Social & Emotional Learning
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Social Learning involves learning the values, knowledge and skills that enable students to relate to others effectively and to contribute in positive ways to family, school and community.
Social Learning involves learning the values, knowledge and skills that enable students to relate to others effectively and to contribute in positive ways to family, school and community.
Emotional Learning involves learning what feelings and emotions are, understanding how and why they happen, recognizing one’s own feelings and those of others, and developing effective ways of managing them.
Emotional Learning involves learning what feelings and emotions are, understanding how and why they happen, recognizing one’s own feelings and those of others, and developing effective ways of managing them.
2018-2019
2018-2019
Pack Time
Pack Time
Pack Time is a redesign initiative designed to build positive relationships between students and teachers.
- First 12 minutes every day
- Small Groups (About 15 students from 6th, 7th, & 8th Grades)
- Positive Group Conversations
- Teambuilding
- Students able to share Good Things
- ACT Tessera Focus Questions based on the Constructs
ACT Tessera
ACT Tessera
The ACT Tessera was given in Fall 2018. The results were used to help MMS Counselors conduct small group and individual seminars relating to the SEL skills.
Capturing Kids' Hearts
Capturing Kids' Hearts
In August 2018, the entire USD 418 district was trained in implementing Capturing Kids' Hearts. Aspects of CKH in action at MMS:
- Greetings - As each student enters the classroom, teachers greet them with a smile and handshake or high-five.
- Good Things - At the beginning of each class, several students take turns sharing good things that are happening in their lives.
- Social Contracts - Each class created a student-driven social contract. Students came up with words representing how they want to be treated and how they want to treat each other.
- Classroom Management - Teachers were trained to use the same hand signals and questions to help keep their classrooms running smoothly.
Pilot Projects
Pilot Projects
Redesign Team Members
Redesign Team Members
Jeff Allmon
LeeAnn Reiss
TJ Jackson
2017-2018 Building Investigation Team Members
2017-2018 Building Investigation Team Members
Sarah Burk Kaleigh Huxman Melissa Sullivan
David Cummings Nicky Bowers Miriam Griggs
Jill Hultberg Kim Krase Wendy Gottwald
ACT Tessera
ACT Tessera
Tessera measures six Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and character strength sets. Students took the Tessera test and results were used to create workshops for students to focus on each of the areas.
Training 10/3/2017
Jeff Allmon, Jackie Bohnenblust, Maria Loewen & Brandon Simmelink
11/27/2017 Assessment given to teachers
12/12/2017 Assessment given to students
Pack Time & Packademics
Pack Time & Packademics
1/26/2018 - All School Assembly
1/29/2018 - New schedule launched
MMS Daily Schedule 17-18.pdfMMS Pilot Bell Schedule 17-18.pdfPilot Bell Schedule Outline.pdfCapturing Kids Hearts
Capturing Kids Hearts
This is a whole school researched based curriculum that addresses the social emotional needs of our students and staff. Flip Flippen, the founder, states “If you have a student’s heart, you have their mind.” The purpose of Capturing Kids Hearts is to address the social emotional needs of the students and the adults in a school community. Capturing kids hearts has proven to improve attendance, reduce school discipline and bullying, increase academic performance, increase graduation rates, and increase teacher satisfaction. A component of Capturing Kids hearts is a class called Teen Leadership. This class lends itself to build the leadership capacity of students in the areas of personal responsibility, self-expression, and making good decisions when problems arise.
Attendees at Training - April 2018
Jason Fish
John Montgomery
Nicky Bowers
Brandon Simmelink
Shiloh Vincent
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