By
prioritizing social and emotional learning, schools create safe, supportive, and effective learning environments for their staff and students.
The deeper I get into this exploration, the more convinced I become that as educators, we must
prioritize social and emotional learning for ourselves.
When Oakland Unified Public Schools, where I was previously superintendent, helped educators
prioritize social and emotional learning (SEL), we saw dramatic increases in graduation rates for students of color, and a nearly 50 percent decline in suspensions.
In the schools that
prioritize social and emotional learning, teachers are busy finding entertaining ways for children to learn each other's names and make connections that will grow throughout the year.
Not exact matches
There have been moments when concerns about physical inactivity have brought the importance to light, but the recent emphasis on
social -
emotional learning and the recognition that school climate has a significant impact on the effectiveness of teaching
and learning has done a lot to help
prioritize recess.
Webinar — Bringing
Social and Emotional Learning to the Forefront: What Happens When Districts
Prioritize SEL?
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) provides valuable funding opportunities for
social and emotional learning (SEL),
and states are
prioritizing SEL in different ways.
But Wheeler Middle has joined the growing, national «
social and emotional learning» movement that aims to
prioritize kids» personal growth too.
UPCOMING AYPF EVENTS Webinar — Bringing
Social and Emotional Learning to the Forefront: What Happens When Districts
Prioritize SEL?
As a result, an «either / or» dynamic has been established that
prioritizes academic skills, at the expense of «
social and emotional»
learning, which includes essential life skills such as self - awareness
and management, grit
and determination, empathy
and conflict resolution, discipline
and industriousness,
and the application of knowledge
and skills to real - world situations.
Why, then, do the majority of district, state,
and federal education policies
prioritize annual assessment results over equally important factors, such as challenging
and engaging curricula; strong
social -
emotional and physical health supports; moral
and ethical development;
and safe, supportive
learning environments?
NoVo believes that
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), brought to scale, can
and will play a significant role in shifting our culture of systemic inequality
and violence toward a new ethos that values
and prioritizes collaboration
and partnership.
Raymond described efforts underway in eight urban school districts as a promising model to improve
social and emotional learning for students
and emphasized the need to continue
prioritizing this work.
How States are Incorporating SEL into their ESSA Frameworks — Part Two The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) provides valuable funding opportunities for
social and emotional learning (SEL),
and states are
prioritizing SEL in different ways.
This preparation requires a public education infrastructure that empowers teachers to teach
and prioritizes investments to ensure that schools effectively address the
learning, behavioral,
social —
emotional,
and mental health needs of students.
School leaders must understand,
prioritize,
and have the leadership skills to nurture
social and emotional learning in their schools.
NoVo believes that
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), brought to scale, can
and will play a significant role in shifting our culture of systemic inequality
and violence toward a new ethos that values
and prioritizes collaboration
and partnership.
Communications EPISD's Office of Student
and Family Empowerment ensures that
social and emotional learning and associated strategies are familiar to all EPISD schools by
prioritizing communications in creative ways (see infographics below).
Join our congressional briefing
and learn how
and why Committee for Children
and The Collaborative for Academic,
Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) are working to ensure social - emotional learning and employability skills are prioritized in educ
Social,
and Emotional Learning (CASEL) are working to ensure social - emotional learning and employability skills are prioritized in e
Emotional Learning (CASEL) are working to ensure social - emotional learning and employability skills are prioritized in ed
Learning (CASEL) are working to ensure
social - emotional learning and employability skills are prioritized in educ
social -
emotional learning and employability skills are prioritized in e
emotional learning and employability skills are prioritized in ed
learning and employability skills are
prioritized in education.
As a result, an «either / or» dynamic has been established that
prioritizes academic skills, at the expense of «
social and emotional»
learning, which includes essential life skills such as self - awareness
and management, grit
and determination, empathy
and conflict resolution, discipline
and industriousness,
and the application of knowledge
and skills to real - world situations.
Is my district
prioritizing the type of environment that supports student
learning, including
social and emotional learning, or are academics
and student test score the main focus?