Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is providing instruction and opportunities to practice self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making skills.
In PPS, we take a transformative approach to SEL. According to CASEL, the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, Transformative SEL (TSEL) is a form of SEL implementation where young people and adults build strong, respectful, and lasting relationships to engage in co-learning. It facilitates critical examination of individual and contextual factors that contribute to inequities and collaborative solutions that lead to personal, community, and societal well-being. TSEL includes a focus on five focal constructs: Identity, Agency, Belonging, Curiosity, Collaborative Problem-Solving.
Read more about TSEL here.
2025-26 TSEL Partner School Learning Labs were a huge success!
Quotes from participants:
“I think this learning lab is amazingly powerful.”
“I feel so refreshed to have a change of pace and to slow down and to think about things in a deeper way.”
“Working in community with other schools makes a big difference for me.”
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