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).

 
 
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Partnership4Success uses two research-based tools to measure student social and emotional development, Aperture’s DESSA Comprehensive System and Pear’s Holistic Student Assessment. 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

 
 

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