Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and Restorative Practices
Recently, the xSEL Labs team met with a group of educators in an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse school district that ...
Five Steps for Maximizing Benefit and Minimizing Risk from Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Screening Assessment
People often have very strong opinions about student assessment, particularly when it comes to social and emotional learning assessment. This ...
The One Key to Effective SEL Implementation
Social and Emotional Learning is only as good as, will only ever be as good as, the teacher who stands and delivers it. If teachers are engaged, if they have bought into the program, students’ lives will forever be transformed. If teachers are not engaged, then you have most likely implemented “one more thing,” one more tool that will sit on a shelf collecting dust. If you win the teachers, you win the students, their parents, and ultimately the community. We are very proud of our solution. We believe it is the most comprehensive and engaging curriculum on the market. I have witnessed its tremendous impact on thousands of students and educators around the country. I have also seen it fall short. Lessons that are dynamic and powerful in one classroom come off as mechanical and cheesy in others.
How To Start The School Year On A Happy Note
The following article originally appeared in eSchool News By Tracey Smith | Sept 9, 2018 The author of “10 ways ...
Planning and Acting on Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Assessment Data
Forgive me for being master of the obvious here, but SEL assessment data alone won’t change the world. But they ...
Combining Growth Mindset and 7 Mindsets
“We were learning about what teachers can say and share in the classroom to encourage student growth… If a ...
Understanding and Analyzing Social-Emotional (SEL) Assessment Data
A colleague of mine in the education community and I were discussing SEL assessment a couple of years ago. Her ...
Six Steps for Continuous Improvement in Social Emotional Learning (SEL)
My colleagues and I think a lot about how to use SEL assessment data for continuous improvement to make life ...
Using Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Assessment in Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)
(Originally appeared in the Transforming Education blog on July 11, 2018.) Multi-tiered systems of support, or MTSS, are based on ...
What is Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Assessment?
Most people agree that children are better off when they have the skills they need to interact effectively with others, ...
