Integrating Social Emotional Learning within Academic Content
Social Emotional Learning is not just a box that can be checked off for Morning Meeting or Advisory class. Kasia and Christa will provide outlines, engaging activities, strategies, question stems and more connecting academic instruction to CASEL’s 5 social emotional learning competencies. They will show you it’s not about WHAT you teach; it’s about HOW you teach.
Deep Dive into Integration of SEL with Academic Content Workshop
Infusing energy and engagement into your professional development, Christa and Kasia provide transformative activities and powerful reflection opportunities connecting instruction to CASEL’s 5 social emotional learning framework. Using their SEL competency look-for-tool and SEL planning guide you will learn how to guide student-led conversations with accountable talk and questioning skills; weaving SEL into your academic instruction with ease preparing your students to be career, college and community ready.
Social Emotional Learning Integration for Principals and Leaders: Supporting Emotional Intelligence for Staff and Students
Our roles and responsibilities within our classroom and schools have constrained our ability to express the emotions we are feeling. This has led to burnout, dissatisfaction, and a state of high cortisol levels for staff and students. Learn strategies for building emotional intelligence for staff and students supporting a safe and inclusive environment. Kasia and Christa will empower your staff with strategies to lead SEL work and build a positive climate and culture improving the student experience.
The Puzzle of You Workshop for Students
Christa and Kasia will provide an inspirational experience that builds student mindset and confidence, as they work to navigate the uncertainty of adolescence. Using “The Puzzle of You: Connecting Yourself a Piece at a Time During the Teen Years”, students are provided reflection opportunities to discover who they really are. Connected to CASEL’s Social Emotional Framework, students will develop the confidence to walk through the teen years. Let’s help students understand how the pieces of themselves come together, to become people of action, prepared and eligible for the world beyond our K-12 system.
Supporting a Positive Math Identity for Students
Christa and Kasia spent time co-teaching middle school math with a goal to take risks within their teaching, giving them the courage to try new things to support kids’ mathematical mindsets. When students are struggling to engage in mathematical discourse and avoid taking risks around their thinking, it’s time to shift your instruction and mindset. Learn strategies that provide students with a safe environment to grow as mathematicians.
