Students with well developed Social and Emotional skills can…
Recognize and manage emotions
Develop caring and concern for others
Establish positive relationships
Make responsible decisions
Handle challenging situations effectively
In order to develop strong Social Emotional Skills, students must develop Social Emotional Competencies. Social and emotional competencies are the skills that enable youth to achieve the goals for social and emotional learning.
What is Optimistic Thinking?
Having confidence, feeling hopeful and being a positive thinker.
What is Personal Responsibility?
Being careful and reliable and helping others when working in a group.
What is Self-Management?
Being able to control your emotions and behaviors to complete a task or take on a new challenge.
What are Relationship Skills?
Building and maintaining positive connections with others.
What is Goal-Directed Behavior?
Being able to start and finish tasks; both easy and difficult.
What is Self-Awareness?
Being able to tell someone how you feel and knowing how your behavior affects others.
What is Social-Awareness?
Being able to use cooperation, respect, and tolerance in social situations.
What is Decision-Making?
Problem solving that is done by learning from others and their own experiences and accepting responsibility for decisions.