Social Emotional Learning Resources

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is the process through which children and adults understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.

Students who receive high quality SEL instruction have achievement scores on average of 13 percentile points higher than students who did not receive SEL instruction.

Arizona SEL Competencies

 

 

Development of SEL skills also show:

  • enhanced social and emotional skills
  • improved attitudes towards self, school and others
  • enhanced positive social behavior
  • reduced conduct problems – misbehavior and aggression
  • reduced emotional distress – stress and depression

Social Emotional skills directly correlate to success and happiness as an adult.

Lack of Social Emotional skills correlate with unfavorable outcomes, such as unemployment, divorce, poor health, criminal behavior, and imprisonment.

 

 

LGBTQ+ Article

Teacher need SEL now more than ever

The Success of Social-Emotional-Learning Hinges on Teachers

SEL Core Competencies-CASEL Resources for Families and Educators:COVID-19

CASEL Resources

7 Ways to Maintain Relationships During School Closures

CASEL SEL 3 Signature Practices Playbook

Navigating Uncharted Waters: Guiding Principles for Educators and Caregivers During Coronavirus

A New Realm: IFSEL’s Tips for Distance Learning 

IES FAQ State and District Response to COVID 19

Leaning into SEL Amid the Crisis

SEL at a Distance Webinar

COVID-19-virtual-resources-for-educators

CASEL Leveraging SEL as You Prepare to Reopen and Renew

 

 

 

Transformative SEL is a process whereby young people and adults build strong, respectful, and lasting relationships that facilitate co-learning to critically examine root causes of inequity, and to develop collaborative solutions that lead to personal, community and societal well-being.

SEL Competencies Supporting Equity
Self-AwarenessRacial, classed, gendered identities
Self-ManagementCollective agency
Social AwarenessBelonging
Relationship SkillsCollaboration, co-instruction
Responsible Decision-MakingDistributive justice, collective well-being

Article: We Can't Afford Whitewashed Social Emotional Learning

 

 

 

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Adult SEL Skills Are Directly Linked to Our Ability to Be Trauma Sensitive

Adults Need Social-Emotional Competencies:

  • to be able to foster a safe environment so that children feel supported and can thrive
  • to be able to recognize when someone is experiencing an emotion or not feeling safe
  • to have and use good listening skills and understand other perspectives, to see as best they can through the child’s eyes
  • to approach children with empathy and understanding, validating feelings and behavior, and build relationships
  • to build social-emotional competencies for students to empower all who are affected by adversity and help them cope with the trauma

 

 

 

 

Support Services: Crisis Hotlines, Mental Health, etc.

Find out what supports are available through your school district’s Employee Assistance Program 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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From the School Support and Improvement Blog

PD Opportunity: Building Resilience with Ricky Robertson June-July, 2021 Wed, Jun 2 2021

PD Opportunity: Join Ricky Robertson and the Arizona Department of Education for two FREE 4-part virtual learning series Building Resilience, June-July, 2021.
Youth Mental Health First Aid Professional Learning Opportunity Tue, Apr 20 2021

The School Support and Improvement (SSI) Unit, in partnership with Project AWARE, is proud to provide Youth Mental Health First Aid virtual learning opportunities with a live facilitator.