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Social emotional learning (SEL) refers to the practices we use to teach skills for social, academic, and personal success. This includes skills like empathy, decision-making, confidence, friendships, conflict-resolution, and more.

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Executive functioning skills are the abilities in the brain that allow us to plan, organize, manage our time well, stay focused, and complete everyday tasks. These critical life skills help all learners achieve personal and academic success.

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Coping strategies are the skills we use to deal with difficult emotions such as anger, frustration, and worry. Healthy coping skills are like tools in a toolbox to manage those emotions and stress throughout the day.

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Mindfulness is learning to be calm, focused, and present in the moment. This social-emotional strategy is a critical tool that helps children and teens manage emotions, cope with stress, and develop strong self-regulation skills.

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Developing strategies for managing challenging behaviors can improve student learning and social skills. Some common challenges include disrespect, oppositional behaviors, and difficulty managing emotions.

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Acting calm is a powerful de-escalation tool. We h Acting calm is a powerful de-escalation tool. We have to model the behaviors we want students to use and follow.
Executive functioning skills are a work in progres Executive functioning skills are a work in progress. I think this is such an important point to make, especially for kids and teens who struggle. We all start at different places. And sometimes our strategies look different too. What's great is that we can all work on strategies to be better planners, organizers, and time managers.⁣
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Let's normalize that we are each a work in progress. And that progress looks different for every person too.
Conferencing with students. I know this can take u Conferencing with students. I know this can take up a lot of time depending on the number of kids you have, but I wanted to talk about it as a SEL strategy.⁣
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In my classroom, I set up mini binders for each of my students.  In that binder was a page for each of their goals. For example, we might track grades or homework completion. It could be anything though.⁣
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I would meet once a week with each student to review their progress on those goals. How is it going? What strategies are you using? What's working for you? What's not working? What could you do better next week?⁣
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This doesn't need to take a ton of time per student. Just a few minutes. We would check in, make a plan for next week, and file it away.⁣
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What I realized is that a lot of kids are not as self-aware as we'd like to think they are. Many learners NEED these check ins to understand how they're doing and what they need to do to reach that goal.⁣
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Again, I know that this could be more challenging for classroom teachers with 20+ students, but if you can't do it with every child, consider making it an intervention for the few who are struggling.
It is SPRING! 😍 A few calming spring activities It is SPRING! 😍 A few calming spring activities to try.
Lots of times, kids who are struggling to complete Lots of times, kids who are struggling to complete the work often have reasons behind their challenges. We might not always see those challenges at first, but they're there.
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