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Tag Archives: Social Emotional Learning
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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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
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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
Social Emotional Learning and CTP Final Session
The last session of Social Emotional Learning and Core Task Project concluded with participants outlining specific SEL skills that fit well with the close reading strategy. Educators will be sharing an addendum to the close reading exemplars that includes before, … Continue reading
Social Emotional Learning and the CCSS Day 2
Day Two of the Social Emotional Learning and Core Task Project experiment concluded with participants reviewing the anchor standards for SEL and reading an article on grit by Thomas Hoerr. K-6 teachers studied several close reading exemplars before building a … Continue reading
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Core Task Project 