Set a timer for 12 minutes to journal about the ways in which this environmental shift has influenced your social and emotional well-being. Consider both opportunities and challenges you have experienced that may never have happened without this shift. After reflection, re-read your response and look for any examples that rise to the surface of impact on the five competencies described in the CASEL SEL Framework.

Experience a day in the life of a learner whose perspective you seek to understand as it relates to your area of focus. Using look-fors / listen-fors related to your focus as a guide, take note of moments in the day that helped to build or promote these competencies.

Tell a story in five photos that captures your story of learning with respect to social and emotional growth. Consider focusing on how actions you have taken influenced self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship building, and/or decision making in yourself or others. If desired, include a summary that helps to tell the story of the images you have chosen.

5 Photo Story by Wesley Freyer