Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)
“Teaching Emotional Intelligence to Teens and Students” is an article published by PositivePsychology.com about effective techniques to teach teenage students emotional intelligence.
Think Equal is a nonprofit that offers social and emotional learning programming for children ages 3 to 6.
This scavenger hunt can be used by anyone to search for things that they are grateful for.
Schoolwide SEL helps students excel academically, build stronger relationships, and lead happier, healthier, more fulfilling lives. Schoolwide SEL engages the entire school community in creating caring, motivating, and equitable learning environments that promote social, emotional, and academic growth.
The following resources offer tips for families including age-appropriate responses to common questions, a guide to self-care, and activities for young children experiencing social distancing.
Together, school districts and educators can help students develop social-emotional learning competencies by intentionally teaching these skills, by implementing educational neuroscience learning strategies, by practicing culturally responsive classroom-management, and by approaching this work with a growth mindset. The goals of this toolkit are (1) To increase educators’ awareness, knowledge, and skills regarding social-emotional learning (2) To promote collaboration between educators, community, and families to address the social-emotional learning competency development of all students (3) To enhance knowledge of educational practices that promote social-emotional learning competency development (4) To provide tools and resources to educators to help improve students’ social-emotional skills.
Engage students with Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum, a PBS KIDS series based on the Ordinary People Change the World books by Brad Meltzer and Christopher Eliopoulos. The show follows the adventures of Xavier Riddle, his sister Yadina, and their friend Brad as they travel back in time to meet real life historical figures when they were kids.
Use these video clips, teaching tips, and historical figure biosketches to support students’ social-emotional, literacy, and social studies skills.
The Understanding LGBTQ+ Identity: A Toolkit for Educators Collection offers a series of digital media resources to help administrators, guidance counselors, and educators understand and effectively address the complex and difficult issues faced by LGBTQ students. The collection features short segments of video content from WNET’s groundbreaking LGBTQ series First Person, a digital series that delivers candid personal narratives illustrating larger conversations about gender, sexuality, social norms, and identity development. The video content is scaffolded by a suite of materials (informational text, conversation guides, discussion questions, and teaching tips) to facilitate their use in professional development settings. When used in tandem, the videos and accompanying educational resources will help promote understanding, awareness, and self-esteem.
Use these Arthur activities to help children understand themselves and those around them. Topics include self-esteem, understanding others, and cultural diversity.
In this lesson, Identity and Intersecting Perspectives: Between the World and Me | MacArthur Fellows Program, students explore how our complex identities shape our understanding and experience of our world.
This collection of videos and lesson plans is about kindness, empathy, and the importance of practicing mindfulness. These resources will help educators foster resilience in students grades 6-12, and include strategies to help teenagers cope with the stresses of everyday life, as well as specific challenges. The collection offers proactive approaches to help students forge new friendships and explore the concepts of self-care, care for others, and the responsibilities associated with being a supportive community member.
To boost social-emotional skills in preschoolers, episodes of Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood focus on early learning themes.