- CASEL
Before I had the vocabulary for it, I practiced Social & Emotional Learning with everyone around me. Now, I lead a movement toward school reform using SEL. More than any other time, our schools and our world NEED a method of understanding self, others, and how to navigate conflict in our lives. SEL answers that need.
Providing students with the language and vocabulary to describe the thoughts and feelings they wrestle with on a daily basis is a liberating experience for them. How very frustrating it is for anyone to not have the words to express the fullness of what one is experiencing in a moment. Students in this video explore the question, "Is SEL important in the school context?"