1. 1.Create a positive classroom and school climate. 2.Explicitly teach SEL skills and competencies and incorporate/infuse SEL into everyday instruction 3.Develop family/school partnerships. 4.Pay attention to and develop your own social and emotional competence and well-being. The 4 Essential Ingredients for SEL

2. What are you doing in your classrooms/schools right now to promote students SEL? Discussion Stop

3. POSITIVE CLASSROOM CLIMATE 1 1.Student centered and developmentally appropriate classroom environment. 2.Positive teacher-student and student-student relationships. 3.Resiliency/strengths-based focus. 4.Positive approaches to discipline. 5.Student perspectives are obtained and valued.

4. © CASEL 200846 WHAT DOES SCHOOLWIDE SEL LOOK LIKE? SEL School Classrooms Lunchroom Hallways Teacher’s Lounge Afterschool/ Extra-curriculars Playground Front Office Bus Bathrooms Sporting Events Parent/teacher conferences

5. Classroom Climate Scale (1 = “not at all” to 5 = “very much” 1.Children and teachers enjoy being together. 2.Teachers and children are equally in charge. 3.Classroom climate is such that “clarification of tasks is clarified.” 4.Children are able to express feelings and thoughts. 5.Children and teachers work well together.

6. “Every child requires someone in his or her life who is absolutely crazy about them.” Urie Bronfenbrenner Urie Bronfenbrenner

7. School-Wide Steps to Supporting Positive Teacher-Student School-Wide Steps to Supporting Positive Teacher-Student Relationships

8. 1. Increase the amount of time that teachers and students spend together. 2. Expand the network of adults who are available to students. 3. Model caring relationships from the top down. 1. Development disciplinary policies that carry high expectations for students fostering caring relationships. 1. Increase the amount of time that teachers and students spend together. 2. Expand the network of adults who are available to students. 3. Model caring relationships from the top down. 1. Development disciplinary policies that carry high expectations for students fostering caring relationships.

9. Creating an SEL Classroom: Strategies What to look for in a classroom (Alfie Kohn)? – Furniture (chairs in groups, open space for learning, multiple activity centers) – On the walls (student work displayed, evidence of student collaboration, information about and personal mementos of the people who spend time together in the classroom) – Signs, exhibits, list created by students

10. Classroom Example