Social Emotional Learning (SEL)
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is the process through which all young people and adults acquire and apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to develop healthy identities, manage emotions and achieve personal and collective goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain supportive relationships, and make responsible and caring decisions (CASEL).
Partnership4Success uses research-based tools to measure student social and emotional development. These tools align directly to CASEL’s highly regarded five SEL competency framework. P4S focuses on using an equity-centered approach to strengthening the social, emotional, and academic development of young people.
To accomplish this we focus on the following eight competencies:
Self Awareness - Refers to a child’s realistic understanding of his or her strengths and limitations.
Self-Management - A child’s success in controlling his or her emotions and behaviors.
Social Awareness - A child's capacity to interact with others in a way that shows respect for their ideas and behaviors.
Relationship Skills - A child's consistent performance of socially acceptable actions.
Goal-Directed Behavior - A child's initiation of, and persistence in completing, tasks of varying difficulty.
Personal Responsibility - A child's tendency to be careful and reliable in his or her actions.
Decision Making - A child's approach to problem solving that involves learning from others and from his or her own previous experiences.
Optimistic Thinking - A child's attitude of confidence, hopefulness, and positive thinking regarding himself or herself.
Aperture: The ROI of SEL
SEL Resource Hub
Additional SEL Resources
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING RESOURCES
CASEL: Overview
Greater Good: Magazine
Conscious Discipline: Free Conscious Discipline Resources
Aperture Education: Promoting Social Emotional Learning at Home and Resources
PEAR Institute: SEL Resources for Students, Families, and Educators
Ed Surge: Dena Simmons: Without Context, Social-Emotional Learning Can Backfire
Search Institute: Relationships Check
Search Institute: “It Was a Support Network System that Made Me Believe in Myself”
National Afterschool Association: The Afterschool Professionals Guide to Self-Care
The Chronicle of Evidence-Based Mentoring: SEL is Critical to Reduce Youth Violence
BEST PRACTICES
Calm.com: Tools for Mindfulness
Greater Good: Best Practice and Resources
Mindset Kit: Tools for Teaching a Growth Mindset
Character Lab: Tools and Resources
Turnaround for Children: Well-Being Index
Turnaround for Children: Trust-Building Interactions
SEL & EQUITY
CASEL: SEL as a lever for Equity
BELE Framework: Building Equitable Learning Environments in this Period of Crisis – COVID19 and Systemic Racism – to Restore our Collective Future
Educational Leadership: Pedro Noguera on Social Emotional Learning and Equity
CASEL: Equity & Social and Emotional Learning: A Cultural Analysis
National Equity Project: SEL & Equity Pitfalls & Recommendations
FEATURED WEBINARS
Columbus City Schools: SEL Panorama Training and Presentation
CASEL: CASEL Cares Initiatives
PODCASTS
Aperture Education: SEL Chat
Ten Percent Happier: The Science of Emotional Intelligence with Daniel Goleman
NPR Hidden Brain: You 2.0: Empath Gym
SEL DATA
The ROX Institute: COVID-19 Impact Survey