Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)

Erin Dawson, Kasey Smith Trish Shaffer

More Alike Than Different

More Alike Than Different

More Alike Than Different• Get out your phone• Stand up• Find a person you do not know• One partner find a picture on phone• The other partner will try to match. Keep

looking for pictures until you find a match• Share about your photos• When instructed, find a new partner

SEL Implementation Team

Take a few minutes to review the following documents: School –Based SEL Implementation CommitmentsWhat are the connections?

Implementation PlanCohort CalendarElementary Outcomes

Train the Trainer modelMaterialsResources

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Three day SEL Training Agenda Overview• DAY 1: Introduction to SEL & School Culture and Climate

• What is SEL? • Why is it imperative for students to be college and career ready?• PBIS and SEL Connections• Team Planning

• Day 2: Academic Integration & Direct Teaching Instruction Methods• Student Voice• Academic Integration• SEL goal setting• Team Planning

• Day 3: Direct Instruction Curricular Resources• Elementary & Middle School = MindUP• High School = School Connect• Team Planning

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SEL is a process for helping children and adults develop the fundamental skills for life effectiveness.

SEL teaches the skills we all need to handle ourselves, our relationships, and our work, effectively and

ethically.

MTSSCore Curriculum & Instruction PGS

Climate & Engagement

Inclusive Practices

Social & Emotional Learning in WCSD NoVo Foundation, Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning

(CASEL) Collaborating Districts Initiative (CDI)• Austin, Anchorage, Chicago, Cleveland, Nashville, Oakland, Sacramento, Washoe Goal: To successfully implement Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) on a

systems level SEL instruction by teachers, supporting counselors – Academic integration– Climate and culture– Direct instruction Implementation celebrations All schools by June, 2016 AIR report IES Grant

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How does your school and your own classroom feel to all the members of the learning community?

How do you intentionally address SEL through other academic areas and instructional strategies?

How are you intentionally teaching the knowledge and skills of SEL?

Math Practices:

•#3 Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.

•#6 Mathematically proficient students try to communicate precisely to others.

Academic ImplicationsSpeaking/Listening:

•To build a foundation for college and career readiness, students must have ample opportunities to take part in a variety of rich, structured conversations—as part of a whole class, in small groups, and with a partner. Being productive members of these conversations requires that students contribute accurate, relevant information; respond to and develop what others have said; make comparisons and contrasts; and analyze and synthesize a multitude of ideas in various domains

Direct Instruction MindUP (K-8) School Connect (9-12)

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Self-Awareness

Self-Management

Social Awareness

Relationship Skills

Responsible Decision-Making

What is Social and Emotional Learning?SEL is a process whereby young people and adults acquire knowledge,

skills, and dispositions related to five competencies:

CASEL 2012

What Does the Research Say?

Science Links SEL to Student Gains: • Social-emotional skills • Improved attitudes about self, others, & school• Positive classroom behavior • 11 percentile-point gain on standardized

achievement tests

And Reduced Risks for Failure: • Conduct problems• Emotional distress

Source: Durlak, J.A., Weissberg, R.P., Dymnicki, A.B., Taylor, R.D., & Schellinger, K. (in press). The Impact of Enhancing Students’ Social and Emotional Learning: A Meta-Analysis of School-Based Universal Interventions. Child Development.

SEL Improves Student Outcomes

© CASEL 201014

College and Career ReadyTier 1 colleges and universities are using non-cognitive assessments (SEL skills) as

part of entrance requirements, including:

– Cal-Berkeley-Tier 1– Harvard-Tier 1– DePaul-Tier 1– University of Pennsylvania-Tier 1– University of S. Cal-Tier 1– George Mason University-Tier 1– Oregon State University-Tier 1– Northern Illinois-Tier 1

WCSD is working with ETS to craft questions for college entrance exams that will directly assess student’s non-cognitive/SEL skills

- http://www.onlineschools.org/beyond-the-sat/

At age 21 – fifteen years after participating in a good SEL program – Seattle young people still outpaced their peers:

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Higher HS graduation and college attendance Better rates of employment and economic status Better emotional and mental health Fewer with criminal record and substance problems Cost-benefit: $3.14/student for $1.00 invested2

SEL Pays Off Long Term

Sources: 1.Hawkins, J. D., Kosterman, R., Catalano, R.F., Hill, K.G., Abbott, R.D. (2005). Positive Adult Functioning Through Social Development Intervention in Childhood: Long-Term Effects from the Seattle Social Development Project. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 159 (1), pp. 25-31.2.Aos, S., Lieb, R., Mayfield, J., Miller, M., , Pennucci, A. (2004). Benefits and Costs of Prevention and Early Intervention Programs for Youth. Washington State Institute for Public Policy. Accessed from http://www.wsipp.wa.gov/rptfiles/04-07-3901.pdf.

Economic Value of SEL • Estimated Cost $44,000 per 100 Students

• Benefits in terms of reduced aggression = $388,000 per 100 participants

• Benefits to reducing the number of YAR = $711,000 per 100 participants

AND, if assumed those benefit do not fade in three years --

• Benefits of reducing the number of YAR = $796,000 per 100 participants

Economic Value of SEL

Average return on investment is $11 to $1

The Economic Value of Social and Emotional Learning (2015) Center for Benefit-Cost Studies in Education, Teachers College, Columbia University

Fortune 500 Company CEOs were asking which skills they most desire in employees

• Teamwork• Writing• Organizational Skills• Computation• Motivation• Creative Thinking• Problem-Solving

• Leadership• Oral Communication• Listening• Creative Thinking• Personal

Development• Interpersonal Skills

What are the Top 5?

Reflection Questions Discuss as a group your thoughts on SEL

as an integral part of academic instruction, how it sets conditions for learning, and benefits youth at risk.

How does this compare with what you (or one of your partners) “thought you knew” at the beginning of the session?

SEL Training Module 1 (Introduction)Module Map Key

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WCSD Unchangeable Slide

Participant Connecting Activity

Brain Break-Up Regulation or Down Regulation

Team Planning

Discuss:•Team goal in this training & at your school site•What role this team plays at your school site •Individual team roles (who is in charge of what/when/how)•Review the full day presentation, module one and two. •Pick an pull the information you feel would be beneficial to share at your school site (slides with a start in the left hand corner must be present)

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Internal SEL Resources External SEL Resources

WCSD Website: MTSS Department Tabhttp://www.washoeschools.net//site/Default.aspx?PageID=1868&PageType=17&DomainID=202&ModuleInstanceID=3447&EventDateID=6179&CurrentView=month

CASEL: casel.org/

Core Task Projecthttp://coretaskproject.com/?s=SEL

MindUP: http://thehawnfoundation.org/mindup/

Climate Survey-School Reportshttp://www.washoeschools.net/domain/231

NBC Parent Toolkithttp://www.parenttoolkit.com

SEL Tedx Videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbfpyJfI1ho

Edutopia:www.edutopia.org

Pinterest:https://www.pinterest.com/kimochime/social-emotional-learning/

Reflection3 new ideas or takeaways from today

2 specific messages I connected to

1 note to the presenters