Dear Teachers & Staff

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Welcome Back! I hope you are rested, recharged and ready to start an incredible new school year. We are going to have a wonderful year together filled with SELebrations, transformative learning, laughter, excitement, and beautiful memories. As we begin this new school year, the SEL team is looking forward to supporting and collaborating with each of you. Let’s continue to inspire this generation together and lead the SEL charge in Connecticut.

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Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler

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#weareWINdsor

District Coordinator of Social Emotional Learning

Dr. Michael Mallery (Ph.D.)

1. The work I do matters.
2. I believe in myself and my abilities.
3. I will make this year my best one yet.
4. I am a transformative and inspiring EDUCATOR.
5. I believe in the students in my class.

SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING NEWSLETTER

AUGUST 29, 2022. ISSUE 1

Video Feature:

Principal Taran Gruber

Oliver Ellsworth School

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Week One Affirmations

SEL - Commitments (22/23)

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Allow the people I am working with to be vulnerable and accept the guidance to grow within the 5 sel competencies

Preparation! I will be aware of SEL and plan for it, instead of intrinsically just doing it, because this way I will reach all of the students.

Meet staff and students where they are at, and look at them individually to best support and implement SEL.

Compliment and take notice of students SEL positive actions, while helping others that are struggling.

I commit to being Present & Being aware of my SEL

To give every student the ability to articulate their understanding of the 5 SEL domains

I commit to honoring my students' lived experiences by welcoming all approaches and strategies in the classroom!

I commit to modeling SEL for students, staff, and administration.

Build strong relationships with my students and be intentional about SEL all year long

Work on effective communication with and around feelings and emotions

Set an intention every morning with my students to work on my self-awareness as well as my students self awareness. Hopefully, self awareness will lead to improving other indicators!!!

To bring an unstoppable amount of energy daily to make these students feel important

I commit to teaching every student as if he/she/they were my only one.

Modeling several of the indicators that are challenging for me, so I can serve as a model for others.

Building trustworthy, equitable, and empathetic relationships in the classroom.

As an admin assistant, I will make sure all of our families and students feel welcomed.

I will commit to my own SEL development

Click to Add your SY (22/23)

SEL Commitment

ONE MINUTE OF CALM

The 7 Best Ways to Avoid Teacher Burnout in 2022

Teacher burnout is one of the biggest problems facing the American education system today.

In its worst-case scenario, burnout means you lose the will to teach. Students wear you down instead of energizing you. You slog through every weekend and dread the next school week.

Read Blog Here

Learn to Shine Bright-

The importance of self care

for teachers.

| Kelly Hopkinson

Cupid Shuffle Dance

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SEL

WPS Teacher Zone

Chris Emdin: Teachers and Magic

SEL Symposium 2022 – Panel: How to Take a “Both And” Approach to SEL and Academics

How to put SEL into

Academic Lesson Plans

Integrating SEL Through Academic Content

Interested in sharing resources with the community? Click Here

As parents, we worry about whether our kids will make friends and will be equipped to adapt to life’s challenges. Social emotional learning, commonly shortened to SEL, represents the set of skills your child needs to thrive throughout their life. Read More Here

5 SEL Activities for Children to Do at Home

Hello Families:

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Welcome to the 22/23 school year. Thank you for entrusting us with the care of your child or children. We are looking forward to supporting their Social and Emotional skill development this year, as these skills are critical in achieving our districts mission to develop the genius in every child and create lifelong learners.

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Please refer to this page each week as we will share evidenced-based strategies, at home activities, and much more to support your family.

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Dr. Michael Mallery (Ph.D.)

Words of Welcome

At Home Family Activities

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Families are children’s first teachers and essential to promoting social and emotional learning (SEL) throughout a child’s life. When educators and families work together, they can build strong connections with each other that reinforce social and emotional skills developed in the home, in schools, and in their communities. Read More Here

SEL with Families & Caregivers

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Parents | Guardians | Family

Videos | Articles | Resources

SEL at Home

Windsor Public School | Social Emotional Learning Partnerships

EXEMPLAR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING ORGANIZATION

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Urban Assembly Mission: To advance students’ economic and social mobility by improving public education.

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Social-Emotional Learning Department Vision: A city where all students graduate from school with the skills, attitudes, and values necessary to anchor their success in work, life, and their social-emotional well-being.

Aperture Education Sets the Standard for Research-Based SEL Assessment

With over 65 years of combined research and SEL experience, Aperture Education has carefully developed the DESSA suite of assessments to meet the needs of students and educators. Based on and exceeding CASELTM standards, the DESSA reveals an in-depth, comprehensive view of student social and emotional skills.

CSDE - Initiative (WPS is Cohort One)

DESSA - Assessment Windows

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1st - Oct.

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2nd - Jan./Feb.

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3rd - End of Year

What is SEL?

Marc Brackett - Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence

Dr. Mallery’s Scholastic Corner

Research | Extra Reads | Informational Videos

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Teachers are the engine that drives social and emotional learning (SEL) programs and practices in schools and classrooms, and their own social-emotional competence and wellbeing strongly influence their students. Classrooms with warm teacher-child relationships support deep learning and positive social and emotional development among students, writes Kimberly Schonert-Reichl. READ FULL ARTICLE

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Schonert-Reichl, K. A. (2017). Social and emotional learning and teachers. The future of children, 137-155.

SEL and Teachers

It’s no surprise that Social Emotional Learning (SEL) has become an increased focus for schools, families, and the entire education community, specifically over this last year. Students have struggled with an onset of emotional and social needs with school buildings closed and a pandemic wreaking havoc on many families in a variety of ways. READ Blog Here

Developing SMART Goals

for SEL

For Additional Questions or Inquiries about Windsor Public Schools

SEL Initiatives

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Please Contact:

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Dr. Michael Mallery (Ph.D.)

mmallery@windsorct.org

860-687-2030 ext.3463

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