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Social-Emotional Learning Should Be Priority During COVID-19 Crisis

Posted by Humanware Department on 4/15/2020

In Wendy Turner's class, social and emotional learning (SEL) comes first. "SEL is the foundation, the heartbeat of the classroom," she says. "It's about connecting everybody and making them feel safe and secure before you get to the academics."

The shift to full-time online learning in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic has brought change and challenges to her second-grade classroom but hasn't shaken SEL's standing...

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Social Emotional Learning Resources for Returning and Rebuilding Community

As we return to school, Humanware recommends that all educators:

Highlight the 3Rs; relationships, routines and rituals.

Identify daily lessons to include:

Self-care

Positive and affirming language

Clear behavioral expectations

Follow these expectations and guide the consequences (don’t adjust on the fly, renegotiate new expectations)

Developed as a group and should result in a written/group-approved contract

Contain natural and logical consequences (Restorative Practices)

The daily routine should follow this general format:

Greet every scholar each day in a positive, supportive fashion

Start each day off with a circle/class meeting for a check-in (happens once for each student in their first class of the day)

End each day with a circle/class meeting check-out (happens once for each student during their last class of the day)

Use a deep breathing activity/check-ins (Box breathing and focus on a calm demeanor and on the subject at hand) to start each class or activity

In K-8 schools, continue with the PATHS and Second Step curriculums

In high schools, utilized the Facing History Teaching Strategies - https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/teaching-strategies, particularly strategies emphasizing student voice

For example:

Contracting - https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/teaching-strategies/contracting

Concept Maps - https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/teaching-strategies/concept-maps-generate-sort-connect-elaborate

Fish Bowl - https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-

Save the Last Word for Me - https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/teaching-strategies/save-last-word-me

Utilize the WAVE Guide showing weekly lessons as they apply

Other SEL practices to use are:

Use the SEL Signature Practices - https://schoolguide.casel.org/uploads/2018/12/CASEL_SEL-3-Signature-Practices-Playbook-V3.pdf

Adult SEL resources - https://go.panoramaed.com/adult-sel-social-emotional-learning-toolkit

Social Emotional Wellness Resources

As we all adjust to the current situation brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important that we create safe, supportive, and engaging spaces for learning at home.

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Second Step - Resources for Students and Families

A compiled a list of resources you can use to help young people learn the social-emotional skills they need to get through these challenging events.

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Facing History - Taking School Online With a Student-Centered Approach

The public health crisis posed by the COVID-19 outbreak has many schools rapidly shifting to online and distance learning. In these schools, educators are navigating new technologies and ways of teaching during an immensely challenging and uncertain time in our communities, when students’ (and teachers’ own) social-emotional needs are just as critical as academic goals. The resources in this packet are designed to help teachers approach online learning with a focus on sustaining community, supporting students, and creating engaging, meaningful learning experiences.

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Aperture Education - Educator Guide to Optimistic Thinking

We are thrilled to share a special digital edition of the Educator Social-Emotional Reflection and Training (EdSERT) program. EdSERT is a new SEL-focused professional development program for K-12 teachers and out-of-school time staff. This Educator Guide focuses on one of eight key social- emotional competencies promoted by the EdSERT program: Optimistic Thinking.

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Aperture Education - Take-Home Activities and Professional Development

Aperture Education has downloadable strategies and professional development.

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Teaching Through Coronavirus: What Educators Need Right Now

On Monday we asked our community of educators what they need in the face of uncertainty caused by school closures and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nearly 2,000 educators responded, and the range of those responses illustrates the incredible responsibilities they feel for their students’ learning and well-being. More than 98 percent were facing school closures—and the ensuing consequences fell on educators quickly.

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Coronavirus Anxiety Workbook

A workbook resource from The Wellness Society published by JAMMA International

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Social-Emotional Learning Should Be Priority During COVID-19 Crisis

In Wendy Turner's class, social and emotional learning (SEL) comes first. "SEL is the foundation, the heartbeat of the classroom," she says. "It's about connecting everybody and making them feel safe and secure before you get to the academics."

The shift to full-time online learning in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic has brought change and challenges to her second-grade classroom but hasn't shaken SEL's standing...

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