Essentials of Social Emotional Learning (SEL): The Complete Guide for Schools and Practitioners

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A robust and comprehensive description and implementation roadmap of SEL across all levels of your school's curriculum  In Essentials of Social Emotional Learning (SEL): The Complete Guide for Schools and Practitioners, learning expert and advocate Donna Black delivers a rigorous and compelling case for the adoption of crucial SEL components in your school, as well as a step-by-step guide to its implementation.  The book walks readers through every step of understanding, designing, implementing, and measuring an SEL program designed to create lasting and powerful change for your students. The author describes strategies to engage students with relationships and instruct them in core skills.  Essentials of Social Emotional Learning (SEL) also explores: The emergence of social emotional learning as a world phenomenon, including key definitions, critical areas of competence, historical influences, and the role of emotional intelligence in SEL.  A rigorous review of current problems in education addressed by SEL, as well as the latest empirical support and validation for the model.  A description of SEL as a sustainable framework for success, including a multi-phase guide to a whole-school implementation of SEL complete with tools, templates, and checklists.  A start-to-finish roadmap on the implementation of social emotional learning in schools of all sizes, Essentials of Emotional Learning (SEL) is a must-read resource for school administrators, teachers, and parents of school age children with an interest in addressing the barriers often faced by students.  Cover Title Page Copyright Page Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction About the Companion Website Section I Emergence of Social EmotionalLearning (SEL) as a WorldPhenomenon Chapter One Defining Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and the Critical Areas of Competence DEFINING SEL THE NEED FOR A COMMON LANGUAGE, A COMMON PERSPECTIVE, AND A COMMON VISION APPLICATION OF THE THREE‐STEP PROCESS: A CASE EXAMPLE REFERENCES Chapter Two HISTORICAL INFLUENCES ON THE EMERGENCE OF SEL INTRODUCTION RECENT EVENTS HISTORICAL INFLUENCE CONCLUSIONS REFERENCES Chapter Three EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND ITS ROLE IN SEL INTRODUCTION WHAT IS EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE? THE NEUROSCIENCE OF EMOTIONS THE ROLE OF EMOTIONS IN EDUCATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR SEL REFERENCES Section II SEL – The Missing Link inEducation Chapter Four CURRENT CHALLENGES IN EDUCATION INTRODUCTION CURRENT ISSUES IN EDUCATION CONCLUSION REFERENCES Chapter Five Evidenced Support for SEL INTRODUCTION OUTCOME STUDIES THE ECONOMICS OF SEL THE LOGIC FOR SEL MOVING FORWARD CONCLUSION REFERENCES Chapter Six Making the Case for SEL INTRODUCTION CHALLENGES TO GAINING BUY-IN THE ROLE OF LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE LAYING THE FOUNDATION CONCLUSION REFERENCES Section III SEL as a Sustainable Framework for Success Chapter Seven GETTING STARTED: A MULTIPHASE APPROACH TO WHOLE-SCHOOL IMPLEMENTATION OF SEL INTRODUCTION SYSTEM CHANGE PROCESS MULTIPHASE APPROACH TO SEL SUMMARY CONCLUSION REFERENCES Chapter Eight TOOLS, TEMPLATES, AND CHECKLISTS INTRODUCTION SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING FOUNDATIONS INVENTORY (SELFI) SEL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN CONCLUSIONS REFERENCES Chapter Nine Aligning SEL Assessment With Instruction and Curriculum INTRODUCTION ISSUES WITH ASSESSING STUDENT SEL COMPETENCIES THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS ALIGNING SEL ASSESSMENT WITH INSTRUCTION AND THE SEL CURRICULUM CONCLUSIONS REFERENCES Chapter Ten SEL: A Roadmap for a World at Hope INTRODUCTION IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON CHILDREN DEVELOPING COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS PROMISING PRACTICES CONCLUSIONS REFERENCES Index EULA