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Building Blocks for Social-Emotional Learning

Creating Safe, Secure, and Successful Elementary Schools

Support the growth of your students with meaningful, effective social-emotional learning. You’ll engage in deep reflection and discover ways to refine instruction, lesson planning, and assessment; promote whole-child development; and foster a productive learning environment for all.

Benefits

  • Gain a deeper understanding of students’ neurological development.
  • Learn the benefits of social-emotional learning.
  • Create a culture of social-emotional learning across entire schools.
  • Plan and teach for social-emotional learning.
  • Assess students on their social-emotional progress in order to encourage continual growth.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction: Why Teach Social-Emotional Learning to All?
Chapter 1: What Is Social-Emotional Learning?
Chapter 2: Establishing Culture, Climate, and the Learning Environment for SEL in Elementary Schools
Chapter 3: Building a Schoolwide Foundation for SEL in Elementary Schools
Chapter 4: Effective SEL Teaching Practices and Strategies in Elementary Schools
Chapter 5: Effective SEL Lesson Planning
Chapter 6: Monitoring Student Learning of SEL
Appendix

STUDY GUIDE

REPRODUCIBLES

Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Appendix

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