Building Blocks for Social-Emotional Learning: Creating Safe, Secure, and Successful Elementary Schools

Support the growth of your students with meaningful, effective social-emotional learning (SEL). Full of resources, tools, and planning templates, this comprehensive guide provides everything you need to embed SEL practices within your daily work. You’ll engage in deep reflection and discover ways to refine instruction, lesson planning, and assessment; promote whole-child development; and foster a productive learning environment for all.

Gain a deeper understanding of students’ neurological development. Learn the benefits of social-emotional learning. Create a culture of social-emotional learning across entire schools. Plan and teach for social-emotional learning. Assess students on their social-emotional progress in order to encourage continual growth.

Contents:

Introduction: Why Teach Social-Emotional Learning to All?
Chapter 1: What Is Social-Emotional Learning?
Chapter 2: Establishing Culture, Climate, and the Learning Environment for SEL in Elementary Schools
Chapter 3: Building a Schoolwide Foundation for SEL in Elementary School
Chapter 4: Effective SEL Teaching Practices and Strategies in Elementary Schools
Chapter 5: Effective SEL Lesson Planning
Chapter 6: Monitoring Student Learning of SEL
Appendix
References and Resources
Index