Social and Emotional Learning

Find and share resources for creating a healthy school culture by helping students develop skills to manage their emotions, resolve conflicts, and make responsible decisions.

Social and Emotional Learning
Strategies to Help Your Students Feel Heard
One way to cultivate a classroom culture in which students feel valued and respected is to focus on listening to them.
Literacy
Double-Duty Writing Instruction
Writing lessons that foster social and emotional skills at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.
The Research Is In
Are You Doing Recess Right? A New Tool Can Help
An analysis of nearly 500 playgrounds finds that recess can be optimized to build social skills and relationships.
Social and Emotional Learning
Morning Meetings From Pre-K to 12th Grade
Daily discussions and team-building activities meet the physical, social and emotional, and spiritual needs of students.
School Leadership
When Students Design Their Education
At Riverside School in India, students graduate prepared to tackle future challenges as citizens in a highly globalized world.
Social and Emotional Learning
Paper Tweets Build SEL Skills
An offline version of Twitter helps with both social and emotional learning and formative assessment.
Social and Emotional Learning
Developing a Sense of Purpose in School
An essay prompt can help your students explore what drives them, showing them a reason to take on challenges in learning.
Social and Emotional Learning
Bringing a Dog to School
A veteran teacher and administrator makes the case for having a therapy dog in elementary school.
Curriculum Planning
Scaffolding Social Action for Your Students
A framework for guiding middle schoolers to plan and engage in social action that’s relevant in their coursework and their lives.
Social and Emotional Learning
Integrating SEL in the Classroom
An approach to formative assessment incorporates discussion of social and emotional learning competencies.