Submitted by Dee Speese-Linehan (not verified) on May 24, 2006 - 16:57.
There is no doubt on the critical role of social and emotional learning in the wholistic education of all students. We must realize and support that learning is an emotional process, schools are social networks and that all students don't have the pre-requisite skills in the social and emotional arena to navigate in an increasingly complex world. As one of the older SEL programs in the country we continue to strive to keep it on the radar of educators and decision-makers. We must also fight against the emergent trend that under No Child Left Behind it is OK to sacrifice social and emotional learning for the technical aspects of literacy and mathematics. I've seen too many people think that SEL happens innately or accidentally, not purposefully like the approaches used in reading and math, and we need to keep saying it and keep saying it.
There is no doubt on the
Submitted by Dee Speese-Linehan (not verified) on May 24, 2006 - 16:57.
There is no doubt on the critical role of social and emotional learning in the wholistic education of all students. We must realize and support that learning is an emotional process, schools are social networks and that all students don't have the pre-requisite skills in the social and emotional arena to navigate in an increasingly complex world. As one of the older SEL programs in the country we continue to strive to keep it on the radar of educators and decision-makers. We must also fight against the emergent trend that under No Child Left Behind it is OK to sacrifice social and emotional learning for the technical aspects of literacy and mathematics. I've seen too many people think that SEL happens innately or accidentally, not purposefully like the approaches used in reading and math, and we need to keep saying it and keep saying it.