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SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING

Creating Caring Classroom Communities 

"Emotional intelligence is a way of recognizing, understanding, and choosing how we think, feel, and act. It shapes our interactions with others and our understanding of ourselves. It defines how and what we learn; it allows us to set priorities; it determines the majority of our daily actions. Research suggests it is responsible for as much as 80 percent of the 'success' in our lives."

- J. Freedman

"Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which children and adults understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions. SEL is a deeply ingrained part of the way students and adults interact both in the classroom and out of it, and helps provide children with equitable, supportive, and welcoming learning environments." (CASEL.org)

SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING COMPETENCY WHEEL

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RESPONSIVE CLASSROOM

Social-Emotional Learning + Academic Choice in the Classroom

Responsive Classroom is an evidence-based approach to teaching and discipline that focuses on engaging academics, positive community, effective management, and developmental awareness. This holistic teaching approach creates safe, joyful, and engaging classrooms and school communities where students develop strong social-emotional and academic skills and every student can thrive.Independent research has found that the Responsive Classroom approach is associated with higher academic achievement in math and reading, improved school climate, and higher-quality instruction. It has been described by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) as one of the most “well-designed evidence-based social and emotional learning (SEL) programs”. (ResponsiveClassroom.org)

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