Why We Created BASE Education
BASE Education was created out of a need that was not being met in schools. Nearly a decade ago, Social ...
Is Your School Ready To Go Back To School and Support Student’s Mental Health Mid-Pandemic?
Most of the globe is still reeling from COVID as society tries to find some semblance of normal. Families, businesses, ...
School Improvement Plans and SEL Assessment
SEL in the School Improvement Plans According to two large-scale pre-pandemic surveys of educators, more than half of American school ...
Join us at the 2021 Music City SEL Conference
We are excited to present and sponsor the 2021 Music City SEL (Virtual) Conference on Wednesday, June 23 through Friday, ...
5 Unexpected Benefits of Implementing an SEL Curriculum
If the global pandemic and school shutdowns taught us anything, it’s that we may have been taking teacher-student and student-student connections for granted pre-COVID. After all, with most or all students experiencing in-classroom learning, bonds, connections, and relationships are just bound to happen naturally. Even with students “connecting” virtually during the pandemic, it quickly became clear that we needed to do more to cultivate connections both in the remote setting and–once it was safe–in the classroom. With social emotional learning (SEL) becoming an increasingly important focal point for many districts, it made sense for us to build up this aspect of our educational offering.
4 Ways to Use SEL in any Learning Environment
All teachers know that educational success comes from strong connections between themselves and their students. Thanks to an increased focus on social emotional learning, educators also realize that creating a safe, nurturing environment also means helping students recognize and manage their emotions; care for others; and, form positive relationships and make responsible decisions.
How New Caney Independent School District (ISD) is Prioritizing Students’ Mental Health and Well-being
The Covid-19 pandemic may be on everyone’s minds right now, but school districts grappled with another pandemic before the virus changed our world. School violence incidents such as the Parkland School shooting were increasing, and students’ physical and mental well-being were at critical levels. New Caney Independent School District, northeast of Houston, Texas, understood that social emotional learning (SEL) and the missed opportunities to identify students with deficits played out in school–specifically in school violence.
7 Mindsets Named Winner of Tech&Learning’s 2021 Remote Learning Tools
As schools pivoted from in-person to remote and blended learning this past year, technology solutions were key to delivering quality, continuous learning. To celebrate the work of technology providers who stepped up to support this effort, Tech & Learning launched “The Best Tools for Remote & Blended Learning,” a new offering in its legacy Awards of Excellence program.
Selecting and Implementing a Social and Emotional Learning Curriculum
School counselors and the professional organizations that support them have been advocating for appropriate counselor-to-student ratios for years. When the school shootings happened in Florida and then closer to home in Santa Fe ISD in 2018, our state began to take a bigger interest in identifying and addressing potential concerns before they get to the point of school violence. There was a lot of discussion at the state level about what we’re doing to raise awareness in this area.
What is Tier II Social Emotional Learning (SEL)?
The field of school-based social and emotional learning (SEL) has focused mostly on programs, practices, and strategies designed to reach ...
