Resources and Downloads for SEL Classroom Management

If you'd like to deepen your understanding of SEL and how to apply it as an educator or parent, here are resources to get you started. The following are the combined recommendations of Mount Desert Elementary and the Chicago-based nonprofit Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL).

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Resources from Mount Desert Elementary School

Rebecca Heniser, a third-grade teacher at Mount Desert Elementary School, shared some resources that can help you get started.

Learn More About Mount Desert Elementary

Social and Emotional Learning Websites for Classroom Management

Reading List: Introduction to SEL

General Introductions to SEL

Books for Educators

Books for Parents

Practical Tools for the Classroom

More Edutopia Resources on Social and Emotional Learning:

Social and emotional learning (SEL) programs recognize that there's more to a child's personal, academic, and adult-life success than pure academics. Self-awareness, self-respect, self-control, and interpersonal skills can go a long way to helping a child become a happy, effective student and citizen (watch the Edutopia introductory video on SEL).

For more, check out our social and emotional learning strategy page.

(For more innovative ideas for teaching classroom management, check out our social and emotional learning blog series.)

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