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Social and Emotional Learning & Cooperative Learning

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Core Strategy: Social and
Emotional Learning

Why Champion Social and Emotional Learning?

It's not enough to simply fill students' brains with facts. Educators must also help children develop the skills to manage their emotions, resolve conflicts nonviolently, and make responsible decisions.
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VIDEO: An Introduction to Social and Emotional Learning (4-minute video)

VIDEO: Smart Hearts: Social and Emotional Learning Overview (13-minute video)

Real-Life Examples

  • Scared boy with shadow of a bigger kid behind him.

    Help for stopping bullying is out there.
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    Daniel Goleman

    The value of social and emotional learning.
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    Roomful of students with hands together in the center.

    Kids resolve conflicts and solve problems.
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  • Illustration of faces.

    Ten tips for creating a caring school.
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    Two girls discussing self-esteem.

    Children live and learn better with SEL.
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    Children demonstrating how not to behave in class.

    Students learn how to resolve conflicts.
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  • Illustration showing a girl being teased.

    Resources to help prevent cyberbullying.
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    Teacher holding up a cutout heart that says 'I am important.'

    Learning how to resolve conflicts creatively.
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    Two students wearing headphones while video-taping

    There's more to success than test scores.
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  • Michael Pritchard with student in front of student body

    The value of cultivating emotional intelligence.
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    girl in foreground looking at camera, kids behind laughing

    Gay students seek protection from bullies.
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    Children carving out a canoe.

    Experiential learning teaches cooperation.
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