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
A little about me...
Transition
Unknowns
Promise
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At the conclusion of this session participants will:
“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
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?
Modeling Best Practices
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Relationships
Connection
Action
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?
Steps toward SEL
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Highlight practices
Use what you know about them
LIsten
Provide resources for their own SEL
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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?”
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
Credits
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