This category is built on the work by Casel and is focused on incorporating social emotional learning into a traditionally academic structure. These practices support students with higher ACES factors and alleviates confusion about the source of behaviors. 

Social Emotional Learning strategies guide us to...

start from sources of strength
utilize strategies to manage emotions
cultivate empathy

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Example Strategies

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FACTOR IN HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THEIR LEARNING

[Self-Awareness] Have students contribute to a word cloud when they get to class to rate how their day is going. This will give a sense of how much support is needed. For primary, they can drag their picture on an interactive board to the face image that fits how they feel. (​😊, ​😐)

Resources:​

• Article - 13 Powerful SEL Activities
• Article - Morning Meetings, Check-Ins, and SEL (This is an older source, but LOTS of strategies that stand!)
• Analog Examples - Secondary, Upper Elementary, Primary​

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Tool Suggestion: Google Slide with images, Tagul/WordArt

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PRIORITIZE MASLOW'S OVER BLOOM'S

[Self-Management] Have students create a list of actions they can take to check in on their peers. This list can live as a Google Site webpage on the board during times like silent reading or in the form of Google Slides that can be printed. Each slide can be developed by a different student or in pairs. They can teach the class about their strategy as well. 

Resources:​

• Article - We Must Maslow Before We Bloom
• Video - Every Opportunity
• Article - Making these 4 SEL Strategies Work in your Classroom

Tool Suggestion: Google Slides or Google Site

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BUILD COMMUNITY SUPPORT IN CLASS CULTURE

[Relationship Skills] Create Check-In Buddies or Peer Partners that have a regular check-in with the WHOLE person - school related and personal status. Pairs or groups can use exit tickets as they leave class to identify needs for the next day or share celebrations. Google Forms is great for this! 

Resources:​​

• Website - Accountability Partners
• Article - Collaborative Classrooms that Support SEL
• Article - Snapshots of Understanding? 10 Smart Tools for Digital Exit Slips (could be modified for SEL)

Tool Suggestion: Google Forms

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INCLUDE CULTURAL AND SOCIAL AWARENESS IN CONTENT

[Social-Awareness] Create an awareness collage of the class that includes the unique and special knowledge that each student brings. This acknowledges how they see themselves! Different perspectives the members of the group bring to the group. Refer to that collage along with Google Earth & NewsELA to tap into the knowledge of the group during discussions. 

Resources:​​

• Article - Creating an Identity Safe Classroom
• Article - Student Strengths in the Classroom - Find the Positive
• Website - Google Earth Education Resources - Culture Layers

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Tool Suggestions: Google Earth or NewsELA

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START FROM A SOURCE OF STRENGTH

[Self-Awareness] Use a Google Slide to have each student create a learner profile that describes them as a learner including preferences, strengths, habits of mind they excel in, and strategies they use to help them learn. They should refer to this profile when they are setting goals. They can identify what traits, habits, and strategies can help them accomplish their goal.  Habits of Mind can provide a strong vocabulary base for students to use in this.

Resources:​​

• Blog Post - Who Deleted My Answers! (Alice Keeler's explains some strategies for using shared docs with students)
• Article - Here's Everything you need to know about Learner Profiles
• Resource - Habits of Mind Chart

Tool Suggestion: Google Slides