooms being utilized, I also noticed that students don’t treat each other as respectfully online as they do in person. I would like to do lessons on being a good digital citizen and relate it to the in person SEL lessons.

Takeaway

2022-09-03 19:50:25 UTC

I teach Pre-K and love starting with a mood check in. I use emojii symbols or a laminated mood meter board to see how the students are feeling. Many students are learning how to self-regulate. I also created a safe space - a calming corner in my specials classroom. I am really excited to incorporate SEL activities in every single lesson and dance I teach. This is a great course. So many great resources.

It is important to check in with students every morning to see how they are feeling. I keep a "How am I doing today" sign where students can move their stick to where they are feeling and they love it.

2022-09-04 00:33:26 UTC

abousaid2 — 2022-09-04 14:25:19 UTC

Takeaway
This year I will be teaching self advocacy. My take away from SEL is teaching my students to have a growth mindset. That could be difficult when teaching students with autism. I'm planing to use lots of visuals to allow them to identify their strengths and navigate challenges.

Takeaways

2022-09-04 14:59:02 UTC

I will be teaching dance this school year and my goal will be assisting scholars with having different approaches to learning movement because we all learn different. Some students learn by seeing, some learn by doing, and some by explanation; I will encourage them to take their own journey to learn the movement.

My activity will be asking students to write down the way they think they learn best then that way doesn't work what other strategies would they be willing to try

Takeaway

2022-09-04 16:00:31 UTC

I will be teaching 5th grade tis year. I would love to add some mindfulness activities into my morning meeting and closing circle.

Takeaway

2022-09-04 20:46:40 UTC

I will be going into my second year of teaching students with disabilities and I am excited to introduce new ideas and resources into the classroom. Last year I included a feelings song and a check in and check out, but I want to include more planned activities that focus on SEL. I found a "Would you rather?" spinner that I have added to my Morning Slides as a conversation starter and opportunity for the students to get to know each other better.

Take away

2022-09-04 23:58:24 UTC

I have created an SEL program for my school that incorporates CASEL through growth mindset and RULER as well as ACT. I’m really looking forward to expanding upon it this year with a “kindness challenge” and staff support through small group sessions that focus on improving our mental health. I’m also including a more specifically designed “calm corner” this year that focuses students on tasks that teach positive coping mechanisms like breathing techniques or the mindful coloring pages I linked here

Take away

2022-09-05 00:39:54 UTC

I will be teaching first grade. I would be incorporate mindfulness routines and take care of my self.

2022-09-05 01:28:53 UTC

At our school we created a lesson and a whole school focus that allowed students to contribute to an SEL motivational positivity wall. They created a space for students to gain advice from one another and to be inspired to keep going during the difficult times.

One takeaway is that SEL and relationship building are critical components to a healthy relationship with our students and classmates and a healthy classroom community.

2022-09-05 03:06:48 UTC

Takeawa y

2022-09-05 05:37:32 UTC

I want to approach my students from an asset based mindset and help them realize the power of a growth mindset. I strongly believe our mindset determine our attitudes and outcomes.

My Takeaway

2022-09-05 12:56:09 UTC

Teaching digital citizenship from the viewpoint of what to do and not what not to do.

Another Takeaway

2022-09-05 12:57:54 UTC

Having a growth mindset opposed to a fixed mindset is imperative.

My takeaway

2022-09-05 13:39:33 UTC

I will use multiple activity ideas I saw here to improve social relationships among my students to help them not only socialize, but to get to know and respect one another and to create a supportive classroom community.
I will implement activities such as "Find someone who..."

Takeaway

hhamilton28 — 2022-09-05 13:50:54 UTC

As an elementary music teacher I have limited time with the students of each class. If I begin the year with activities designed to get to know each student on an emotional level then as the year progresses I will be better able to identify when a child has feelings they are having difficulty knowing how to handle. I have begun to create a padlet designed to help students who need a quiet moment to figure out how to handle their emotions so they can continue learning in my classroom.

Takeaway and Activity

2022-09-05 14:51:12 UTC

2022-09-05 22:23:09 UTC

One takeaway for me is how important SEL is in the classroom. It is so important to help build a classroom community and help students problem solve and come up with ways to address conflicts. One thing I will be implementing more this year will be having a more structured morning meeting. I want our morning meetings to be a safe place for my students to problem solve and discuss any issues that they're facing in school.

Takeaway

2022-09-06 01:22:48 UTC

This year will be my first year as a second grade teacher. One takeaway I had was that the children are older and are able to verbally express themselves more% this emphasizes the importance of SEL in the classroom. One thing I plan on implementing is a more structured morning routine where the children will have different methods of expressing their emotions early in the day.

2022-09-08 18:56:42 UTC

I like to begin my groups with a check in, sometimes I use a meme or a brief journal entry. A favorite journal entry we use is to write and talk about a rose and thorn for their week.

I will use the mood meter at the start of my class by asking students to make a hand signal if they are comfortable doing so. We will brainstorm some ways to take care of ourselves if we are having upsetting emotions such as taking 3 breaths, stretching, talking with a friend, etc.

2022-09-08 19:23:10 UTC

Takeaway

2022-09-08 23:58:17 UTC

I have been using Sanford Harmony Prompts for SEL checkin with my students. Most of the time I share so that my students feel comfortable sharing

SEL Takeaway

2022-09-09 01:04:35 UTC

I will be implementing team work activities to better support my 12th graders struggles with collaboration. The lesson could be focused on students talking about fears and having their peers offer advise and work together to offer support.

angela_foppiano — 2022-09-09 01:16:41 UTC

Assignment one- I am going to implement various lessons aligned with the Positivity Project. It exposes students to character strengths which help appreciate others, promote self- awareness and confidence, which in turn promote positive relationships and a positive school culture. I’m also working along side our Speech pathologist who will bring in SEL read alouds and activities for the students

Take away

2022-09-09 01:27:05 UTC

SEL is such an important focus. The pandemic has affected the students in many different ways.

SEL takeaway

2022-09-09 03:10:51 UTC

As an elementary music teacher I use QuaverSEL program that is paid by my district what includes music as a vehicle to watch for the SEL of our students. These activities include original songs where students interact with eachother while singing.

SEL Takeaway

2022-09-09 12:16:48 UTC

In the age of social media, students are constantly under scrutiny by their peers. They can go to sleep in a positive mood and then wake up to messages that could de detrimental to their day. SEL is an essential part of our daily lessons and curriculum. It is nice to have more resources to use and implement. JP

SEL Soft Opening

2022-09-09 13:56:29 UTC

We are currently doing a soft opening at our district. Every teacher in every class is working on getting to know our students, how to come into the room expectations by saying hell and goodbye. Teaching them the proper way to send emails to the teachers by using an Introduction, Body and conclusion.

SEL Takeawat

2022-09-09 15:13:51 UTC

I will be using the This Is Me lyrics and meaning activity in my classes the 2nd week of school. I will try to use this as a round table discussion for students to celebrate their uniqueness. I believe this will help us all to relate to each other and build relationships early in the school year.

Take Away and Lesson

2022-09-10 12:02:59 UTC

The biggest take away I have learned from this course is making sure my classroom environment fosters relationship building and trust amongst students, peers and teachers. I will create this space by implementing daily morning meetings in which students can express their feelings in a safe space. Students will check-in " share thoughts in a circle" and I will use motivational quotes to support in guiding their thinking. At the end of morning meeting students will write three take away from the discussion. Team building activities such as puzzles, building towers and poster collaboration will support in creating a classroom of trust.

SEL Takeaway

2022-09-10 19:29:19 UTC

I will begin the year by asking my high schoolers to complete an "I am" project. They will create 6 slides each starting with "I am" and then something that is true about them. This allows students to focus on the positives they can bring to the classroom. It also allows our class to get to know each other.

Takeaway & Lesson

2022-09-10 19:38:18 UTC

One takeaway I have learned is that I need to take care of myself. I need to be able to fill my cup before I can be successful at supporting my students. This can be achieved by incorporating SEL in my life and in my classroom.
A lesson idea I tried this year was to have students complete this "I am unique" fingerprint in the first week of classes. I liked it because I was able to read more about my students interests and get to know them. I have used the information I have gathered from their fingerprints to start classroom conversations or to incorporate students in my teaching. It has taught me that students are more respectful to you (the teacher) and to one another when they feel that their interest are included in my lessons. By doing so, I have increased SEL in my classroom.

SEL takeaway

2022-09-10 21:42:29 UTC

I like the idea of lead throughout right way. Don’t preach what not to do, teach what is right. I will implement the three thing you are happy about at the beginning of class. I teach personal finances and student impulse buy but I think this activity will help them identify why.

I am a math teacher and I plan on implementing more SEL activities. I need to make sure my students focus on taking care of themselves both mentally and physically. I want to also focus on myself. I am going to try to implement more mindfulness activites into my classroom.

2022-09-11 01:50:19 UTC

SEL Takeaways

2022-09-11 13:52:56 UTC

One of the biggest things I always take away from SEL lessons and activities is that so much of it is about building strong, positive relationships with students. I'll be doing that this year by easing into the different coursework that we need to do and working first to get to know my students.

Preschool SEL

2022-09-11 15:01:08 UTC

Each morning during circle we do a feelings chart and each kiddo comes up to tell us how they are feeling. They get to move the emoji to the center of the chart and what ever they choose, we always ask why. If they choose sad or mad we give them hugs and ask how we can help get them back to happy.

I teach a product design and development based course in which we are beginning the school year with a few days of SEL activities and classroom relationship building opportunities. An activity that we are working on is where students are sharing a product or project that they have completed in their past- and then sharing the following thoughts ; How they felt before they tackled the task, obstacles that they came across during their task, how they felt once the task was complete, and then end with a reflection on how they felt before vs now that it is in the past experiences and now a part of them.

2022-09-11 15:24:02 UTC

Takeaway: The "This is me" Slide Presentation and activity is a great resource. The main actor Hugh Jackman is popular and may grab students interest. The interview with Jimmy Fallon is engaging and historically accurate as they discuss the value of the historical change of social acceptance, and how you differences should be celebrated; and one should be proud of who they are no matter the differences.

2022-09-11 15:31:16 UTC

Takeaway and Lesson: Bucket Filling

2022-09-11 16:13:46 UTC

Our district focused on the CASEL 5 competencies as part of our professional development last year, and I appreciated the refresher lesson on these. One of my biggest takeaways each time I analyze the CASEL 5 from new perspectives is that these competencies build on each other. For example, we cannot be aware of and respond to others' emotions unless we are self aware enough to recognize and respond to those same emotions in ourselves.

One lesson that I did this year for the first week of school was "How Full is Your Bucket" to establish norms for a bucket-filling classroom. First, my resource room students listened to the "How Full is Your Bucket" read aloud (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWe6Z3zFwoA). Then we used the graphic I have attached to the post to brainstorm what a bucket-filling classroom looks like, sounds like, and feels like. It was hard for students to move away from the literal bucket example, but I hope to be able to add to our list all year long. I also plan to praise activities that fill the buckets of both students and myself, and ask students to reflect on how filling someone else's bucket makes them feel.

Take away - I will be including SEL daily at the end of the day. Activities that relate to mindfulness.

2022-09-11 18:59:09 UTC

Take Away Idea

mgillespie71 — 2022-09-11 23:41:50 UTC

As a new teacher to first grade. I KNOW the importance of building self -esteem.
That's why we do a daily affirmation and check-in. I also add another component to our daily routine. I appreciate/ closing circle. after spending the day together we share a thought of appreciation with our friends.

One thing I will focus on implementing this year is continuous self- care. I will keep a journal for myself as well. Students have their personal journals.

Take Away Idea

2022-09-12 00:06:55 UTC

One take away idea is that if you focus on the SEL of all of your students before the content, teaching becomes that much easier. If students know you truly care about their well-being and not just what they get on a quiz or test, they tend to respect the teacher and the classwork much more.
In my class, I would love to incorporate yoga to help students release stress.

Takeaway

2022-09-12 02:14:17 UTC

Thanks for all the wonderful ideas and information. This was very resourceful. I plan on using many activities. I would do an emotional check in with the 'Mood Meter'. I will do a lesson on Mindfulness/Growth Mindset. I am a Special Education Teacher that notices the individual needs and learning style of my students. I will make sure I model every lesson/activity. I will also Check for Understanding. I usually ask my students how they are feeling at the start of every class to get a sense of how they are feeling before I begin teaching the lesson. I am glad that i can now put my students back in groups for more peer communication. I will do a Turn & Talk and have each student repeat what the other students shared. Also, it is important to build a relationship with their parents.

PE

2022-09-12 12:08:37 UTC

We learned about self care as teachers and it's only fair to teach students about self care in SEL. Our social emotion's can affect our learning. Self care allow us to learn how to reduce stress and be more relax which will in turn enhance our mind to learn and concentrate better in all subjects.

SEL Takeaway

SeeneyGym — 2022-09-12 12:25:18 UTC

I will be implementing SEL check-in's with single classes at the beginning of class; I will first demo this with K-2 once a week and then expand to K-5 every week once the trial period is over and necessary changes are implemented. This is something that I have had my students do at the end of class to get them ready for their classroom teachers.

Take Away and Lesson

2022-09-12 14:10:46 UTC

I would like to have daily and/or weekly check-ins with my students. I'd like to incorporate SEL Art Activities as well. I also enjoy using Nearpod and Kahoot, so I will locate the SEL lessons and add them into my lessons on a regular basis.

SEL Takeaway

2022-09-12 18:38:31 UTC

SEL is the foundation for learning for our students. We must pay equal attention to SEL before teaching content. In addition, teachers and staff would benefit from SEL instruction and courses for how to better take care of themselves.

CheckINs

2022-09-12 21:14:00 UTC

This year we will be incorporating checkins by having students identify their feelings and journaling them. This way they can identify their feelings and also work on their writing.

SELcan be incorporated within your classroom at any point when your students become tired, frustrated or stressed, for example...how easy is it to incorporate a yoga pose to meditate and encourage mindfulness.

2022-09-12 21:39:24 UTC

SEL Check Ins

2022-09-12 22:33:32 UTC

I have incorporated daily check ins into my lessons. These check ins relate both to how my students feel about the content as well as how their day is going. I do this through "fist to five", emoji checks, and "pick your meme."

Take away

2022-09-13 00:43:43 UTC

For middle and high school I spend time on growth mindset. Having them write their name with their non-dominant hand over the course of a few days to demonstrate what a little practice can show. I have them create identity maps of themselves on the first few days of school. Then they create a simple and timely goal for themselves. Having a mindfulness practice for each class can have a huge impact. I am lucky in that I have a variety of spaces kids can use to take the time they need to regroup, relax and refocus.

Check Ins

2022-09-13 01:03:20 UTC

This year I will be incorporating checks, by giving my students a prompt, and giving them three minutes to answer. I will also have a mood meter where each student can place a sticker on the meter to identify how they are feelings.

Check-ins

2022-09-13 13:44:41 UTC

I like the idea of just challenging my kids to write 3 positive things every day. I teach high school in the Bronx and that's not always easy for them to come up with.

I also really like the digital citizenship / SEL overlap. I think I'm being assigned a long-term health class coverage, and I may make that the focus, since my kids are all stressed all the time from their environment. This has given me plenty to think about already.

Take Away

2022-09-13 16:07:34 UTC

It is so important to be checking in with students and encouraging them to be self-reflective. I will try to do this by incorporating affective warmups in my lessons, like a Circle or a "Which ___ are you today?" chart to have students reflect on how they're feeling. This helps to develop those emotional regulation skills and teaches students the importance of checking in with yourself.

Take Away: Self Affirmations

2022-09-13 16:08:29 UTC

Something important to remember about teaching is that before any academics are taught, students personal needs must be addressed. Each year I notice my students being more are more hard on themselves and speaking negatively. This morning we started the class by stating some positive affirmations to ourselves and others. Students have the affirmations visible in the classroom at all times right next to a mirror so they can see themselves. Students will be encouraged to use these terms as much as possible to better motivate themselves.

I have added A LOT of SEL activities to my schedule this year. It is so tempting to just push ahead with curriculum, but I feel like time put in to the SEL side of things is an investment in our instructional time. Plus...it can be fun!

2022-09-13 16:39:27 UTC

SEL in Math

2022-09-13 16:55:36 UTC

I teach Math and for some students it can be a stressful subject. I like how Peardeck has a template on self awareness check ins. You can add it to your oeardeck slides at any given time throughout your lesson. Helping students gain coping skills, resilience, emotional awareness, and empathy takes regular practice and reinforcement. If we can practice each day by incorporating questions that promote self-awareness into our regular lessons we can better gauge where our students are at.

SEL

mdror — 2022-09-13 19:39:29 UTC

I think SEL is very important in every classroom and definitely want to continue incorporating it into my kindergarten class. The use of Mood Meter check-ins, group and partner discussions/activities, and feelings videos/songs are some of the ways that I plan to incorporate SEL into my class this year.

Growth Mindset Takeaway:

2022-09-13 20:28:35 UTC

I am a special education teacher and I work with students who have a lot of stuff going on in their lives. They don't always know how to express it. Your padlets and ideas about books to use will be useful when trying to work with the population that I do. It is also important to slow down and take time when talking about important issues and events that are going on with students. To me, their social emotional / mental health is more important than their academics because if they are not in the right mindset, they are not able to effectively learn. I would also like to do more with the fixed / growth mindset with my students who struggle.

Take Away

I implement the MindUp curriculum with my students daily. In addition, I am lucky to be able to collaborate with Social Workers within our school to have lessons purposefully exploring self-love, goal setting, and how the brain works.

Takeaway

pgervasio — 2022-09-14 16:31:21 UTC

Take Away and Lesson Idea

One take away that I have taken from this having a better understanding of what SEL is and how I can incorporate these concepts during direct instruction. I think that using the words with students will be beneficial in not only helping students identify these skills, but help me remember how important they are, and that young kids do not develop these concepts on their own.

Self-awareness, responsible decision making, Relationship skills, social awareness, and self management can best be addressed in my classroom through communication. By using these ideas in conversation and working collaboratively I believe students can help support those each others concerns, needs, and gain a better understanding of their peers. I plan on displaying different emotions in my classroom, and starting the year by talking about them. Incorporating the idea of growth mindset will help ensure that the goal setting activities will be successful.

There is a huge opportunity to use these ideas in the Global Studies curriculum. There are many examples throughout history where collaboration, tolerance, and diversity have produces major advancements in different aspects of humanity.

Takeaway

2022-09-14 17:10:56 UTC

I think the metacognitive process of self awareness is really important. If we don't know why we reacted to something in a certain way or behaved in a way that isn't appropriate, then we really don't have the opportunity to change our thinking and the way we act. The idea that teachers can talk students through what they felt, how it came about, what to do to work through those emotions, and strategies for the future is so important!

Takeaway

2022-09-14 17:28:26 UTC

Beginning the day by spending a brief period of time attending to a student's emotional needs can frequently help to prevent problems that can occur when a student is feeling overloaded. Students may be exposed to possibilities they may not have otherwise known about through SEL.

I plan on using these SEL resources in my middle school FACS class. I will read the children's book-The Lorax by Dr. Suess. It focuses on conflict resolution. We will then role play and discuss different scenarios and ways to resolve conflicts respectfully.

2022-09-14 18:21:39 UTC

2022-09-15 00:47:16 UTC

As a third grade teacher, we do lots of SEL read alouds whereby children are engaged throughout the lesson. They are given opportunity to share their ideas with the partners. Also we allow them to plot themselves using a digital mood meter to express their feelings. I will show them a video about fixed mindset vs growth mindset.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px9CzSZsa0Y. Very Interesting model on SEL learning and all the resources we can use in our classroom.

In my classes I have a cozy corner section.This section allows students to take time out of there day if they are having a hard time .Weather it be if they are over stimulated, anxious, having a bad day or just not feeling happy .I am going to implement a journal section where students can express there thoughts, ideas and emotions . This will allow them to communicate with the class if they choose to and share there thoughts .As a class we can help student come up with problem solving strategies or choose to just talking to myself or a counselor we can support the students needs and concerns . Using a journal I feel will allow them to be in control on how they would like yo express there emotions

2022-09-15 02:47:50 UTC

Takeaway and Lesson

2022-09-15 03:05:26 UTC

As an educator I'm responsible for teaching the whole child which means addressing a student's social needs with the same effort as addressing their academic needs.
I want to give my students a weekly Responsible Decision-Making Prompt and have them reflect on the prompt using the POOCH Protocol.

I like the idea of addressing a student's social and emotional needs when I see them first thing at the start of the day and/or class. I teach middle school so I see students at all different times of the day. I think doing a check in with them when I first see them is a great idea to show I support them and care about their emotions and I want to help them work through it.

2022-09-15 11:32:27 UTC

Takeaway

lgutta — 2022-09-15 13:02:45 UTC

I am an art teacher and I feel like SEL goes hand in hand with art. I think I could do a better job of tapping into allowing students to verbally express or explore what and why they created what they created. I could set the tone in the beginning of class by doing a quick warm up to gauge what the mood and vibe of each student and do the same at the end of class to see if there's been a shift after creating. I can offer students an artistic outlet if they are struggling. Riffing on the idea of using interests to help with weaknesses, I can find specific people/things/topics that specific students enjoy to inspire their projects/individual explorations of artistic techniques and projects.

During the second quarter, I teach yoga/meditation to promote SEL. Students listen to relaxing music, use yoga mats, and practice centering themselves.

2022-09-15 13:21:40 UTC

SEL in the classroom

2022-09-15 13:25:06 UTC

I teach students with disabilities in the high school setting. We began implementing a schoolwide approach to SEL last year. I thoroughly enjoyed the time I was able to spend discussing various SEL subjects and the ability to take a "break" from traditional curriculum to meet the needs of all students. I look forward to further discussions this school year.

2022-09-15 14:01:26 UTC

Takeaway

2022-09-15 14:12:32 UTC

I am a technology teacher, and I plan on incorporating SEL into technology by just checking in with the students to see how they are doing. After they describe to me how they are feeling, we can discuss how we can move forward with instruction to meet their needs.

-Michael Sandberg

Takeaway

jaryan9 — 2022-09-15 14:45:42 UTC

I learned so many wonderful ideas to incorporate into my classroom. Some of the key points I will use in my classroom are:
1. Creating a cozy space in the classroom for students to sit in when they are feeling upset, overwhelmed or just in need of a break. I would make the space feel cozy with pillows and would add a clip board with pencil and paper where they can have the opportunity to write or draw how they are feeling.
2. Reading books about being a part of a community, what that means and showing empathy to others around us. I like the idea of students creating motivational posters of ways we can show empathy or just show that we all belong. I would have students create motivational posters by either drawing or writing down how they can be kind, generous, including others, etc.
3. Incorporating a mood meter in morning meeting. Giving everyone in the class an opportunity to tell us how they are feeling when they come into school. Also having a closing meeting, telling us where they are on the mood meter at the end of the day.

Takeaway/Plan

2022-09-15 14:50:03 UTC

I teach music and we often talk about not giving up and trying to play things that are difficult. In this course, I looked through the list of books that are suggested and realized I have one at home that my kids love, called In My Heart, which talks about feelings and emotions. I want to play different pieces of music then ask how it makes the students feel, then use the book to read the descriptions of the feelings. I also really loved the circles of things you can control and things you can't control.

-Margaret Henderson

Take Away

lcuppernell — 2022-09-15 15:12:57 UTC

As a school counselor I implement SEL lessons often. I love the new ideas or little things I learned about that can be added into my existing lessons to make them a little more intentional. I can also use this knowledge to share with my fellow teachers on ways they can easily incorporate SEL into their days. I like using pictures as a way to engage or even have my students express themselves. This leads to creative responses as well as is a way for students to easily connect.

Takeaway

2022-09-15 16:38:53 UTC

I plan to create mindful spaces in my room for students to regain their presence. I learned that it is far too easy for one to lose oneself in the barrage of responsibilities. A corner meditation space for students to escape the stress of a classroom will be a great start.

Takeway

dsorrentino22 — 2022-09-15 16:43:13 UTC

A takeway I feel is important is to make sure the learning environment is inclusive to all students. I will make sure to have books that cover all the diversities in my classroom, so students feel they are represented in their classroom environment. I will also work on creating a cozy space for students. They can go here is they need to take a quiet minute.

Take Away

2022-09-15 17:23:46 UTC

Self-management needs to be used in the HS Art room so that ideas turn into project and projects get completed. Having students set goals of what they want to get accomplished weekly and daily will give them motivation to complete there work. I think if I incorporate more goal setting as a course requirement it would help students with self-management.
-Jillian Sheffer

Self Care Challenge

2022-09-15 17:33:37 UTC

Take away

2022-09-15 18:58:44 UTC

I like to always check in with my students each morning. Something as simple as asking them how they are or if they had a good night can get a student to open up and let you know if they need a little more grace that day. I have included an activity I have done in the past when I was a classroom teacher. I currently teach small group reading, so I have less time for big activities like this.

Community Circles

2022-09-15 19:51:49 UTC

This school year my building has begun implementing Community Circles at all grade levels. We are conducting these circles on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings... Although it is early in the school year my students really enjoy and look forward to this activity... Wish I had used them many years ago..

As a district we have committed to 30 minutes of SEL district wide for the year.

2022-09-15 20:57:59 UTC

TAKE AWAY

2022-09-15 21:01:44 UTC

I never thought of using children's books, primarily because I teach at the high school level. However, it may be a good idea to lower their affective filter and get them to buy in.

TAKE away- Secondary School

2022-09-15 21:39:14 UTC

It is refreshing to see other ideas. One idea that I had not thought of was to use children's books to facilitate discussion. However, I believe that it might be a good hook for the secondary students. It is worth a try to get them engaged.

My takeaway is that SEL is the foundation of getting our students to be self motivated in their learning. If students emotional needs aren't being met then they will not feel the desire to work. My school has restorative circles in Social Studies once a week where half the class will stay with me and half will go with a second teacher or counselor. After we break up the students will share their high and lows followed by a session where they learn about an important topic such as friendships or managing emotions. At first, I was annoyed at it taking away a class every week but now I find it gives both me and the students a day to decompress and get our thoughts together.

“I am Enough” by Grace Byers (Classroom read aloud book used to begin classroom discuss) allows students to make connections; builds confidence and awareness of their peers abilities)

2022-09-17 17:10:40 UTC

Take Away

2022-09-17 17:29:59 UTC

SEL is an increasingly important topic of focus. As a special educator, I’m encountering students who are steal fearful of the outside world. What I’ve found to be helpful, is consistency. When a student knows they will have time to discuss, and will be appropriate entry points, they will look forward to the time we take for open discussion.

wvddcsqx4m — 2022-09-17 17:34:10 UTC

My plan is to incorporate more yoga and meditation time, specifically after lunch.. when the students over over stimulated.

The students enjoy short SEL activities at the beginning of the lessons, however, the activities need to vary.

2022-09-17 18:52:34 UTC

SEL Takeaway

mrsatenglish — 2022-09-18 01:02:17 UTC

Students need an outlet to express the emotions that are impeding their learning. I like the activity that has them write down their stressors then rip them up.

SEL Activity

2022-09-18 12:49:32 UTC

I plan to implement the Marshmallow Challenge in my class. It is a team building activity where the kids have to work together to build the tallest structure using a limited amount of supplies (20 sticks of spaghetti, 1 yard of tape, 1 yard of string, 1 marshmallow).
The goal is for them to not only have fun but to learn to work with people who they don’t know and come up with a sound construction strategy which includes all voices. It also works well in science class to show that scientist may have a plan, but it is not always successful.

Take Away and Lesson Idea

2022-09-18 15:12:15 UTC

I am an art and music teacher. I love the suggestion of incorporating Mindfulness Activities into my classroom. Since the students are only in my classroom one time per week, I use the linked book for read alouds at the beginning or end of our period together. The meditations set the tone for the class or help us relax as we exit the art classroom.

I am also interested in promoting the Growth Mindset in the art room. I love the idea of adding “yet” to the end of a sentence. Students often say, “I’m not a good artist” or “I don’t know how to draw”. I’m going to respond with “yet” and see what happens.

My fourth and fifth graders also have journals when they come to the art classroom. I’m thinking about having them jot down a check in for the period. How are they feeling? What’s on their mind? They could always draw a response as well as a word or two.

SEL Takeaway

2022-09-18 16:06:37 UTC

As a World Language teacher, I am always encouraging students to be aware of the SEL competency, "social awareness." Diversity, equality and inclusion are the hallmarks of my Spanish class, and it is advantageous that SEL has a built-in component highlighting the importance of these concepts. Ways that I will incorporate this competency even more is comparing how other cultures might approach ideas such as these, and helping students understand the concepts in a more global way.

SEL Take-Away

2022-09-18 16:07:07 UTC

I usually work with one to one student every year. My plan is to check in with my student in the morning and ask them how they are and how they feel. I think if you give them a chance to express their feelings, this will help you know them better and if they need more time to be relaxed or calm down, then give them some space for a while.

I plan on doing some team building activities with my students to make sure that they all feel that they belong. My classroom is a self contained classroom and sometimes I can tell that the students may not feel as though they are part of the group.

2022-09-18 16:41:42 UTC

SEL Takeaway - The Power of YET

2022-09-18 18:07:35 UTC

The power of YET for middle schoolers. I regularly add this little word to the end of sentences that my middle schoolers say. This is done throughout the year until they believe it.

SEL Takeaway

2022-09-18 18:12:48 UTC

My plan this year is to incorporate some SEL into my content lesson plans as well as focusing on it independently. We have wellness days at my school which I think would be a perfect time to complete activities either whole group so they can work on interpersonal skills, or independently so they can focus on learning about themselves. Also, I am trying to help students make them realize their feelings are valid and how to handle them appropriately.

Takeaway & SEL Lesson Idea

2022-09-18 19:14:38 UTC

I teach pre-k through twelfth grade music and chorus classes, and I can see many opportunities for incorporating lots of SEL activities in my classroom!

One idea I've begun implementing this year is giving students an opportunity to talk and share a little about themselves. We do a rhythm activity to start every music class grades 3-5; students keep a steady beat and share a "favorite" as we go around the circle (for example, favorite colors/animals/sports/etc.) Sometimes I choose the topic and some days I ask for suggestions. We often have a quick discussion before or after, and it's a nice moment where everyone comes together and learns a little about one another. It's great for fostering relationships, seeing who we might have something in common with, practicing patience (waiting for our turn or to talk about what we shared), and even connects mind and body with the rhythm component.
-Kate Esford

SEL Activity

2022-09-18 19:17:48 UTC

In October, during Advisory, I plan to have students brainstorm what would be in their "In school self care box". During the next session, students will bring those items in or create them. We'll decorate the boxes and seal them. Towards the end of the year or right before the term ends we'll open them and have a self care day. When we return from the short break we'll refresh them and seal them again until the next end of term.

SEL Takeaway

2022-09-18 19:43:47 UTC

As a First Grade teacher, I particularly liked the Power of Yet lesson ideas that I saw. My students right now are struggling with many SEL aspects including self-regulation and self talk. Many students are quick to give up and lack the persistence necessary to master foundational skills. We've begun to build self-talk routines into our afternoon community circle time.

Reflective SEL Takeaway Activity-

2022-09-18 20:32:49 UTC

For middle school students, I would love to implement the new Pinocchio Disney movie into a SEL teaching lesson focused on components from the CRSE and Gholdy Muhammad around Identity, authenticity, Self awareness, responsibility etc and provide critical thinking question prompts so students can reflect on these in their personal lives as well as even having students build their own identity puppets to represent themselves and even the things that keep them in shackles/ strings.

SEL Take away

2022-09-18 23:00:21 UTC

I think it is important for students to be able to reflect on who they are, on their identity, their past, their now, and their future. They need socio and emotional skills in order to identify who they are, where they are, and where they come from. I'm planning on using the following activities with my students to help them identify who they are, where they are at right now, who they want to be.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScwJhskHMP7K7sKM8wtJsW5xVYcI4PpOhlmaA_Cx1mJ82PCtw/viewform
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vknBaM3QZL2-M-5fCqHkWLleGFyDfqYUGMf4tL9ZhuU/edit#slide=id.g3b2661b14c_0_36

Take away

aharbol — 2022-09-18 23:49:43 UTC

It is interesting to see how much of the SEL work is effective not only for students but for teachers as well. It can be easy to get pulled down emotionally when your students are struggling a great deal daily.
When my own children were in middle school, the secretary always ended the announcements with make it a great day or not, the choice is up to you. That has stuck with me for many years. As a new middle school teacher, I wrote it across the top of my board and now say it to my students after announcements and we do a quick discussion about what we can do to have a great day for the rest of the day.

Take Away & SEL Lesson Idea

2022-09-19 00:34:39 UTC

Learning about SEL and incorporating SEL into lessons is a goal that I've given myself for this school year.
I'm working with two different groups of students from an alternative school setting this year. Incorporating SEL into their day will be very beneficial for them as individuals and as a group.
I really like the idea of starting off the day with having my students list/discuss three positives in their life. I also like the idea of starting the week off by listing three goals they have for the week. Both of these will be relatively easy to implement but it will positively effect my students and get them in the right mindset for the day and the week.

Mindful Mondays

2022-09-19 13:03:59 UTC

Throughout the school year I will strive to implement mindful mondays as a way to decompress before starting the week off. All students have different backgrounds and experiences so I think that implementing this can allow them to be more open to different things and to learn to be more empathetic as well.

2022-09-19 13:10:08 UTC

I plan to work with our school counselor to incorporate more mindfulness into our daily routines. We will be working on breathing techniques for stress relief, strategies for dealing with stress, and yoga for relaxation.

Take Away & SEL Lesson Idea

2022-09-19 14:07:58 UTC

I am lucky that I work in a district that understands the importance of daily SEL. We are given many opportunities and encouraged to incorporate SEL lessons into our daily schedules and planning. I work across many grade levels and find that most students, regardless of age, are receptive to the lessons. One thing I took away from this course was the incorporation of SEL with Cyber-citizenship. Almost all students are spending some amount of time on the internet, playing games or interacting with other scholars. We've switched our mindset from 'don't to do' in almost all aspects of education so it seems like the perfect way to teach Cyber-citizenship as well. I will definitely be speaking with my students on the 'dos' of cyber-citizenship during our cyber-bullying discussions, etc. I also really enjoyed the daily check in activity ideas. I am going to use those ideas to create a lesson and daily check in for my older students. I've found that when checking in with the fourth and fifth graders publicly they are less likely to answer honestly about their emotions and current mind-set. I would love to incorporate a daily check in form to assess their true feelings and needs for the day. The form will be simple and take only a few moments of our classroom time. It will include options like:
- I am wonderful, life is great.
- I am okay, life is going pretty well.
- I am having a rough day, I may require a little extra patience today.
- I am really struggling, I could use some extra support.

This will give me the opportunity to privately reach out to those students who may not be ready to initiate a conversation or may not want their classmates to know something is wrong. Hopefully being required to reflect on daily feelings and needs will encourage them to be aware of and openly communicate about their needs.

SEL Take Away

2022-09-19 14:28:47 UTC

I really like the idea of using Google Forms to check in. I have done the meme check ins in the past but have not yet done them this year. I really think my classes could benefit from a few minutes spent on analyzing where they are at emotionally so they can have a better experience while in my room.

I plan to incorporate a low stakes Jamboard or Padlet activity where students find a meme that identifies where they are at emotionally and just posts it.

In the past it was very easy in my self-contained small class to implement SEL benchmarks as independent lessons. This year, working in the general education classroom, I plan on creating opportunities for mindfulness moments throughout the week.

2022-09-19 14:43:02 UTC

SEL Takeaway

2022-09-19 15:52:20 UTC

I'm very fortunate that my district understands the importance of SEL. We are given many opportunities and are encouraged to incorporate SEL lessons into our daily lessons. As a 4th-8th art teacher, I use a variety of SEL strategies daily. From greeting students at the door each day, to teaching/showing them the importance of how to check in with themselves emotionally, and even basing units on how art can be used as a way to express emotions and feelings. There were so many great strategies and resources in this module and I definitely plan to incorporate even more into my daily teaching.

Takeaway

2022-09-19 16:14:43 UTC

With everything we have been going through the last few years, SEL is more important than ever. Creating a safe space in my classroom is very important to me.

As a music teacher, I would like to have my students create their own playlist of calming, relaxing music that they can listen to when they're in the yellow or red zone of regulation. I'd also like them to have a separate playlist for the blue zone. I want them to be able to identify how different forms and styles of music can affect mood.

Storycorps.com

mbushway — 2022-09-19 17:21:10 UTC

I use the StoryCorps blogs/stories to help students find individuals they can identify with and to learn from the individual's life stories. This exposes students to individuals they would not normally encounter in their lives. Also, the students then write their own story for others to read and learn about them from.

2022-09-19 19:32:46 UTC

Hosting daily lessons on Peardeck allows me to do a quick daily SEL check in with my students, which I can then follow up with when the students have independent work. The follow up conversations can help me decide if we need further breaks or a lesser workload as a whole class, or if that's just needed individually

The pandemic really did a number on our children and also the staff. Creating a welcoming environment can help relieve some of the anxiety.

2022-09-19 21:07:42 UTC

In my class after arrival, students are asked to write down something they would like to share with the class. Whoever chooses to share also have the opportunity to discuss their feeling about what they shared. We like to think of it of morning therapy.

2022-09-19 21:17:43 UTC

Take Away
Kids and adults need SEL embedded into our daily routines. Understanding our emotions and relationships are an essential component of learning. There are so many dynamics within one school and one classroom. Being more aware of our emotional needs and standing will help us create a better community and learning environment. I plan to implement a "burn 5" system at the beginning of my classes. This will allow us to check in with each other and express our emotions in a safe and respectful way. This will also hopefully help create a positive community where kids and teachers can help one another regulate and process emotions.

SEL Take Away

2022-09-19 21:59:05 UTC

I believe it is important for students to reflect on their feelings on a daily basis. In my classroom we have a mood meter where students choose their mood in their morning and afternoon. We have some time in the morning to discuss their feelings and why they are feeling that way. Students know to ask to talk to me in private if they need to share something they don't want in front of others.
In addition to that, we have Wellness Wednesdays and one period during the week to watch videos or complete other activities about ideas on how to monitor our feelings and emotions.
One idea I would like to incorporate is a google form for all students to share their feelings and why they feel that way so they can feel safe to share it in a private way.

2022-09-19 22:08:45 UTC

I definitely feel that the SEL component of my lessons get lost daily. I am so busy worrying about curriculum that I have to be more mindful that kids are kids and they deserve a mind break. I have done positive affirmations with my 7th graders at the beginning of week 2 so that they always have some positive statements they can go back to in case they are having a “bad” day.

I will definitely be doing this with the 6th grade classes I have!

SEL Take Away & Lesson Idea

2022-09-19 23:45:32 UTC

SEL is very important. I practice yoga & meditation regularly and could see how my students would benefit from such practices, especially when they are frustrated in the art classroom. I feel that SEL & art go hand in hand as students are always expressing themselves and their emotions through art. Art journaling is something I would like to bring into the classroom. We are very project based currently but allowing students the freedom to express themselves more would be beneficial. I also like the idea of making positive posters. I definitely want to implement that into an art lesson. SEL is so important in creating a positive environment.

Takeaway

2022-09-20 00:01:12 UTC

I teach a self-contained 8:1:1 classroom and I think it can be easier to focus on SEL in a our classrooms. We make time to check in with our students and create SEL Lessons during multiple times a day, let alone a week. Fridays I like to do extra life skills and SEL Lessons specifically as a nice way top end the week and head into the weekend (where a lot of students might not have the best home lives and might stress being at home for a couple of days, not feeling safe or taken care of, cared about, etc.). SEL is a part of life skills because social emotional learning helps students to better cope, understand and manage their feelings, as well as helping them be better aware of others feelings as well. It is equally as important for teachers to have check ins throughout each day, whether it be independent or as a whole group because if a student is not mentally "ready" to accept new knowledge coming in, then your lesson ends up lost and a waste of time. We need to first make sure that we re emotionally okay before focusing on academic material.

SEL Takeaway

2022-09-20 00:21:40 UTC

As a mathematics teacher, I often focus the beginning weeks on developing a Growth Mindset in my students by incorporating a variety of non-curricular tasks. Once, students feel more comfortable with the task of taking on roles and using their strengths do I begin curricular tasks.

Secondarily, during my advisory block, I always start the day with a quote. Our current focus in September, being 'new beginnings." Students are asked to interpret the quote in their own words and then either state how it connects or does not connect to their lives. By using these quotes, the students are often more willing to share about their experiences and debrief about their days. Additionally, every money we have a 3 minute meditation routine that helps focus students and gives them time to decompress throughout their busy school day.

Student engagement relies on your relationship with them. Having themes for each day of the week provides and opportunity for me to create those relationships. Mondays are "Mindful Mondays". We explore SEL with various activities. Tuesdays are "Twisted Tuesdays". I presented an online image. we discuss if it's real or fake. Wednesdays are "Wow Wednesdays. This is science demo day. Thursdays are "Team Thursdays" and we play games to build community. Fridays are "Flashback Fridays". I tell a story from my childhood so students get to know me. I hope that this shows them that we have somethings in common.

anastasiochem — 2022-09-20 00:41:33 UTC

SEL Take-Aways

ccollins161 — 2022-09-20 01:00:09 UTC

Something that I heavily enjoy including in my classroom is literature and conversation. I think that when students feel comfortable or like they can be vulnerable many times the SEL components; self awareness, self management, relationship skills and social awareness are becoming more evident in the classroom community. I include a lot of literature and books in the classroom to support with topics. Some of the books that I've googled for me to include in my classroom activities on Fridays are:
Say Something
My mouth is a Volcano
A Little Spot of Empathy
Those Shoes
Amazing Grace
Proudest Blue
The World Needs more Purple People

SEL Takeaway

2022-09-20 02:03:52 UTC

I am a social worker for two 6:1:1 ED classrooms so SEL is a part of my everyday job. I love seeing everyone's ideas so that I can freshen my lessons and learn how to help my teachers integrate more SEL in their classrooms. Mindfulness is always a go to of mine, since it can be practiced anywhere. Some of my students love yoga, and working on deep breathing is a great part of that.

SEL Take Away

kerianallensewell1 — 2022-09-20 13:53:59 UTC

Broadly speaking, social and emotional learning refers to the process through which individuals learn and apply a set of social, emotional, and related skills, attitudes, behaviors, and values that help direct students. This includes thoughts, feelings, and actions in ways that enable them to succeed in school. With that stated it is important that as a teacher I address these needs in my classroom daily.

I must say as a math teacher I do not spent enough time addressing my students SEL. This is because I am so focus on the curriculum. After completing this course, I have gained a vast amount of knowledge that will definitely help to address my students’ needs. The first activity I can do with students is to have the watch a growth mindset video and discuss the importance of having such mindset. The other would be starting with a daily check-in with students using a google form, which will be posted in their google classroom.

SEL Takeaway / Lesson

2022-09-20 14:38:23 UTC

I use the YouTube videos of the book series A Little Spot of... which are great for identifying and dealing with specific emotions.

SEL Takeaway

2022-09-20 17:40:13 UTC

As a first year teacher at my new district, I am given different goals to work towards. One of my goals is about being more trauma sensitive. My responsibilities include providing a safe environment where students can work on their CASEL competencies, building relationships, utilizing coping strategies.

I work with 9th graders with disabilities. Before every Resource, I have my students write/type in their journal for 5-10 minutes. I encourage them to write about situations and how they felt during. They have a difficult time identifying their emotions. They know they are angry, but could they really be feeling disappointed, frustrated, hurt, etc.

SEl Take away - Academics are important however sel is an important aspect of our students' lives that is often overlooked. Students can have sel questions each morning to help them reflect on their emotions or problems .

2022-09-20 19:16:46 UTC

SEL Takeaway

2022-09-20 19:43:53 UTC

My takeaway from this course is that understanding a student's social and emotional needs is very important inside and outside of the classroom. I make it a point to incorporate SEL practices daily in my morning meetings. I have my students interact with their classmates through various activities and lessons. I also believe in using a "take a break" station in my classroom. This allows students to decide when they feel they need a break from learning to calm down or take a mindful minute before returning to a given task. I have seen students really benefit from both activities and will continue to utilize both in my classroom.

2022-09-20 19:48:27 UTC

Many students, teachers, and schools these days are so hyper-focused on teaching the content and preparing for tests, often forgetting how important SEL is to our students' successes. Especially over these last few difficult years, it is important to create a community within our classrooms and help create a positive and welcoming community for our learners.

Each week during our advisory period, I aim to create an environment of inclusivity, openness and vulnerability. This can be done through the power of a circle. Each week, a question will be posed for the class and as a talking piece is passed around the circle, students will have a spotlight to share what is on their minds and express how they are feeling in response to our daily question. This question can be framed around relationship building, listening skills, how to be a good and trustworthy friend, how to find success in school, etc. It really allows the educator the flexibility to see what the class needs.

aali100 — 2022-09-20 20:09:05 UTC

I plan on doing some team building activities with my students to make sure that they all feel that they belong. My best way to do this is through discussions. Students love my sarcasm and sense of humor...it helps me help them find a positive role model

SEL Activity

2022-09-20 20:43:02 UTC

It is increasingly important to focus on students expressing their emotions. As a special education teacher I have placed a bucket in my classroom called a relaxed bin. Students can go to this bin when they are feeling frustrated or need a break. This bin offers them little activities to help them relax and calm down.

SEL plans

2022-09-20 21:16:53 UTC

The drama class I teach has a lot to do with SEL. In order for students to feel safe enough to make artistic choices, they must be open to being vulnerable in front of one another. The SEL activities presented would serve my students very well. Students will be able to speak to their emotions in an articulate way. I plan on teaching them how to channel real life experiences into energy they can use on stage.

Take Away

2022-09-21 00:15:15 UTC

The concept of caring for ourselves as teachers has not been the emphasis for years. As a music teacher, it is something really important as work-homelife boundaries are difficult.

A lesson that would be helpful is using our music in class to have a mindful minute and a moment to relax and reflect.

SEL Routines

2022-09-21 00:28:01 UTC

I think that incorporating Daily Routines will help students open up and feel more comfortable. I started a ritual of Roses/Thorns/Buds and it has been effective. At first, they are hesitant. But by the end of the school year, they are requesting to do the activity and love to share. I want to find more routines like this to include in our classroom structure and culture.

Take Away/SEL Plans

jshelton41 — 2022-09-21 00:46:02 UTC

My key takeaway from this course is the concept that students social and emotional needs outside of the classroom can have a major impact on how they perform in the classroom.

I plan on checking in with students daily by making current events not just what major events are happening in the world, but also what is happening in their part of the world and in their lives.

SEL Take Aways

asoto133 — 2022-09-21 01:07:14 UTC

I am currently part of the PBIS committee at my school. We implement positive intervention supports that help with our SEL. Each day I provide mood meters to each child. They circle how they are feeling. When it comes to morning circle everyone will share how they feel and explain why they are feeling that way. This opens conversation for others to comment.
Sometimes students may need to cool down in the cool down area. This is a safe comfortable place where students can hug a stuffed animal, use a stress ball, take deep breaths. In the cool down area we provide students will tools that help them with self regulating their emotions. After lunch we also have students participate in a mindfulness activity.

SEL Takeaway

2022-09-21 02:00:28 UTC

I am a first grade teacher in an ICT (integrated co-teaching teaching) classroom with both general education students and students with special needs. The needs of my students are very diverse! This is my 15th year of teaching and I can honestly say that the past two years have been the most challenge years due to the pandemic. There have been a lot of anxiety in the classroom and this goes for all students (even the most high performing, and confident ones). Some things to not to forget is that some students have experienced drastic changes in their lives, like moving to a different house or town, losing a family member or friend, or not being able to do the things they were able to do or enjoy before the pandemic. Creating a safe environment and spending time on SEL is so important in these really trying times.

Takeaway

2022-09-21 02:30:02 UTC

In my math classroom I've been using mood meter that I use at the start of every lesson in order for me to assess how students are feeling. During Do Now, I circulate around the room to assess. I also started to incorporate circles in my classroom during advisory time, at first they were resistant and I try my best to stay consistent in order for the group to speak about important topics related to self awareness and self management. This year I'm trying my best to prioritize SEL into my curriculum. I'm start planning for Fridays to have build in time for teambuilders and would like to do activities such as Anger Dice Game, Kind or Trash and etc. -Bridget Lopez

Takeaways

2022-09-21 10:47:45 UTC

My biggest takeaway from this course is that students’ social and emotional well-being is something that we can actively address in our classes. By taking the time to give students the resources they need to learn how to interact regulate their thoughts and emotions as individuals and in groups, we can empower them to be more effective learners.

One thing that I have started doing with my students is mindfulness moments at the beginning of class. We take a moment to connect to our breathe and focus on what we are feeling. We make an effort to shift that focus to a sense of calm in our breath.

I have found that my students are more focused and calmer.

SEL Takeaway

jroland20_1 — 2022-09-21 11:16:10 UTC

One major takeaway from this class is how students' "outside lives" affect their school day. As an adult, I am aware of outside influences and challenges I face and do my best to not bring those into my classroom. Students are less likely to be able to separate from these challenges and shouldn't have to. As educators, we need to be there for our students to encourage positive mental health and positive choices. This starts with us. We need to make sure that we take care of ourselves first. I love seeing the current push for student AND teacher SEL.

Takeaway

2022-09-21 11:46:41 UTC

I love that SEL has become a part of our vernacular and that teachers are being asked to formalize these lessons in their daily interactions with students.

Takeaway

2022-09-21 12:04:01 UTC

SEL has made my teaching much less stressful because I do a daily check in with my students to gage how they are feeling that day. I have realized that their outside lives are very important to how they work and participate in school. Students emotional wellbeing is something I strive to make sure they feel safe and secure in my classroom.

In my class I have implemented daily check ins, mindfulness activities and daily breathing exercise. We work on team building as well to create proper social skills.

Take Away

2022-09-21 12:12:49 UTC

As a high school music ensemble teacher, we can frequently get stuck in the weeds nit picking and rehearsing... It's beneficial to be in tune (no pun intended) with the students in the room and recognize when a break is necessary. I find it really helpful when morale/energy is low to just take a break and talk. Our students have a lot to say and they appreciate being heard and listened to. The quality of the remainder of the rehearsal is often much better after this.

SEL Takeaway

2022-09-21 12:36:49 UTC

I started to work on an SEL padlet (they’re so pretty & informative) to put on the library website.

I’ll include SEL resources and virtual museums, botanical garden tours, etc.

SEL Takeaways

2022-09-21 13:01:47 UTC

I love integrating SEL practices into my ELA classroom. Studying literature allows us to provide "windows" and "mirrors" to our students so that they can see themselves in books, but also gain access into new worlds. I also like to use activities like "Chime Time" to refocus students. You ring a chime or singing bowl and ask students to raise their hands when they can no longer hear the sound. You can repeat this as many times as you'd like.

SEL Take Away

2022-09-21 13:17:39 UTC

I am a younger high school teacher. With that being said, many students look to me as their older sibling or someone they can talk to about their struggles. It has made me very aware of what many students are struggling with on a daily basis. I think it is great that SEL is now included in our school curriculum. If we can support them emotionally, the better off they are academically.

SEL Takeaway

2022-09-21 15:08:18 UTC

As a Sped teacher, it is always to check in with your student during the day to see how they are doing. I like the idea of having positive posters in the classroom where they can refer to. Students can also express their feelings on a notebook provided to them or share with us or private.

SEL Takeaway

2022-09-21 15:10:25 UTC

I love using SEL in my 6th grade ELA classroom. Discussing characters allows multiple opportunities for my students to talk about themselves and work on their social emotional health.

I plan to use more Mindful Moments when I see my students need it. Perhaps even start or end my period with them

SEL Take Away

2022-09-21 15:14:29 UTC

I found so many amazing resources. On thing I plan on implementing tomorrow are daily affirmations and try to find ways to talk about growth mindset during morning meetings

Take away

2022-09-21 15:26:44 UTC

SEL is so important to incorporate into the classroom, especially after the pandemic. I think forming personal relationships with students and getting to know them build a level of trust that can't be gained without these conversations. I plan to incorporate several different strategies such as mindful moments, talking about what students are grateful for as well as yoga on special occasions.

Takeaway

2022-09-21 15:38:32 UTC

I have really wanted to include more SEL activities in my classroom and this was extremely helpful. We will be making goals thinking of a growth mindset and I have created a “calm down corner” for my kids to use when needed. I loved the idea of school wide themed days and will bring this to my school and see if we can do a couple.

Take Away

2022-09-21 16:14:45 UTC

I find it so useful to use SEL! I use it in all of my subjects like reading, writing and in math. We use it everyday. It is good to have the students express how they are feeling and see that most students are feeling like that they do not feel alone. Also, seeing in books that have the students see that in read a loud book they know that it is okay to have feelings. SEL is amazing

Takeaway

2022-09-21 16:28:38 UTC

Loved a lot of these ideas! What I plan to do is create more posters to remind students of how to change their mindset from "this is too hard" to "I just haven't figured it out yet."

2022-09-21 17:27:25 UTC

Growth mindset is such an interesting and powerful concept. As a high school math teacher so often students come in having a predetermined notion of how the year is going to go for them because they have fixed idea of their ability. But getting students on board with the idea that that is not true and understanding the power of the word yet really makes a difference in how they act for the year. This is even really important for advanced or honors students. So often those students have never struggled in math and actually do not know how to struggle and instead shut down. Again getting them to understand the power of the word yet helps them to not give up so easily.

This year I want to incorporate more mindfulness practices. Students are so often stressed coming into class that they aren't open to learning because they cannot focus. I plan on keeping post it notes on each desk and starting each period with just a moment. A moment to sit and breathe, a moment to "dump" out their frustrations and struggles on the post it note. Just so that they can take a few minutes to relax and open themselves up to what I have to teach them. If they want to give me their post it, if they feel its important to share great; if not and they just want to toss it because they just needed a moment to vent and get their head right then that works too.

SEL Take Away and Lesson

2022-09-21 17:31:06 UTC

I like how we are encouraged to take care of ourselves as well. I always remember, when on a plane, you must put the oxygen mask on before you can help anyone else. Same applies to your students and classroom. I feel you have to model behavior and strategies to help your students cope. I really like the meme exercise to gauge how your students are feeling before you begin any instruction. I will definitely incorporate that with my Special Education classes.

Takeaway -I would like to implement the idea of self-management (managing ones own thoughts, feelings, emotions, etc). I feel like even our older students are so dependent on others for their needs (affirmation, re-assurance, self-worth) that they get paralyzed with fear to do something wrong or "less than" in other's eyes. I would like to empower older students be comfortable with uncertainty and less dependent on adults or perfection. Students feel so much need to be right, that they aren't willing to take risks with problem solving. Perhaps a focus on self-management and being comfortable with uncertainty would be helpful for all kids. Uncertainty is a fact of life that we have to live manage and live with.

2022-09-21 17:46:23 UTC

SEL

2022-09-21 18:21:55 UTC

I found so many useful ideas for my class. We try to do SEL each day and I will be making many posters to keep my students engaged.

2022-09-21 18:25:51 UTC

I do SEL in my classroom each day. I will be using many posters in my classroom to help my students stay engaged!

Take Away

2022-09-21 18:45:01 UTC

I would like to use mentimeter or aha slides to gauge how my students are feeling in class without putting them on the spot.

Take Away

2022-09-21 18:58:34 UTC

Self Care for Educators is so important! As a 7th grade SPED teacher, it is extremely important to have self care in order to be the best teacher the students need. This resource adds perspective for how to implement self care.

SEL Takeaway

2022-09-21 19:03:22 UTC

I love the CASEL program. The 5 competencies have helped my students to acquire and apply the knowledge, and skills to develop their healthy identities.
Every morning, I do a "SEL Check in" activity with my students. I post the Learning Target: Students will be able to practice Self-Awareness skills.
I give guided questions for discussion. For example: What is adversity? What does it mean to overcome adversity? Explain why it is important to understand your individual strengths and challenges?
Task: Complete the following positive affirmations and share with your peers:
I am… I can… I will… I am willing to…
I choose to…
Then, I play a motivational video. For example:
https://youtu.be/3WS4iynPYro
My students get use to the routine, and they love the ritual! :)

Performance Opportunities

2022-09-21 20:48:10 UTC

As an Arts teacher, it's always helpful to give students an opportunity to share their feelings in a safe environment. On Fridays, I give time for my choir and piano students to perform song that they love for the class. This creates connections, relieves stress, and strengthens bonds between students.

Allow students time and space for rest and quiet. There are 24 character traits that can be addressed to help students boost happiness and achieve their goals. This activity allows students to take a break as necessary throughout the day.

2022-09-21 21:18:42 UTC

SEL Take Away & Lesson

2022-09-22 00:20:30 UTC

You can't pour from an empty cup. It is so important for teachers to take time for themselves and truly develop their own healthy identities and learn to manage their emotions. This is truly the only way we can care for students and staff within our school community and beyond. We can't just teach it, we have to truly live it. I will be implementing the Mindfulness Mini-Unit in my classroom during our morning meetings. This will provide all of us the opportunity to learn and grow together in the present moment.

SEL plays a vital role in the classroom as it helps students communicate their problems instead of getting angry. It teaches students how to interact with each other in a polite manner and how to be respectful.

2022-09-22 01:01:50 UTC

read aloud books about acts of kindness and what it means to be kind. I think it is so important for students to understand something as simple as kind words or a hug can change someones day

2022-09-22 01:10:24 UTC

Takeaway

2022-09-22 02:15:17 UTC

To take time to have students share their feelings with each other especially during stressful times of the year.

Takeaway and Lesson

2022-09-22 11:41:12 UTC

I will begin using mindfulness with my students. We will start each day learning to relax, let go of stresses, and begin our day on a new page. I think it will be wonderful for all of us.

Takeaways

2022-09-22 11:52:50 UTC

I love the idea of giving students the time and space to think about the positive things that has occurred in their life. This and using mindfulness meditation is useful before exams where many students are pessimistic and doubt their abilities.

Another activity that I think I can implement in my classroom are escape rooms that encourages team building, collaboration, and community.

Finally, so many of our students utilize technology and social media. I think spending time to inform them of digital privacy and safety and incorporating technology in the classroom using these skills is a great way to build digital communities.

SEL Takeaway

2022-09-22 11:53:25 UTC

One SEL takeaway I had was that it is important that students feel there voice is heard in the classroom. In addition it is important that they have a space place where they can reflect on their feelings and grow as a person.

One activity I could conduct is a mood meter before and after class to gauge how students are feeling.

One takeaway for me was the importance of self-care for teachers and students! If teachers are not taking care of themselves, they will not be equipped to care for their students. I also loved the various activities associated with self-care. There are so many different ways to ensure that we are all getting what we need in order to perform best for our students. Additionally, there are many things that we can do as educators to ensure that our students are practicing self care as well, in order to be productive students.

2022-09-22 12:20:01 UTC

Takeaway

2022-09-22 12:41:11 UTC

As an English teacher we explore a lot of different topics in the classroom, many of which can be provocative. It is so important that students feel like they have a safe space to talk about these things, and this presents an amazing opportunity to integrate SEL into our curriculum. I always want to know how they're feeling - and we are usually able to create an environment together that supports that.

Take away

2022-09-22 12:46:49 UTC

I love the idea of students sharing their ideas preferably during morning meetings to ensure their day goes as smooth as possible and those frustrations are spoken about before starting their day in the classroom.

SEL plays a critical role in the classroom and can be the difference between engagement/discussion and having to lecture when students are more willing to dive into the topic in a safe environment

2022-09-22 13:20:20 UTC

SEL Takeaway

2022-09-22 13:44:11 UTC

SEL is so important in the area of Special Education. This course has reminded me the importance of daily individual checkins and our use of Positive Behavior Interventions that we utilize in our building. I hope to add some visuals for our population from what I learn in this course.

2022-09-22 13:47:01 UTC

I love the idea of journaling for SEL. I would like to give students a personal journal for their own use with the option of a secure spot to put them if they would like me to read them, respond and return them to build relationships.

2022-09-22 13:54:08 UTC

In the program that I use, we already talk about mindset and "successful" failures. I love the idea of middle school journaling with the option to share with me or to keep it personal. I feel it could help with relationship building.

Takeaway

2022-09-22 13:56:30 UTC

I love building opportunities for students to express their feelings...about themselves, their performance, and feelings about others. Providing opportunities throughout the lesson are important components. Self- reflection, shout-outs to others, accepting feedback from others. Understanding where you are, how you show up for others, and steps you can take to improve are important for the learning process and for supporting SEL. The Rose/thorn/Bud is a great protocol and something new to me!

2022-09-22 21:27:57 UTC

Restorative circles are something our middle school has recently implemented as a regular part of the school year. Each month, we are expected to lead a restorative circle with a co-teacher and the topic changes each time. I, personally, love these circles and find them to be a great opportunity for students (and staff) to connect, open up, and show their more mature characteristics. We are so used to seeing them act silly and like children around their friends and in class that it's a beautiful moment to get to see their "grown-up" side, which is lying deep within them. It helps create a class community and helps build positive relationships and a positive classroom culture. It also gives pathways for students to share things that may be going on their lives that they need help with, especially rare instances when a sensitive case that needs serious attention might come up in a circle that wouldn't have come out otherwise.

SEL Lesson and Take Away

jdrogin2 — 2022-09-22 22:08:43 UTC

I try to incorporate social emotional learning in my classroom as often as I can. I will be putting up many posters in my classroom to help students stay engaged. I also want to use the Zones of Regulation Check In form every so often to see where my students are at.

The power of yet!!!

2022-09-22 22:09:57 UTC

2022-09-23 16:48:58 UTC

It is easy to incorporate little things and minor changes in practice to make big changes in students' SEL skills. One lesson sample from this training I plan to utilize is the digital citizenship digital dilemma activity.

SEL for all Through activity in PE

2022-09-23 17:06:45 UTC

SEL is absolutely important, especially post covid where we lost many human interactions with each other and many suffered taught times. We in the Gym are trying to have the students pic a question of the day and before any activity is even done, we have them walk and talk around the play space with a friend and discuss the question and if comfortable... share it out with us. The question will be a conversational starter of something like "when angry, how do you cope with anger, and do you feel its the best way too...?"
Ptouros

SEL for all through activity in PE

2022-09-23 17:07:41 UTC

SEL Idea for PE

asolomon51 — 2022-09-23 17:15:20 UTC

One thing that my coteacher and I have implemented is an SEL activity we call walk and talk. At the beginning of the period, instead of having kids sit on floor spots they walk laps around the gym. We give them a question of the day as a conversation starter that has nothing to do with school. Ex "What is your favorite snack to eat during a movie?"
This gives kids time to catch up with friends and gives them low level/low stakes physical activity

SEL takeaway

brunner11001 — 2022-09-23 17:50:55 UTC

At the beginning of a trimester, I will ask my students to list something they would like to improve on during the trimester. I also ask them to list one or two small steps that they can do to achieve their goal. Periodically, I will ask them to reflect upon their progress. If they have successfully implemented the small steps, I encourage them to come up with another small step to reach their goal. If they have not fully implemented their small steps, I will help them identify ways to do it or help them find another way to eventually reach their goal

sel bingo

2022-09-23 18:17:39 UTC

sel bingo

I teach Art Ed to 7th-12th grade students. One SEL teaching strategy that I've adopted was self reflections/assessments as well as peer feedback. I think it's important that students are social aware of their strengths and abilities so they can grow and work toward achieving their goals.

Regulating Emotions

dekleinej — 2022-09-25 14:26:08 UTC

I love this strategy/coping skill chart for students to regulate their emotions. I show inside out every year to my 7th graders and we discuss color theory and emotions. I will go over this strategy chart with them so they can develop some coping skills when they have these feelings in Art class.

SEL Takeaway and Lesson

2022-09-25 14:42:45 UTC

As a kindergarten teacher, we start each day with an SEL check in. We talk about our feelings, something that we are looking forward to during our school day, as well as something that might feel challenging. Sharing these thoughts helps set our day up for success by allowing us to problem solve and discuss ways to tackle the challenging parts of the day, as well as get excited for the parts we are looking forward to.

We also spend a few minutes each day practicing mindfulness. Each child has a "bubble jar" that they can use during this time. We talk about how our bodies feel before we start, and we notice how our bodies feel when we are finished. The students have a chance to quietly talk to their friends after we practice mindfulness to share their feelings with one another. This small addition to our day really helps our students refocus and prepare for the next learning block.

2022-09-25 14:51:40 UTC

I Think that SEL id crucial for all students and they need to understand how they are feeling and why. As a teacher, I will ask students to draw their feelings using colors of their preference. Then, I will ask them to share their pictures to explain why they choose the colors for their emotions.

2022-09-25 14:59:55 UTC

I think that SEL is very important for all students, they need to understand how they are feeling and why . As a teacher, every morning, I will check on students reasons for their ways of feelings. I will engage them in an activity where they can draw their emotions.

Take away

2022-09-25 15:33:02 UTC

I think that SEL is very important for the students because students can regulate their emotions and improve their relationships with their surroundings. As a teacher, I will plan a lesson where students can draw their emotions using colors of their preference. Then, they will share with each other their pictures and talk about the colors identified with their drawings.

Takeaway

2022-09-25 16:06:09 UTC

Working with younger students at my school we incorporate SEL in our Leader In Me program as well as classroom lessons lead by our school counselors. We have also started restorative justice circles in classrooms and small groups. Having books assessible as well as videos are great ways to keep up the SEL in our classrooms each day. This is especially important in these years following the pandemic as many students need SEL coming back to schools while being remote for a couple years.

SEL Takeaway

2022-09-25 16:25:37 UTC

Every morning as my students enter the classroom I greet them with a Good Morning...Happy whatever the day is. Most of the time they come in with smiles and the ones that don't I can tell that something is bothering them and if it's not addressed it can affect the flow of the day for the entire class - not just the student involved. We have morning meetings to do check-ins on how everyone is feeling using a mood meter. We also do this throughout the day because feelings can change and need to be addressed. We also stress how to deal with conflict, reassuring students that it's okay to have certain feelings. We stress being kind and respectful to one another as drawn up in the classroom charter that the students contributed and signed to follow through on. SEL is so important because it's something that students will need throughout life in all areas and as adults to be successful.

I have students who always are negative about themselves so helping them boost their self confidence is very important. I found a website with offering ways to achieve this at school

SEL checkins have become a daily activity in our school. We use the moodmeter to have students check in at the beginning of the day and introduce new "feeling" words starting in Kindergarten and moving up through Fifth grade. Students are used to having teachers check in on their emotional well-being any time of the day!

2022-09-25 17:27:29 UTC

2022-09-25 17:29:37 UTC

I think that it is very important for kids to learn different ways they can take care of themselves and I like the idea of focusing on different aspects (ex. mind, body). My students have a very difficult time self-regulating and there were a lot of great resources included in these slides as well as ideas shared. I like the idea of incorporating the different children's books to help explain difficult concepts and big feelings. -Sarah K

skoithan — 2022-09-25 18:57:03 UTC

Takeaway - Venuti

2022-09-25 19:04:18 UTC

For high schoolers, I think it is important to not forget SEL. Sometimes its just a really quick check in when I see a head down. I ask them sad, sick or sleepy so I know next steps and how to best help the student.
My school also has brainpower come into the building once a month where student get mini brain breaks in class and complete different activities.

2022-09-25 23:38:58 UTC

Because I push in to different classes all day I have limited time to implement ideas for promoting SEL that are very involved or time consuming. I plan to bring sticky notes to my stations and start off with the kids drawing the emoji that best describes their mood. They will be invited to share and quickly group brainstorm what others in the small group have done ( if it happened to be an image/mood with a problem attached to it ) to remedy the issue. Some kids will need to express themselves and find comfort in learning that they are not alone.

2022-09-25 23:43:24 UTC

I do monthly restorative circles with each of my classes and always start with glows and grows or shoutouts and appreciations.

taking it with me

sherrifarrell — 2022-09-26 00:02:07 UTC

Let's try this again...As I mentioned previously...I push in to several classrooms and it does not leave much time as we need to get our stations in. I do plan to utilize sticky notes the kids can draw an emoji for their mood and invite them to elaborate on it if they choose. Then group brainstorm to learn how others have handled the issue or just to know that they are not alone.

SEL Takeaway

2022-09-26 00:03:52 UTC

I plan to use journaling in my science class as a means to promote self-awareness. I teach 9th graders and I think journaling (by hand, not typing) can be a great way for them to practice mindfulness of what's working from them and what's not. Not only can it be used for SEL, but it can be used academically to think about and dive deeper into various concepts.

SEL takeaway

2022-09-26 00:15:34 UTC

I love the idea of having students write three positives every day. What a great way to start/end the day. I plan on using Michael Jordan’s story “Salt in his Shoes” to teach perseverance and kick off goal setting.

SEL Takeaway - JS

2022-09-26 00:18:16 UTC

I plan to implement journaling at the end of each week as a way to promote self-awareness in my science classroom. Not only will this promote SEL by giving students time share their thoughts on paper each week, but it can also help them academically by giving them a chance to dive deeper and explore the concepts we are learning. The journals will be handwritten to take a break from Chromebooks and allow them to release their thoughts on paper and critically look at what is working and what's not for them.

I'd like to explore strategies to help us think about how we can shift our feelings. I will also have students create their own personal mood meters so that they can track, recognize and label how they feel throughout the day. I like the idea of incorporating digital citizenship into the conversation.

2022-09-26 01:23:34 UTC

SEL Takeaway

2022-09-26 02:16:00 UTC

It's really important to always integrate SEL into everyday's lesson because it impacts students learning. Simply doing daily check-ins, using moodmeter, having them share any positive quote or positive affirmation, doing mindfulness will go a long way towards students engagement, motivation and participation.

SEL

2022-09-26 02:29:11 UTC

During my morning meeting, I present the students with "on the scale" of pictures that they can use to identify their mood. They then can share with the class if they feel comfortable. I also like to use the chart from the Inside Out movie to discuss ways students can help themselves process their emotions

SEL takeaway and lesson

2022-09-26 13:16:48 UTC

As a fourth grade teacher, teaching SEL has helped me recognize that the emotional well being of my students is extremely vital in the classroom for them to be successful. We use the Second Step Program in our district and the lessons help students navigate the process of identifying and managing their own emotions, recognizing the perspectives of others and developing empathy towards others. The process of Calming Down (stopping and using a signal, naming their feeling and breathing, counting and using positive self-talk) along with a Four Step Problem Solving strategy (saying the problem without blame, thinking of safe and respectful solutions, exploring consequences and making a plan to come up with the best solution) play a big role in ensuring that students will be successful at school, have a connection and maintain a safe and respectful environment in the classroom.

SEL

2022-09-26 13:59:19 UTC

One of the things I want to start trying is the mood meter in my class. Get a check in of how everyone is feeling before I start the lesson. See if there are any trends for students daily or the class as a whole.

SEL Takeaway

2022-09-26 14:34:33 UTC

I find that the SEL modules inspired me to do a new bell ringer for my class. Using a google form, I can simply have students list three things they are grateful for. This will be a great way to practice gratitude.

SEL and art

2022-09-26 15:23:07 UTC

Art is the perfect way of reflecting inward. It promotes focus and allows you to forget the bigger problems of the day. It challenges you and keeps you sharp. It is always there for you—you are never alone.

I am a special education teacher and I push into many classrooms which allows me to see how other teachers also teach SEL. I like to start my classroom with "getting to know you questions" especially at the beginning of the school year/quarter. I ask questions that require my students to respond with more than a "Yes" or "no" for example: "which fast food restaurant makes the best breakfast sandwich?" and this usually sparks conversations among students and allows me to get to know my students on a more personal level

2022-09-26 15:58:20 UTC

SEL & Science

2022-09-26 16:10:37 UTC

SEL is such an important aspect of developing the character of our students. I often include mini-activities when I'm doing advisory/homeroom, which helps my students get into the proper mindset before they start their day. As a middle school science teacher, I like to give some context behind the important of SEL and empathy. I connect it to the importance of empathy to the evolution of our human species. I also connect it to an in-class activity in which students read a short passage from Nature that discusses the need for empathy for survival.

SEL In Crew or homeroom

2022-09-26 16:29:59 UTC

I want to do speaking positive activity with my Crew class. I enjoyed the idea of building the students up and students encouraging each other. It might help them connect in this small class setting and bring lots of positivity into the school. Allan Martin Jr

SEL for social studies

2022-09-26 16:30:19 UTC

Using Fridays to let students explore their own interests would be a great way to introduce SEL. By collecting questions and topics that students would like to discuss and express their thoughts, they make their learning their own. It would be structured into socratic seminar but students discuss their thoughts and opinions using accountable talk sentence stems to respect each speaker.

SEL & Health Education

2022-09-26 16:30:32 UTC

I am a Health Education teacher so SEL (I feel) is already embedded into my subject. We spend a lot of time talking about the foundations of SEL as a class. We use tools such as the Mood Meter from the RULER concept by Mark Brackett which helps gauge the feelings and emotions of our students at any given time. I truly believe that once we understand the feelings and emotions of our students that we will be able to address there needs in a better way.

SEL & HPE

2022-09-26 16:37:22 UTC

I'm excited to implement SEL strategies in my classroom for health and try to incorporate it in the PE classroom. My health students journal everyday as their warm up, I love including the 3 positive things to get their minds shifted to a positive state.

2022-09-26 18:01:10 UTC

I am excited to implement some of the resources that were on the last Padlet. The seesaw resources are great as a follow up for a lesson. I teach first, but would love to start journaling by potentially starting with a feelings check in, and as they become more able, creating prompts for them to respond to.

SEL Decision-Making

cottomanelli2 — 2022-09-26 20:02:49 UTC

I will try to check in more with students about their decision-making process and problem-solving skills, emphasizing our work with self-awareness and self-management.

SEL & ENL

2022-09-26 20:29:32 UTC

It's so important to include SEL when it comes to ELL students. They may feel like they don't belong, so it's important to make them feel welcome and included. I always include talking about feelings in our lessons.

Fixed vs. Growth Mindset

2022-09-26 20:31:03 UTC

I think that the basis of SEL has to start with a foundation of positive thinking. I like to use this worksheet with my students at the beginning of the year to practice changing their mindset with regard to things that they say to themselves or others. This particular worksheet focuses on academic related phrases, but it could easily be adapted for a variety of social situations and be practiced routinely throughout the year.

Takeaway/Plans

2022-09-26 21:18:42 UTC

My key takeaway from this course is the importance of checking in with your students emotional needs. They need to know that they have a safe adult they can talk to about anything that is going on in their lives in order to do their best in the classroom. I plan on using the Mood Meter with my class so they can constantly check in with how they are feeling. I will also use sentence stems to give them the words to express themselves.

2022-09-27 15:19:35 UTC

I have learned a lot that I will be able to utilize in my teaching practices. I would like to figure out a way to add in more mediation or restorative discussions when possible. I have found that these really do make a difference. Checking in with students not only shows that you, as an educator, care but also that it allows them the time to talk about things that may be on their mind. It is also important to allow students to have a voice and have the ability to talk, and reassure them that their voice is heard and matters. Mindfulness is also something that is important to keep in our everyday teaching practice.

It is just as important to address Social emotional learning as it is to address academics. I related to this from an ENL/ MLL perspective. When students first arrive, and in there early months (or years) here, there is focus on survival language and academic skills but equal (if not greater) focus on social emotional adaptation to the school community and their social/emotional feelings can make or break their experience in this new school / community / country / culture. I will make an effort to put a lot of care into ensuring that the students feel welcome, comfortable, safe, and a valued part of the community. An activity that I'd like to do is a culture share, for example, something I like about my country/home culture, something I like about another country's culture (could be anywhere), and a question I have about X's culture. I want students to engage and share respectfully. We can expand to be mini-presentations, printing and posting photos around the room, etc as a way to share out and feel proud of the cultural diversity in our school.

2022-09-27 16:39:08 UTC

Take Away,

2022-09-27 17:14:20 UTC

As an Educator, I will make sure that each student should have access to personalized instruction to meet their educational needs. It is my job to find activities that peek their attention and analyze each student to see their strength and needs of improvements. I will also help my students improve their self-awareness, self-management, building relationship skills through group activities and many more.

SEL and Mental Health

2022-09-27 17:19:52 UTC

I am currently taking a course in Mental Health First Aid which discusses self-care. SEL is a way to help students be mindful of how they perceive themselves and care for their mental health. If we help students feel connected and can be a supportive adult in their life we can help direct them to the resources they may need.

Including SEL in my classroom

2022-09-27 17:25:59 UTC

It is my first time being and teaching in a special education setting. I feel like I have a lot to learn. One of the things I need in my classroom is to include SEL a lessons and techniques. I will implement the check in and check out. I also loved the idea of quiet time to have kids make their own choices and go to their own quiet space to think. Sometimes students don’t make good choices by implementing quiet time gives them the time to reflect back. I will also use the growth mindset techniques and have student celebrate their failures. A lot of my student are self conscious about reading and spelling. I could model for them that I have difficulties in spelling and it ok to misspell and try to spell words on our own. Modeling and using SEL to make them aware that I do make mistakes and I can move on and learn from it.

My take away is how important it is to dedicate time to SEL in the classroom. Building that relationship with students and among students so game changing. I already incorporate SEL activities in class, but one activity from this class I want to try is "Someone Else's shoes." Role playing others' situations, so that students can enhance empathy and social relationships.

2022-09-27 17:27:56 UTC

SEL Takeaway

2022-09-27 17:54:17 UTC

After taking this course I understand the concept of SEL quite a bit better. As a physical educator we already approach SEL and assess this learning in the "Affective" domain of learning. One activity I enjoyed learning about in this course is the "mood check ins" where a list of different emoji faces could be displayed by the entrance to the gym. This gives students (especially those who are quiet) a chance to tell someone how they are feeling whether it is good or bad. As a teacher you use this as a way to show kids you care and it gives us a chance to connect with them which is what a "SEAL" teacher does. Overall this was a great course and I plan on implementing various components into my classroom!

SEL takeaway

I am a theatre teacher, so many of my lessons (in acting and in playwriting) involve dealing with and discussing emotional and social issues. In acting classes we practice listening and responding to each other honestly and respectfully. Students have to think about their emotions and the things that matter to them, as well as the things that trigger them, in order to make connections to their character. Playwrights must explore social and personal dynamics in their writing, and then learn to share their works and give and receive feedback that honors the experiences of the reader and the writer. One of my favorite SEL activities is writing and sharing Moth stories: https://themoth.org/education/stories
We listen to several stories together as a class. Then each student prepares and shares a story from their own lives that captures a moment of change, growth or transformation. I find it to be a wonderful way of building community in a classroom.

The big take away for me was that instead of thinking students are being disruptive, think of it as students trying to connect. We are often so busy in the classroom that not all students get 1:1 attention that they would like to have. Plus when we give too much time for students sharing then we can "lose" the class. I am going to do more turn and talks and more moments of sharing throughout the day, especially when students come in for the day.

2022-09-27 23:07:44 UTC

SEL and ELLs

2022-09-27 23:08:06 UTC

It's important to incorporate SEL in an ELL classroom. It's important to make them feel comfortable to find ways to speak and include images about their feelings. An aspect of SEL is always included in my lessons.

SEL Takeaway

2022-09-27 23:28:33 UTC

As an art educator in the elementary setting, I'm finding it is important to incorporate SEL into my classroom. Art lends it self to SEL in such a seamless way. I can educate these young artist with art making tools to express themselves when words can not.

Takeaway SEL

2022-09-27 23:39:00 UTC

As a special education teacher I feel the need to prepare resources that I can implement or modify to fit my students needs in multiple areas and specifically building their SEL competencies. I found that these worksheet templates are great to give me inspiration based on different students and their anticipated needs in learning about themselves and their social emotional needs.

Take away

2022-09-27 23:47:28 UTC

As a special education teacher, my students often struggle with self-regulation and patience. I am looking forward to implementing feelings and emotions to my lessons. Often we focus on how much they need to be learning rather than how are they feeling and how can we help them feel better when feeling down.

Takeaway

2022-09-27 23:56:17 UTC

I have been incorporating SEL through sentence starters in my classroom for when students start to have a disagreement or when working in groups. I also discuss mindset. My goal and take away is to include more discussion of digital citizenship as I had not heard of the 5 pillars or the 6th before. I think it's important to discuss and break the myths related to these practices while considering how this helps our students to learn more empathy.
I hope to include this in my smaller AIS group of students and later grow it with my larger classes.

I also found the gem of a book for me to read about called "Bully".

SEL Takeaways

sfreestone — 2022-09-28 00:13:45 UTC

My plan is to do circles with my classes. This is a restorative practices technique, and for anyone that is not familiar - very basically, you get in a circle with your students and you ask them 3-4 questions to get them talking and thinking about life. When you know your students better, you incorporate deeper questions, but at the beginning, keep it really light. One thing that I have are some Table Topics cards, and I want to use those as examples of questions to ask my students. You then go around the circle and each student answers the question, as well as the teacher - students and teacher may only talk when they have the talking "stick." It's a great way to get to know each other, but to also teach judgment-free zones and listening without talking while others talk. This creates deeper relationships within the classroom and amongst the students, and hopefully encourages empathy and understanding.

2022-09-28 17:01:03 UTC

Takeaway/Lesson Idea

2022-09-28 17:33:58 UTC

As a health teacher, we discuss social and emotional as well as mental states/health. As students, there is so much that goes on in their lives that can impact their learning. I've learned by working with kids that if they are not in a good mindset, they will not learn well! My takeaway from this is to try and actually notice and be aware. If a student is absent, maybe there is a reason. If they are tired, maybe there is a reason. Sometimes, a student is just hungry and that could be why they feel off. Forming a good relationship with students can also help them open up by themselves and in the future.

A lesson idea I have is to create a board. Students can work together as a class to identify signs of a bad mental or emotional state and what they can do to fix it. We can also have ideas created by the students on how they can assist themselves or talk to a teacher about it. This board can stay in the class and always be visible to help the students.

ENL and SEL

2022-09-28 18:08:00 UTC

It is vital for ENL students to be an active part of the SEL conversation. Students need the wherewithal to appreciate their cultures while being accepting of others. Students can share and be proud of their family history and encourage classmates to share and be proud of theirs.
Students can create blogs (digital platform where respect and dignity can be highlighted). Teacher can ask a weekly guided question. Students can create their blog post and others can respond. As the year progresses and routines are established. Students can take ownership of the guided questions and peer moniter the responses. Students can help one another while also being responsible for their own work as well as being self aware of their responses to others.

Takeaway & Lesson Idea

2022-09-28 18:18:27 UTC

As a health educator, we cover the mental/emotional health topics with the students. When students are asked what is Health they think it is just about eating right and exercising but its more than that. Students have a very hard time dealing with their emotions and how to cope with that. Not many even feel comfortable talking to anyone.

A lesson idea, could be a bulletin board focused on expressing yourself anonymously and others can give advice or guidance to someone anonymously as well. It will give them the comfort to be able to open up and have someone listen to them in another form.

Upper Elementary

2022-09-28 18:34:46 UTC

As a 6th grade teacher, I find this age poses a lot of students pushing the limits of what is acceptable in all aspects of their educational lives, including the social aspects. Cyber bullying has been a large part of these issues at my school and feel that this book is a great way to add to the curriculum we already follow to teach students about this issue.
Lizzy's Triumph Over Cyber-bullying!: Cyber safety can be fun [Internet safety for kids] (Diary of Elle) (Volume 2)

Self Care for Educators

2022-09-28 18:38:03 UTC

It is vital to take care of ourselves as educators and humans in order to be able to care for and teach others. I really feel that being self aware is a huge piece of self care that we neglect and if you follow the steps to be more aware we can help others succeed.

Middle School

2022-09-28 19:23:55 UTC

I plan to have my students complete a weekly reflection where they write three positives for the the week.

Middle School Special Education

2022-09-28 19:27:44 UTC

I plan to have my students write a weely reflection where they write out 3 positives from the week,

Takeaway/Lesson

2022-09-28 20:55:35 UTC

I’d like to try having a space in my classroom to students to have some independent time—I like the idea of encouraging self awareness and how that could help students self manage better. I’d like to incorporate a lesson where students think/write about three positive things they can think of each day—I could see how even thinking of positive things could be energizing and motivating for anyone!

(Emtiaz Hussain)

2022-09-28 21:21:19 UTC

As an early childhood educator, I plan on teaching and practicing mindfulness and expression and acceptance of emotion with young children. My young students will view, understand, and learn different ways to take control of their minds, relax, and use words and positive techniques to manage their feelings, as well as help others.

SEL in the Classroom

2022-09-28 21:24:26 UTC

One idea that I would like to improve in my classroom is to create a center in my classroom that focuses on teaching students how to build positive coping skills - activities to help them identify how they are feeling and why, sensory toys

SEL Take Away

2022-09-28 22:30:19 UTC

I like to use the cup challenge as a team building activity in my classroom. It makes students focus on both team work and communication which is pivotal in a classroom. I also thought the section on teacher self care was extremely important. We are often so overwhelmed with our daily duties that we don't take the time to really take care of ourselves.

SEL for elementary students

2022-09-28 22:52:20 UTC

I look forward to incorporate SEL activities in our journal entries. I think it is important for students to understand their feelings and understand that all feelings are okay to feel. It is more important to appreciate and work through feelings than to ignore or suppress our feelings.

SEL Idea

2022-09-28 23:20:09 UTC

I plan to implement students writing down three positive things in class, or something similar. My co-teacher and I started doing a "positive moment" where we find some kind of positive meme and show it as part of our SEL check in, but having students actively be part of keeping their own spirits up is just such a great idea. Being an ELA class, it can be expanded upon and become skill, and perhaps even content, specific.

MS ELA

2022-09-29 00:02:13 UTC

I already try to have a check in meter or a turn and talk upon entry. I will try to incorporate more SEL with daily writing journals. These will connect to whatever we’re learning for the day.

I am so grateful for this course! I have been very invested in the SEL mentality in my district and have a led a lot of professional developments on Community Circles and Mindfulness. I think this is the MOST important thing we can teach, especially post pandemic. Kids need to feel supported and safe and cared for.

2022-09-29 00:03:33 UTC

SEL takeaway

2022-09-29 00:37:22 UTC

I use an interactive mood meter with my Kindergarten class as a check in to see how they are feeling. This is an activity they enjoy doing because they get to move their own picture as they identify their feeling. We do this in the morning after unpack. It is a way to quickly assess how the students are feeling, give support to who needs it and begin our day.

I agree that SEL is important in the classroom and I plan to include a drum circle where students can express themselves through the process of making music.

2022-09-29 01:04:44 UTC

I agree that SEL is important in the classroom and I plan to include a drum circle where students can express themselves through the process of making music.

SEL TAKEAWAY

2022-09-29 01:21:17 UTC

A LESSON IDEA I PLAN TO IMPLEMENT IS SEL AND RHYTHM. HAVING STUDENTS CREATE THEIR OWN RHYTHMS AND WORKING AS A GROUP TO PERFORM THEIR COMPOSITION.

SEL

2022-09-29 01:24:25 UTC

I do incorporate many aspects of SEL in my classroom. Our district has had SEL at the forefront since before the Covid outbreak and now leads even more PD related to SEL. As for me personally, I would like to use many of the resources, which I have bookmarked, to create a classroom environment to continue to encourage students to take risk and value failures as much as success.

GROWTH MINDSET

2022-09-29 01:25:44 UTC

HAVING STUDENTS REFLECT ON THEIR OWN LEARNING AND PARTICIPATION IN CLASS.

SEL in Early Childhood

2022-09-29 01:35:17 UTC

I think it's important for students to have the opportunity to share their thoughts and to have their classmates listen to them. In my classroom, I reinforce listening to the speaker, making eye contact, and responding to one another. I like to pair students up with another classmate and pose a "getting to know you" question for them to answer.

We also talk a lot about feelings in the books we read, and relating to how a character feels in the story. It's important for students to make connections and recognize feelings in others.

2022-09-29 13:50:41 UTC

2022-09-29 16:11:39 UTC

SEL is so important for teaching, learning, the community and with how we help and guide the youth. We never know what a person is going through and as a adult I at times find it difficult to express myself so I can image how a young person may feel when they are trying to learn a new math concept but they are still thinking about the argument they had with their grown up that moment. allowing student a moment throughout the day to decompress and become mindful of their emotional state will allow them to be mentally ready to learn.

SEL

kmartin471 — 2022-09-29 16:32:13 UTC

just recently moved to a school that puts an emphasis on SEL. im more of an introvert and it is not really helpful for me, but i do see how this could have a positive impact on students and faculty

rsantosdecastr — 2022-09-29 16:41:46 UTC

The concept of SEL has always seemed all encompassing and overwhelming for me. How could I possibly address so many of my students' needs and still have enough time left over for teaching content??
Thankfully, the resources in this course are very helpful to breakdown and give clear entry points for teachers to engage their students, that in turn give opportunities for expanding.
I find that one of the things my students struggle more with is self-awareness and positive thinking, so I will increase activities that promote the positive view of themselves. I will begin with "I am" statements every morning in homeroom, and use self-achievement goals every marking period. I am excited to see what comes from this!

SEL Takeaway

2022-09-29 17:11:57 UTC

I plan on having my students calm their bodies after their warm-up and stretching. I will also have a reflective moment at the end of each dance class. The students will help to lead these activities.

SEL in Early Child

2022-09-29 17:20:32 UTC

I work in a K-8 school. We did SEL everyday last year. This year we have started a circle time in which we have more opportunities to learn about our students and each other. It began as the teacher mostly speaking but now the students are really taking an initiative to come up with questions to ask each other, taking turns speaking and learning to respect others' opinions.

I will be incorporating SEL activities weekly because a student's mental wellness is just as important as their academics. I will check in with my students daily.

2022-09-29 17:29:26 UTC

SEL Takeaways

2022-09-29 17:33:00 UTC

My key takeaways from this module is the importance of creating a safe and welcoming environment for all students. I like to begin the year with introducing mindset and then relating back to it throughout the year. I will be implementing these ideas into my classroom on a weekly basis to help develop a sense of community and checking in with students daily to support their SEL needs.

SEL Take Away

2022-09-29 17:51:24 UTC

Building relationships is the key to classroom success. I create a welcoming environment for each student by having quick conversations with each student. Sometimes my conversation might just be a feeling temperature with a thumbs up or thumbs down signal. Student's mental well being is as important as academics. I will check in each class with my students.

SEL takeaway

2022-09-29 18:03:10 UTC

Identify the problem
Analyze situation
Brainstorm Solutions
Solve Problem
Consider Ethical Responsibility
Evaluate and Reflect

SEL Takeaways ...

2022-09-29 18:25:45 UTC

As a reading specialist I work with the struggling readers in my building. My takeaway and what I plan on implementing is to include daily affirmations into our small groups. My students often feel down on themselves and know they are struggling. I would like to build them up a bit this year and have them believe in themselves more. I recently saw that Snoop Dogg came out with a youtube channel that focuses on SEL that I think my kindergarten and first grade students would really enjoy. I am planning on having them watch the daily affirmations video as a jump start to our groups this year and to get us talking about how we can help ourselves be successful.

SEL Takeaway

2022-09-29 18:36:58 UTC

I work with "at-risk" high school students, who often need extra practice and modeling of self-regulation. The Zones of Self-Regulation form looks like it would be very helpful for these students. Our school is also working to incorporate SEL into classroom instruction.

Take Leadership

2022-09-29 18:37:40 UTC

I plan on having students focus on their personal abilities so that they can maintain a "growth mindset" and not focus on their current "short-comings". Allowing students an opportunity to think about what they are good at is positive reinforcement that can have a positive impact.

SEL Journal

2022-09-29 18:48:43 UTC

I plan to have my students keep an SEL journal. Every Monday they will set three goals for themselves to accomplish. We will then revisit our goals every Friday and write a reflection. The reflection will include actions taken to reach these goals, whether or not the goals were met, and what can be worked on next week to stick with the goal/ get closer to achieving it. I plan to add some interactive notebook pages as the year progress and I gain an understanding of what the students' SEL needs are.

Takeaway

2022-09-29 18:48:52 UTC

As a school counselor, I found links to some of the resources in the padlets extremely helpful. I plan to print out a few of the posters from Canva for my office.

SEL in my classroom

2022-09-29 19:05:08 UTC

Understanding Social Emotional learning and incorporating techniques into the classroom is something that is highly beneficial in all classrooms, especially special education classrooms. Everyday in my classroom we go over how we are feeling using the zones of regulation and discuss how are feelings are for the day, as students progress through the day we check in as needed to see if their feelings have changed and what we can do to help them if they are struggling in any way. Having empathy and understanding of how emotions can play a huge role in learning is important because if students are not in the right mind frame than how do we expect them to learn and grow.

SEL FOR HIGH SCHOOL

2022-09-29 19:21:40 UTC

SEL is very important in the classroom setting and I plan to include a round table discussion where students can talk about anything they deem is important to them.

SEL Takeaway

bpeterson25 — 2022-09-29 19:52:02 UTC

In my advisory class, we start every session with a check in, and one that I have liked to use is "Rose, Bud, Thorn", where students imagine their experiences throughout the week, with experiences that have come to fruition for them as Roses, thing that are still in the works as Buds, and things that they are potentially struggling with as Thorns. This allows them to conceptualize in different ways their life experiences that can connect them to others.

My SEL Takeaway

2022-09-29 20:39:32 UTC

The key takeaways from this module is the significance of creating a warm and welcoming environment for my students.
Allowing the kids to feel safe in the room, for feelings, for misunderstandings--to be free to be their whole and full selves.

SEL Takeaway

2022-09-29 20:40:24 UTC

I teach in an elementary school. During circle would be the best time for students to share how they are feeling as a way to express themselves. Sometimes they do not know what words to use to express themselves, so by looking at the mood meter they are given other words to explain how they are feeling.

SEL Takeaway

2022-09-29 21:13:29 UTC

I have learned that giving children a designated space and time to express feelings and track their feelings has helped their academic experience. Using a mood meter or even a mid-lesson check-in has improved student to teacher communication. I am excited to try the PearDeck slides to give students a chance to communicate with their class anonymously and also privately with me. This will help them relate to each other and create a confidential open discussion.

In my Physical Education classes we can start with a check in and which ways we can all work together and come up with an exercise routine to do all together. It will teach about life skills, positive environment and working together. SEL address self awareness, self management and social awareness and responsible decision making.

2022-09-29 21:29:39 UTC

2022-09-30 00:27:36 UTC

In my prek classroom we doing a song greeting every morning. I have a chart with how are you feeling on it and 3 choices. The students can move their name to how they are feeling that day. Throughout the day they may switch their name if their feelings change. I think that I would like to try having a end of day meeting where we check in. Even though they are only in prek the students have such big emotions that are hard to understand. Knowing how they thought their day went will help me to understand what I may need to change the next day. I really want all my students to know that their feelings matter and that I care about them and they can share what they are thinking with me.
I would also use this website https://ny.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/sesame-interactive-story-book-builder/story-book-builder-sesame-street/ to work with the students to help develop real scenarios that the students may encounter.

SEL

2022-09-30 13:39:11 UTC

As a special education teacher, I recognize that students may have a difficult time in school. Such difficulties may impact their well-beings socially, emotionally and sometimes physically. By encouraging my students to build a "tool box" of ways they can help themselves (i.e. journaling, asking for help, approaching an uncomfortable social situation, etc) I am enabling them to be better equipped to deal with every day situations. One way to do so is to ask students to jot down (drawing or writing) two things they are thankful for each morning after morning meeting.

I found the that incorporating SEL activities is important in every classroom. Often in my special education resource room I find by creating activities that promote having a growth mindset that students perform better and work more diligently through assignments. One activity that I plan to implement in my classroom is that of digital literacy. I like the idea of teaching do's instead of just don'ts when it comes to social media and internet safety. This is their future and they need to learn to use digital devices responsibly and in a positive way.

2022-09-30 14:13:36 UTC

SEL in the Science Classroom.

2022-09-30 14:53:47 UTC

In science we engage in a lot of group work, projects, and investigations. Students benefit from having norms from the beginning of the school year letting them know what is expected of them when working/interacting with their peers.
Part of the SEL activities we practice is how to engage in accountable talk.
We have made it a practice to review these norms almost daily, and the students follow them as they engage in their assignments.

An idea one of the students suggested was to post an inspirational quote every Monday, and then share what it means to us. There is not enough time for everyone to share, so everyone writes it in an index card and then we place them in a bin. Then everyday some students randomly select one or two cards, and they read it to the class. They love doing this.

2022-09-30 15:05:52 UTC

I want to incorporate a Roses and Thorns activity to help students appreciate the good & not-so-good aspects of their lives.
https://www.mindfulschools.org/inspiration/mindful-reflection/

Take Away

2022-09-30 16:31:34 UTC

Social emotional learning helps students build social skills. It also helps them to form healthy relationships and manage their emotions. I would like to teach students to STOP when they encounter an emotional situation. We can practice this my roleplaying some stressful situations and teach students to:

Stop
Take a breath to calm down
Observe the situation
Proceed with a solution

-Kamaldeep Mann

SEL Takeaway

2022-09-30 16:47:05 UTC

This is a fantastic course. I loved various aspects of it. The Power of "YET". Labelling something not accomplished not as a complete failure but a way to fuel yourself so it is viewed as something not mastered YET. I also was not fully knowledgeable about digital citizenship. The accompanied video was helpful.

There is a Peace Corner in the classroom so children can have an area to redirect their thoughts and emotions to rejoin the learning community. There is a required emotion sheet to fill out, coloring pages, positive affirmation cards, books and posters about handling emotions, timer and a water fountain. Children have the choice of a comfy chair or bean bag.
"Feel Good Fridays" is the designated time for SEL instruction.

SEL activities are an integral part of knowing the "whole" child and providing ways for students to learn ways to guide them in their life journey.

I teach high school students with moderate to severe disabilities that struggle with self-regulation and appropriate social skills. I plan to incorporate time to discuss social stories and role play scenarios so that students can view models of, practice, and demonstrate self management, responsible decision making, and relationship skills.

2022-09-30 16:54:37 UTC

SEL Takeaway and Plan

2022-09-30 17:11:31 UTC

Part of my standards as an ELA teacher include providing students the opportunity to collaborate and engage with one another on classroom projects. Before we begin group or partner work, I plan on taking a "Mindfulness Moment" in which the students focus on nothing except for their breathing for about thirty seconds. Their goal is to try to get beyond the material that usually swirls within their minds in order to find a way to bring themselves a little balance and peace. In this way I hope to open the door to enhanced student dialogue and participation. Furthermore, I enjoy including exercise-oriented team activities as well. This increases the fun for the students in the class, connects them with their bodies, activates their minds, and destresses the environment.

SEL Takeaway

2022-09-30 19:38:00 UTC

So far this course has provided some great resources to define SEL and give examples of how it can be applied in classroom curriculum. As an art teacher, I strongly believe SEL should be incorporated into all content everyday. My big takeaways so far are to teach students how to be respectful and kind. It is not enough to just say, "be respectful," we have to show and teach them what that means. I use "Respect for All" as a big rule in my art studio. I also agree with the importance of teaching students how to collaborate and work with others. So much of their day is independent work time, they need help learning how to work with others and problem solve in a respectful way.

SEL Takeaway in Music

2022-09-30 19:49:17 UTC

I was able to take away a lot from this course regarding SEL. I also appreciate the resources that were provided to further SEL within an instructional period. One thing that I started doing for myself at the height of the pandemic was engaging in sound baths for mindfulness, meditation, and relaxation. Last year, this was something that I decided to do once a marking period with my students. This year I would like to incorporate more sound baths and soundscapes in my class.

In music classes, students often learn about the correct pitches and rhythms but hardly any time is ever spent discussing the identities of the composers and how that impacted the music they created. I plan to incorporate more of this in my classroom. I also will make sure to consider the different ways that my students identify and how that can impact their perceptions of music (singing). When students have an opportunity to think about the text (lyrics) and relate it to their own experiences, students make more meaningful connections between what they are learning and what they are experiencing/experienced.

2022-09-30 20:05:54 UTC

Move this world and sel books are create.

Cara Casalino

2022-09-30 20:07:24 UTC

2022-10-01 01:22:07 UTC

I plan to incorporate more SEL practices into my lessons. I will try having my students list 3 positive things from their day/week. I can also try having students check in using a digital journal with the varying activities shown in the resource.

SEL Take Away

2022-10-01 01:28:36 UTC

I love utilizing SEL Strategies in my classroom. I have started creating lesson for my students every Friday I call it SEL Fri-Yay. I have attached one of my most recent lesson on growth mindset vs. fixed mindset.

I plan on using the book the Water Princess and turn it into the EL curriculum lesson for the Gist and have students take away from the benefits of water pollution and how other students don't have access to water

2022-10-01 01:37:00 UTC

In my school we use the Positivity Project so I always incorporate SEL and the trait of the week. It’s somewhat easy to do since I can link the traits to characters in the books we are reading in ELA. It can be tailored to my 8th graders or HS Seniors. I post all of the character traits in the hallway

2022-10-01 01:59:01 UTC

.-Jenna G. WHS

Mindfulness Resource Center

cclancy12 — 2022-10-01 02:43:49 UTC

My colleague and I created a mindfulness resource center for all of the students and staff in our district. It has many options of mindfulness activities and resources that can be easily incorporated into class, or life.

Lauren Garber - I plan to include even more direct teaching for my students about growth mindset. It can be a very positive way for students to view themselves and their struggles as well as successes. I also want to try to focus more on emphasizing self-awareness and self-care for my students (and myself).

2022-10-01 04:03:12 UTC

D. Battaglia

2022-10-05 15:06:57 UTC

As a high school history teacher, I find students are often intimidated to be in class even though we discuss a lot of events that occurred in the past. I also include real world events and engage students in conversation about their creativity in how they can create their own amendments based on a social or personal world need.

With the SEL course, I am going to have students discuss ideas in groups as usual, but make an emphasis to let them know how great their thinking is. I can do this by using accountable talk, sentence stems and even do a silent share out by making the responses anonymous.

I can begin by creating a warm environment. We also start class talking about their day. The tone of their day will decide how they will put in effort in my class, so if I have the power to talk about it with them I can make their day more positive!

2024-02-23 03:47:29 UTC

Grades K-4 Growth Mindset Lessons (Google Slides)