Teaching SEL skills will serve as an anchor for building a culture of learning. These skills provide scholars with tools for adapting to a new way of learning and for coping with the stress of uncertainty and change. Find links to social and emotional learning curricula, programs, and additional resources that can be used by teachers and staff. Catalyst looks to be intentional when implementing Social Emotional Learning please refer to the Catalyst SEL Frameworks Alignment page for a visual.
The curricula and programs linked below can be used by teachers and staff to support scholars to meet the ISBE Social and Emotional Learning Standards:
Social Emotional Learning Standards
Use the Performance Descriptors for ideas about how to integrate social emotional learning and skills practice into your lessons. The key at the bottom of the table explains which columns correspond with the grade level(s) you teach.
Performance Descriptors
SEL Curriculum
Teachers will be implementing SEL skill instruction primarily through Harmony. You are encouraged to use this material to provide weekly SEL lessons, homebound materials, and extra activities through Google Classroom and resources/packets shared with parents.
Teachers may also choose from any of the resources linked on this page as secondary options.
Calm Classroom is a simple and accessible way to integrate mindfulness into the classroom or home culture. Mindfulness is the ability to pay attention to our present moment experience. The daily practice of mindful breathing, stretching, focusing and relaxation exercises cultivates a greater sense of self-awareness, mental focus and emotional resilience within educational spaces.
This guide was created by the CPS Office of Social Emotional Learning to present several specific ways that teachers can incorporate SEL into their daily lessons and activities. You will find affirmation of the many things you already do to strengthen students’ social and emotional skills, as well as new ideas about how to emphasize and reinforce the application of skills during everyday situations and interactions.
EVERFI provides free digital lessons to teach learners how to cultivate healthy relationships, avoid harmful social situations, and build compassionate communities. Everfi all courses one-pager
Free webinars focused on remote learning tips and best practices for teachers and administrators. everfi.com/k-12/upcoming-events/
For teachers to assign courses to students -get.everfi.com/cps/teacher/
Facing History and Ourselves has developed a free lesson plan: Protect Yourself and Stand Against Racism to engage students in learning about they can be “Upstanders” amid the Coronavirus pandemic.
Mylemarks LLC -Here you can find dozens of FREE therapy worksheets and resources created exclusively for kids and teens! Mylemarks provides interactive social-emotional tools to enhance your sessions and keep your clients engaged in the therapy process. (Updated 8/4/2020)
Multimedia Supports for Emotional Wellness -These resource can be utilize for children, teens and adults on tele-health (anxiety, emotions, social skills, bibliotherapy, mindfulness, and more)
Harmony is a Pre-K-6 grade social emotional learning (SEL) program that promotes positive peer relations among students through lessons and activities that encourage communication, collaboration, mutual respect, and healthy relationships.
Committee for Children and Sesame Street have partnered to create a collection of resources for young children facing significant challenges. These materials, aimed at building children’s resilience, may be useful for educators and families.
These resources in social and emotional development encourage children to develop positive peer and adult interactions and to manage self-expression and inner feelings. Activities include favorite PBIS characters such as Daniel Tiger, Super Why, and Caillou to teach lessons on confronting our fears, working together as a team, and welcoming a new member to a family.
Overcoming Obstacles: Free, downloadable SEL curricula for Elementary, Middle, and High School Students.