RULER is a pre-K through high school systemic approach to social and emotional learning (SEL) developed by researchers, educators, and psychologists at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. RULER for Elementary School is one programmatic component of the approach, along with adult professional development, online and coaching support, monitoring and evaluation tools, and curricula for the other grades (pre-K-12) that work together to lead to RULER’s individual and setting-level aims and impacts. These include enhanced mindsets about emotions, deepened skills, healthier emotional climates, better quality relationships, increased performance, improved behavior, and greater well-being.

A central tenet of RULER is the infusion of SEL principles and emotional intelligence skill building, including a focus on building and sustaining positive emotional climates, into all aspects of leading, teaching, and learning, such as classroom management and school-wide procedures. This curriculum is designed to allow for mapping across all aspects of a student’s experience in elementary school.

 C.A.R.E.s

·      Cooperation

·      Accountability

·      Respect

·      Effort

             C.A.R.Es is a part of our character education program at              

             PRES.  Students learn the importance of being a        

             responsible, empathetic, and caring member of the 

             community.