"Skills that students develop in social and emotional learning—empathy, collaboration, and so on—are closely connected to standards in many academic subjects." Read the full article by Mauric Elias, author of The Other Side of the Report Card, on Edutopia.
In this Leaders Coaching Leaders podcast episode, The Daily SEL Leader authors discuss how social-emotional learning is personal work, and school leaders have to be willing to engage in the work themselves before they can lead others in doing the work.
Use this strength-focused question list from The Social-Emotional Learning Playbook to ensure students are able to learn about their own individual strengths.
Emotional regulation for students begins with learning the names of emotions and matching those labels to how they are feeling; the zones of regulation and the wheel of emotion in The Social-Emotional Learning Playbook can aid this process.
Module 1 of The Social-Emotional Learning Playbook, Building on Strengths for Resilience, includes background, important vocabulary, and beginning with the self.