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SEL Beyond Course Design

Kirsten Wilson, M.Ed

State Coordinator of Digital Learning

Division of Elementary and Secondary Education- Research and Technology

Arkansas Department of Education

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A little about me...

Transition

Unknowns

Promise

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At the conclusion of this session participants will:

  1. Identify how to support educators as they move beyond course embedded SEL strategies to authentic interactive approaches
  2. Examine systematic steps to interact, invest and maximize all options of connection/communication to support and build capacity in students
  3. Determine how SEL corresponds to QM Standards 5.2, 5.3, and 5.4 to NSQ Standards C3, C4, ,C5, D2, D4, F6, and F7.

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“Vulnerability is not weakness; It’s our most accurate measure of courage.”

-Brene’ Brown

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Checking In

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“You cannot do SEL for kids if you do not do SEL for teachers first.”

Deb Delisle, President and CEO of the

Alliance for Excellent Education

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Moral Imperative

Assumptions are made that when SEL is embedded in online courses it addresses the matter. IT DOES NOT!

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Quality Matter K-12 Rubric

General Standard 5: Learning Activities and Learner Interactions

5.2

Learning activities provide opportunities for interaction that support active learning.

5.3

The instructor’s plan for interacting with learners during the course is clearly stated.

5.4

The requirements for learner interaction are clearly stated.

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National Standards of Quality for Online Teaching

General Standard:

C- Community Building

D- Learner Engagement

F- Diverse Instruction

C3

The online teacher develops a community among culturally diverse learners by providing opportunities for interaction that are conducive to active learning.

C5

The online teacher is able to meet the learning needs of all learners, regardless of cultural background and perspective.

C4

The online teacher promotes learner-learner interaction in online groups in order to foster collaboration and promote higher-order thinking skills such as analysis, synthesis, and/or evaluation.

D2

The online teacher engages in learner agency.

D4

The online teacher establishes relationships through timely and encouraging communication using various formats.

F6

The online teacher provides additional opportunities for personalized learner growth or enrichment.

F7

The online teacher supports and provides a forum for sharing the varied talents and skills that learners bring to the online environment.

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Have you directly or indirectly addressed the SEL of your teachers/instructors and tied it to the NSQ and QM Standards?

How are you doing this or how might you do this to extend beyond your PD and student courses?

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Modeling Best Practices

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Relationships

Connection

Action

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Strategies

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Empathy

Interest Inventories

Personalized Goal Setting

Compassione Language

Vulnerability

Music Playlists

Celebrations and Challenges

Analog Communication

Buckle, J. (n.d.). Social-emotional learning check-in templates: Panorama Education. Social-Emotional Learning Check-In Templates | Panorama Education. Retrieved October 11, 2021, from https://www.panoramaed.com/blog/social-emotional-learning-check-in-templates?utm_medium=email&_hsmi=169496755&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_sfsJJULHwp6PmfykZ1151JqEUln3lliGmvU2dBrCtTRsiAGy4wrkLtkKprIM0RSra5trG4mZP9uPMWq6yzX4Ihyi9FlNBZBHUVgu9pxlSDDzfYUs&utm_content=169497053&utm_source=hs_email

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What are ways you are or can immediately do to support SEL fo your teachers?

How do you help translate that into what teachers do for students with SEL?

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Steps toward SEL

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Highlight practices

Use what you know about them

LIsten

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Provide resources for their own SEL

  • Prioritize time and space for SEL
  • Curate resources: Wakelet for Teachers
  • Help them to know how to support parents/guardians: Wakelet for Parents

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SAFETY

PHYSIOLOGICAL

TRANSCENDENCE

ESTEEM

SELF-ACTUALIZATION

BELONGING

Growth Needs

Deficiency Needs

Ducere Global Business School. (2018). YouTube. Retrieved October 12, 2021, from https://youtu.be/IETlvTNWhPg

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Say it

Reinforce it

Mean it

…”I appreciate you, I hope you are well, I am here to help.”

Professional Learning/Development Practices should reflect an SEL focused mindset.

Be ready to support and have resources available.

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Cabeen, J. (2021, October 6). 3 ways administrators can show they care about teachers as people. Edutopia. Retrieved October 11, 2021, from https://www.edutopia.org/article/3-ways-administrators-can-show-they-care-about-teachers-people?fbclid=IwAR2-K-TGjcQ1dpme735EnlycgS6lfPvsLY8s35BH6yXAHum4vdfYPu0r8DA.

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How are you going to “Say it, Mean it, and Reinforce it?”

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Any questions?

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My Contact Information

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Kirsten Wilson, M.Ed.Arkansas Department of Education- Division of Elementary and Secondary Education

State Coordinator of Digital Learning

kristen.wilson@ade.arkansas.gov

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Credits

Special thanks to all the people who made and released these awesome resources for free:

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