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SEL for adults overview 2.movObjective
Objective
Build trust and connectedness among school leaders and staff through professional learning experiences embedded with PBiS and Restorative Justice (RJ) practices. This will improve school climate and culture by strengthening adult sense of belonging, safety and well-being.
Build trust and connectedness among school leaders and staff through professional learning experiences embedded with PBiS and Restorative Justice (RJ) practices. This will improve school climate and culture by strengthening adult sense of belonging, safety and well-being.
HELP SPREAD INSPIRATION AND MOTIVATE EACH OTHER BY MAKING A SELFIE-CONFESSION.
HELP SPREAD INSPIRATION AND MOTIVATE EACH OTHER BY MAKING A SELFIE-CONFESSION.
Step one: Watch trailer
Step two: View Selfie-Confessions
Step three: Discuss
Step four: Create your own Selfie!
Selfie-Confessions
Selfie-Confessions
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Selfie-confession activities.pptxSelfie-Confession Activitites
Selfie-Confession Activitites
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Explore easy-to-implement circles, practices and activities to build trust and connectedness among staff by clicking the buttons
Explore easy-to-implement circles, practices and activities to build trust and connectedness among staff by clicking the buttons
"Social and emotional learning (SEL) is an integral part of education and human development. SEL is the process through which all young people and adults acquire and apply the 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." (CASEL)
"Social and emotional learning (SEL) is an integral part of education and human development. SEL is the process through which all young people and adults acquire and apply the 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." (CASEL)
Adult SEL Competencies:
Adult SEL Competencies:
Adults with strong self-awareness skills can identify their emotions and recognize their strengths and weaknesses. Self-awareness is an important skill for building self-confidence, self-direction and empathy for others.
Adults with strong self-awareness skills can identify their emotions and recognize their strengths and weaknesses. Self-awareness is an important skill for building self-confidence, self-direction and empathy for others.
Relationship skills are important for working with others. Adults with strong relationship skills can manage conflict in a constructive manner, work with people from diverse background and seek help when they need it. Adults with strong relationship skills give and receive positive, appropriate feedback when collaborating in groups.
Relationship skills are important for working with others. Adults with strong relationship skills can manage conflict in a constructive manner, work with people from diverse background and seek help when they need it. Adults with strong relationship skills give and receive positive, appropriate feedback when collaborating in groups.
Adults with self-management skills recognize and control their emotions and behaviors throughout the day. Self-management skills are important for building positive self- control, discipline and motivation. Students with strong self-management skills can accomplish goals by recognizing and working diligently through each step.
Adults with self-management skills recognize and control their emotions and behaviors throughout the day. Self-management skills are important for building positive self- control, discipline and motivation. Students with strong self-management skills can accomplish goals by recognizing and working diligently through each step.
Adults with strong social awareness skills can take the perspective of others and empathize with people of diverse backgrounds and cultures. Social awareness helps students understand the expectations for behavior and recognize the support and resources they get from their family, school and community.
Adults with strong social awareness skills can take the perspective of others and empathize with people of diverse backgrounds and cultures. Social awareness helps students understand the expectations for behavior and recognize the support and resources they get from their family, school and community.
Adults with responsible decision-making skills have the ability to make constructive choices about their personal behavior and social interactions. Responsible decision-making skills help adults realistically evaluate the consequences of their actions while considering the well-being of themselves and others.
Adults with responsible decision-making skills have the ability to make constructive choices about their personal behavior and social interactions. Responsible decision-making skills help adults realistically evaluate the consequences of their actions while considering the well-being of themselves and others.
Activities
Activities
"These signature practices create conditions for growth and learning across all five SEL competencies while using culturally responsive teaching strategies. They also build upon and are aligned with the principles of adult learning, Restorative Justice (RJ), Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS), and trauma-informed practices." (CASEL)
"These signature practices create conditions for growth and learning across all five SEL competencies while using culturally responsive teaching strategies. They also build upon and are aligned with the principles of adult learning, Restorative Justice (RJ), Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS), and trauma-informed practices." (CASEL)
Welcoming Inclusion Activities
Welcoming Inclusion Activities
(1-9 Minutes)
Setting the Tone
Adults bring their experience; allow them to use it. Rituals or routine openings establish safety and predictability, support contribution by all voices, set norms for respectful listening, and allow people to connect with one another creating a sense of belonging. To be successful these activities must be: carefully chosen, connected to the work of the day, engagingly facilitated, and thoughtfully debriefed.
Engaging Strategies
Engaging Strategies
(1-15 Minutes)
Sense-making, Transitions, Brain Breaks
Adults want to make their own meaning, connect to work and colleagues, and have fun. Engaging practices are brain-compatible strategies that can foster: relationships, cultural humility and responsiveness, empowerment, and collaboration. They intentionally build adult SEL skills. These practices can also be opportunities for brain breaks that provide a space for integrating new information into long-term memory. (Otherwise it is soon forgotten.)
Optimistic Closure
Optimistic Closure
(3-5 Minutes)
Reflections and Looking Forward
Adult learning is connected to behavior changes. End each meeting or professional learning by having participants reflect on, then name, something that helps them leave on an optimistic note. This provides intentional closure, opens space for expressing disequilibrium, reinforces the topic, and creates momentum towards taking action.
● Community-Building: Using an open-ended question (e.g., from SEL Reflection cards), build community in a quick and lively way. Each participant shares their response with a partner. After sharing, ask for 2-3 comments from the whole group.
● Check-In:
Begin with a sentence starter:
○ “A success I recently had ___ .” ○ “One thing that’s new ___ .” ○ “One norm I will uphold today is ___ .”
● Think Time: 30-90 seconds of silent think time before speaking, sharing.
● Turn To Your Partner: Sharing and listening to make sense of new input
● Think-Ink-Pair-Share: Generating ideas and deepening understanding through reflection, writing, speaking and listening.
● Brain Break - Stand and Stretch: Refresh and reset the brain.
● Opportunities for Interaction: Cultivate s variety of practices that involve interactions in partnerships, triads, small groups and as a whole group.
EXAMPLES of OPTIMISTIC CLOSURE
EXAMPLES of OPTIMISTIC CLOSURE
Using Reflections Questions
● “What are my next steps?”
● “When is my next influencing conversation about this and with whom?”
● “Who do I want to connect with about this topic?”
● “A word or phrase that reflects how I feel about moving forward with this…”
● “Offer an appreciation for someone in the room...”
● “I’m eager to learn more about ___ .”
More Resources
More Resources
Want to go deeper with the activities above? This playbook from CASEL will deepen your knowledge of welcoming inclusion activities/routines/rituals, engaging strategies and optimistic closures.
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