I hope last week was wonderful for you. I had a few challenges, but it's a brand new week and I am ready for it. :-)
Today I would like to share with you why I am so passionate about teaching Social Emotional Learning (SEL) curriculum.
- Develop self management: Teaching students to control their emotions and behaviors will allow them to see increased success in new or challenging social and academic situations
- Boost students’ social awareness: Increasing a child’s ability to interact with others in a way that shows respect for their ideas and behaviors can decrease instances of bullying
- Improve relationship skills: Promoting socially acceptable actions will help them maintain positive connections with others
- Further personal responsibility: Instilling in students the tendency to be careful with his/her actions will ensure they are successful both in their individual tasks and in contributing to group efforts
- Foster decision making: Honing a child’s approach to problem solving will teach them to use information from her/his own previous experiences, to use her/his values to guide action, to learn from others and to accept responsibility for her/his decisions
- Stimulate positive attitudes: Infusing more positive attitudes toward oneself, others, and tasks can result in higher self-efficacy, confidence, persistence, empathy, connection and commitment to school, and a sense of purpose
- Reinforce optimistic thinking: Boosting a child’s attitude of hopefulness, and positive thinking regarding herself/himself and her/his life situations can have a huge impact in the decisions they make, in and out of school
- Improve attitudes and behaviors: Students will have a greater motivation to learn, deeper commitment to school, increased time devoted to schoolwork, and better classroom behavior
- Decrease negative behaviors: SEL instruction can lead to decreased disruptive class behavior (It has been a game changer in my classroom!)
- Reduce emotional distress: SEL instruction leads to fewer reports of student anxiety and stress
Have you tried any SEL curriculum with your students? Have you noticed any improvement yet? Let me know in the comments section below!
Until next time,
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