WHAT ARE KNIGHT SKILLS? Knight Skills are skills that are aligned to our Knights’ Code and social-emotional learning competencies from the Collaborative for Academic and Social-Emotional Learning (CASEL). CASEL defines social-emotional learning as the process through which all young people and adults acquire and apply knowledge, skills, and attitudes to develop healthy identities, manage emotions and achieve personal and collective goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain supportive relationships, and make responsible and caring decisions.