SEL Competencies
Social Emotional Learning Competencies
What are Social Emotional Learning Competencies?
Social emotional learning competencies provide the foundation for maintaining academic success, social and civic engagement, health and wellness, high-quality social relationships, tools for positively responding to life's challenges, and fulfilling careers.
The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning/CASEL identifies five competencies known as the CASEL 5:
Self-Awareness
Self-Management
Social Awareness
Relationship Skills
Responsible Decision-Making
5 Keys to Social Emotional Learning Success
What are the Core Competencies and Key Settings?
Self Awareness
Self-awareness is knowing your emotions, strengths and challenges, and how your emotions affect your behavior and decisions.
Self Management
Self-management is controlling emotions and the behaviors they spark in order to overcome challenges and pursue goals.
Relationship Skills
The ability to interact meaningfully with others and to maintain healthy relationships with diverse individuals and groups contributes to overall success.
Social Awareness
Social awareness is understanding and respecting the perspectives of others, and applying this knowledge to social interactions with people from diverse backgrounds.
Responsible Decision Making
Responsible decision-making is the ability to make choices that are good for you and for others. It is also taking into account your wishes and the wishes of others.