What
is SEL?
Module 1: What is SEL?
Definition of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)
Learning Activities:
The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) defines social and emotional learning as an integral part of human development.
Learn about what SEL is, and the positive impact of SEL in the two videos below from CASEL.
After viewing the two videos, make a list of words or phrases about SEL that resonate with your current understanding. What are the distinguishing characteristics of SEL?
SEL in Ohio - Each Child our Future - How SEL Connects to Other Types of Learning
Learning Activities:
Review the infographic for the Strategic Plan for Ohio, Each Child Our Future Infographic.
What does educating the “whole child” mean to you? What are some ways you strive to educate the "whole child” in your teaching?
SEL is one of the four learning domains in this graphic. How can you categorize what you teach to students in these domains?
Why do you think SEL is included as its own domain?
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How could the work in your district be informed by Each Child, Our Future?
SEL and Equity
Learning Activities:
Explore the section on Equity on the CASEL website.
In what ways does SEL support equity for all students?
Explore the section on Transformative SEL on the CASEL website.
What are some practical strategies and policies that illustrate transformative SEL?
Deep Dive:
Reflect on your district's response during the COVID-19 pandemic.
What issues of equity were made more evident?
Read the BELE Framework (Building Equitable Learning Environments) Executive Summary on the CASEL website.
In the What to Do Next section, identify a core practice or policy that you consider a priority for your classroom or school.
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What issues of equity were made more evident during the COVID-19 pandemic?
SEL Research
Learning Activity:
Read CASEL's research on the Benefits of SEL.
What information would you add to your case for SEL?
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Based on your experience with SEL, what do you hear young people, school principals, teachers, parents, etc. saying?