For Teachers
Bring SEL to your school with this book!
One problem in education is that researchers have extensive knowledge about social and emotional learning but rarely share it with teachers in an accessible format. This issue motivated Sara Rimm-Kaufman to prepare this book, called SEL from the Start: Building Skills in K-5, for teachers based on work from a newly developed program, Connect Science. This easy-to-read book helps teachers support students’ development of social and emotional skills right from the start of the year. Teachers who have used this approach are surprised and impressed with how pleasant their classroom environment can be and how elementary school students are capable of complex and positive social behaviors.
Learn how to effectively implement Social Emotional Learning programs with this book!
Just because a school has adopted a social and emotional learning (SEL) program does not mean it will work. This book explores the conditions needed to implement, strengthen, and sustain effective SEL, and identifies paths that schools, districts, and states have taken to create those conditions. Major themes include equity of access to high-quality SEL, promoting interracial understanding in all school interactions, and enhancing the well-being and SEL skills of teachers and school leaders as well as students. Chapters describe exemplary initiatives that infuse SEL into classroom instruction, administrative decision making, school–family–community partnerships, and teacher training. End-of-chapter discussion questions enhance the book’s value for professional learning and course use.
Research Briefs and Tools
Building Character: EL Education students experience more care and purpose, study finds
How White Middle Teachers Can Apply Psychology to Teach Students Who are Different from them
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) in Early Adolescence Learning Package
Advancing from Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Implementation to Sustainability