Brittinie Gleave: 'Schools cannot ignore emotions or social issues any more than they can withhold the bathroom or food. It is not an act of grooming, overreach, nor an added responsibility. It a necessary facet of success.'
In this Feb. 14, 2017, photo, Nelba Marquez-Greene, left, helps 10-year-old Araceli Buchko put her hand print inside a giant paper heart as part of the Love Win's campaign's Friendship Day, a social and emotional learning activity at the Chamberlain Elementary School in New Britain, Conn. Marquez-Greene's Ana Grace Project works with elementary schools in New Britain to teach empathy, combat bullying and help socially isolated children.
Very simply, SEL stands for social-emotional learning. In most cases it is not canned curriculum with any agenda or measurable goals. Rather, it is how the human needs of students are addressed during the many hours they spend in school. Schools have always employed SEL because children are humans with social and emotional needs that don’t have an off-switch. Teachers’ jobs would be immensely easier if 30-plus little automatons, who could spend the next 6-7 hours being programmed with academic content, filed into their rooms each day.
What’s beautiful about them is their universal design. They are beneficial for many and harmful for none. Snacks and lunches are offered daily. Teachers work around endless student trips to the restroom that rarely align with recess. Skinned knees are bandaged, hurt feelings are resolved and disruptive behavior is neutralized. In worst-case scenarios, trauma is empathetically addressed or referred.meet the baseline goal of teaching academics without addressing them.
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