Title: Social and Emotional Learning for School and Life Success
1Social and Emotional Learning for School and Life
Success
Presenter School/District
2A 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.
3Reflection Question
- What knowledge, skills, and qualities do students
need to possess by the time they graduate from
high school?
4Social 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
5Illinois 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
6How 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
7Why 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?
8SEL 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.
9SEL 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
10How 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
11How Does SEL Fit with What Were Already Doing?
Prevention Programming
12SEL Can Be a Coordinating Framework
13Where 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
14Our 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.
15Summary
- 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