Social and Emotional Learning for School and Life Success

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Social and Emotional Learning for School and Life
Success
Presenter School/District
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A Vision for Our School
The vision of the Medgar Evers Fine Performing
Arts School is to maintain a creative climate
wherein all students can   develop
intellectually, emotionally, artistically, and
socially to their fullest potential. As a result,
students will experience the joy of learning,
academic growth, arts exploration and acquire the
skills that exemplify responsible citizenship.
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Reflection Question

• What knowledge, skills, and qualities do students
  need to possess by the time they graduate from
  high school?

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Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)

• SEL is the process whereby children and adults
  develop essential social and emotional skills,
  knowledge, and attitudes related to

Recognizing ones emotions and values as well as
ones strengths and limitations
Self-awareness
Making ethical, constructive choices about
personal and social behavior
Managing emotions and behaviors to achieve ones
goals
Self-management
SEL
Responsible decision-making
Social awareness
Relationship skills
Forming positiverelationships, working inteams,
dealing effectivelywith conflict
Showing understanding and empathy for others
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Illinois State Board of Education SEL Goals

• 31) Develop self-awareness and self-management
  skills to achieve school and life success
• 32) Use social awareness and interpersonal
  skills to establish and maintain positive
  relationships
• 33) Demonstrate decision-making skills and
  responsible behaviors in personal, school, and
  community contexts
• Source http//www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/social_emo
  tional/standards.htm

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How Do You Promote Social and Emotional
Competency?

• Skill development
• Providing explicit skills instruction for all
  students
• Learning environment
• Creating safe, caring, well-managed learning
  environments

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Why Promote Students Social and Emotional
Competency?

• Students who receive SEL instruction are
• more connected to teachers and school
• more engaged in learning
• more motivated to learn
• more well behaved/less likely to engage in
  problem behavior
• able to perform better on achievement tests and
  get better grades
• Source Zins, Weissberg, Wang, Walberg (2004).
  Building Academic Success on Social and Emotional
  Learning (SEL) What Does the Research Say?

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SEL Improves Academic Outcomes

• 23 increase in skills
• 9 improvement in attitudes about self,others,
  and school
• 9 improvement in prosocial behavior
• 9 reduction in problem behaviors
• 10 reduction in emotional distress
• 11 increase in standardized achievement test
  scores (math and reading)
• Source Durlak, J.A., Weissberg, R.P., Taylor,
  R.D., Dymnicki, A.B. (submitted for
  publication). The effects of school-based social
  and emotional learning A meta-analytic review.

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SEL Teaches 21st Century Skills

• Critical thinking and problem-solving
• Ethics and social responsibility
• Communication
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Lifelong learning and self-direction
• Leadership
• Global awareness

Source Partnership for 21st Century Skills
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How Does SEL Lead to Student Success?
Inputs
ProximalOutcomes
Distal Outcomes

• Effective Learning Environments
• Safe
• Caring
• Well-managed
• Engaging
• Supportive
• High Expectations

Evidence-based SEL Programming
Greater Success in School, Work, and Life
Greater Attachment, Engagement and Commitment to
School
Less Risky Behavior, More Positive Development

• SE Skills Instruction
• Self-awareness
• Self-management
• Social awareness
• Relationship skills
• Responsible decision-making

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How Does SEL Fit with What Were Already Doing?
Prevention Programming
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SEL Can Be a Coordinating Framework
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Where Do We Go from Here?
Professional Development
Evaluation
Communication
2.Formsteering committee
3.Articulatesharedvision
1. Principal commits
10.Continue to improveintegration
4.Conductassessment
Leadership
5.Developaction plan
9.Integrate SEL school- wide
6.Select program
8.LaunchSEL in classrooms
Infrastructure
7.Conduct staff development
Family CommunityPartnerships
Integration
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Our Next Steps

• Form a steering committee.
• Share information about SEL with our entire
  school community.
• Schedule staff meeting time to discuss SEL.
• Plan a student assembly to introduce students to
  SEL.
• Discuss SEL competency integration at
  department/team meetings.

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Summary

• SEL is the process whereby children and adults
  develop essential social and emotional
  competencies.
• SEL competency is the foundation to positive
  academic, social, emotional, health, and civic
  outcomes.
• SEL is not separate from, but integral to,
  quality education and the mission of schools.
• SEL is an essential part of the 21st century
  curriculum!
• For more information about SEL, please visit
  www.casel.org