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Category Archives: Social Emotional Learning
Using Kohlberg’s 6 Moral Principles in the Classroom Presentation Materials
At Washoe County School District’s conference, MTSS in Action: Strengthening the Relations between Students and Educators around Academic and Behavior Performance, I shared a session on using Kohlberg’s 6 Moral Principles in the classroom. The idea came from former classroom … Continue reading
Posted in Social Emotional Learning, Uncategorized
Tagged 5th grade, Brooks, Esquith, examples, gomm, Kohlberg, Seligman, WCSD
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Presentation Materials: Elementary SEL/Student Voice and Academic Integration Training
Kate Crist helped bridge Common Core State Standards and Social Emotional Learning Standards in a presentation at the Elementary SEL/Student Voice and Academic Integration Training. Kate used the instructional move, Keep It or Junk it with an article by Vicki … Continue reading
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Tagged CCSS, Common Core, Crist, SEL, Social Emotional Learning
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Common Core Learning Modules
We have gotten a lot of requests for the learning modules, matched to the Common Core and the Instructional Shifts, that were developed last summer. You can access them, if you have an Edmodo account, here. (If you do not … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Development, Social Emotional Learning
Tagged 21st Century, Common Core, ELL, modules, SBAC, SEL, Speaking and Listening, talking, Text Complexity
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Social Emotional Learning and CCSS Presentation Materials
As part of an effort to bridge the Common Core State Standards and Social Emotional Learning, district educators worked to find classroom examples and instructional techniques that addressed both outcomes simultaneously. This was part of the SEL Site-Based Implementation Training. … Continue reading
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Tagged CCSS, Common Core, Dweck, lesson demonstrations, PERMA, PowerPoint, SEL, Seligman, Social Emotional Learning
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Social Emotional Learning and why it Matters
As have been noted on this blog several times, to do Common Core well, we have to attend to the Social and Emotional Learning of our students. The science behind why this matters and how it is intertwined in a … Continue reading
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Tagged Common Core, PERMA, SEL, Seligman, Social Emotional Learning, teaching, well being
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‘Being smart isn’t all you need to succeed’
In a blog post for the Hechinger Report, writer Anya Kamenetz connects Social Emotional Learning and academic success. She writes, “Non-cognitive or meta-cognitive skills such as self-awareness, self-control, empathy, communication and cooperation ” deserve being measured and taught in our schools. It’s a … Continue reading
Social Emotional Learning
In a TEDx speech shared at the University of Nevada, Reno, Trish Shaffer describes the importance and value of Social Emotional Learning (SEL). Shaffer highlights studies that demonstrate the academic value of using SEL strategies in the classroom. Shaffer argues … Continue reading
Valuing the ‘Non-Cognitive Dimensions’ of Students
In January, College Board President David Coleman shared a vision for making sure more low-income students are allowed to take part in higher education. The video is linked here and you can hear Coleman outline this effort as part of … Continue reading
Posted in College Board, Social Emotional Learning
Tagged CCSS, College Board, David Coleman, Determination, Grit, Khan, Resilience, Social Emotional Learning
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SEL and Common Core Instruction
At Sustaining Momentum, CASEL’s Cross-Districts Learning Event in Nashville, Tennessee, educational leaders learned how Washoe is integrating Social Emotional Learning with Common Core instruction. The following PowerPoint was shared as well as Washoe’s SEL Standards Matrix and the Instructional Practice … Continue reading
What is Social and Emotional Learning? (SEL)
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) describes the ways in which children and adults develop skills for life effectiveness. It has been a point of emphasis within the ELA/literacy Common Core rollout and part of the Core Task Project and Core … Continue reading
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