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Upcoming Conference: Every Classroom, Every Day

April 4, 2018 Connect

By: Tom Golebiewski, Ph.D., L.C.S.W. Social Work Consultant at Wolcott School; Adjunct Instructor, Northwestern University, Master’s Of Science in Education Program The Tyree Institute at Wolcott School and Northwestern University will hold an inaugural conference on Social Emotional Learning (SEL) at the Wolcott School, 545 N. Wolcott Ave, Chicago on April 27, 2018. The title, Every Classroom, Every Day, guided the design of the conference to provide workshops that are applicable, experiential and relevant to curriculum, instruction and practice. The conference advances the integration of social emotional learning to demonstrate and highlight connection between skills, while building capacities. Keynote presenters will provide an overview of SEL and Restorative Justice while each workshop illustrates activities, approaches and resources…

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Implementing and Sustaining SEL with Adults

March 7, 2018 Connect

By Meaghan Ruddy, The Wright Center Our interpersonal habits run so deep they often go unnoticed until there is a problem. Even then, the challenge is often misdiagnosed as a professionalism issue. SEL can be used to redirect conversations about interpersonal dynamics and make working with others more effective. As the SEL movement matures into a more integrated part of the fabric of education, there is a developing realization of, as the CDI Insights report puts it, “Adult SEL matters, too.” This revelation is being attested to as the need for targeted reflection in the work of individual teachers as well. This is likely not news to you as education is a means of knowledge transfer from those…

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From a Teacher’s Perspective

February 7, 2018 Connect

By Heather Schwartz, CASEL A few months ago at CASEL we were discussing the Assessment Work Group. Before sharing my perspective on an issue, I found myself saying “I’m not an expert in assessment, but….” And then it dawned on me: as a teacher, I know about assessment. I know a lot about it. It’s what we teachers do day in and day out. It is the act of leaning in to our students to listen and observe. It is how we understand their process for making meaning. For me, this is what SEL assessment should be all about, as well. This realization reminded me of an experience I had in the classroom. Isabel was an extremely hard working student…

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SEL with Adults is Hard, so Teach it Early

January 17, 2018 Connect

By Meaghan Ruddy, The Wright Center Supporting SEL in adult learners is very challenging due to the power of social and emotional habits as they form over time. Teaching SEL at younger ages will likely result in more helpful habits as those students age. As we develop we are strengthening all sorts of habits all the time whether we know it or not. This is because the brain seeks to automate as much as possible as quickly as possible. The brain has two main systems: the executive and the automatic, or default. The executive is resource heavy in terms of the energy it needs to keep running, so it creates habits that become default ways of being. While the executive engages…

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Designing Direct Assessments – Lessons Learned and Award Winners

September 27, 2017 Connect

By Clark McKown and Noah Bookman Earlier this year, the Assessment Work Group created an assessment design challenge to identify direct assessment tools to supplement districts’ current emphasis on teacher and student surveys that measure SEL competencies. Direct assessments include all forms of assessment in which social and emotional learning is measured from a child’s performance on a challenging task. This includes but is not limited to naturalistic technology-enhanced simulations, performance tasks, game-based data, and live structured social simulations. Direct assessment is distinct from other forms of assessment, such as observations, student self-report, or teacher or parent ratings of students’ skills. To stimulate work to design direct assessments that complement, build upon, and extend the existing measurement…

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Upcoming Conference: Every Classroom, Every Day

Implementing and Sustaining SEL with Adults

From a Teacher’s Perspective

SEL with Adults is Hard, so Teach it Early

Designing Direct Assessments – Lessons Learned and Award Winners

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