Format

Workshop

First Presenter's Institution

Thriving YOUniversity

First Presenter’s Email Address

joelle@thrivingYOUniversity.com

First Presenter's Brief Biography

Dr. Joelle Hood is the co-founder and Chief Empowerment Officer at Thriving YOUniversity. As a former teacher and principal of the year and with an Ed.D in organizational change and leadership from USC, Dr. Hood uses her knowledge and expertise, along with her experience as a mindfulness instructor and life coach, to provide researched-based keynotes, coaching, and experiential learning workshops to individuals and organizations throughout the nation. Her areas of expertise include: social, emotional & academic learning, leadership, applied educational neuroscience, mindfulness, the science of belonging & human connection, mindset, restorative practices, employee engagement, trust and team-building, trauma-responsive practices, and resilience.

Second Presenter's Institution

Thriving YOUniversity

Second Presenter’s Email Address

janeen@thrivingyouniversity.com

Second Presenter's Brief Biography

Janeen has been in education for 28 years as a teacher, Site Leader, Assistant Principal, Principal, and Program Administrator. She holds a M.Ed in Educational Leadership and Administration and serves as Thriving YOUniversity’s Chief Culture Coach.

Location

Session Five Breakouts ( Ballroom D)

Strand #1

Head: Academic Achievement & Leadership

Strand #2

Heart: Social & Emotional Skills

Relevance

This session relates to the heart and head strands because its entire focus is how to weave social and emotional skills into academic learning. Our approach to SEL is that it is not another thing to put on educators’ plates, but that it IS the plate. It is the basis from which we can deliver academic content. We will provide easily implemented strategies that will allow teachers to infuse SEL into their content and instruction.

Brief Program Description

Social and emotional skills are foundational for success in school, the workplace, and life. Research also supports that if we want SEL to be successful and sustainable with students, then it must start with the adults. In this engaging session, participants will explore the research supporting Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning (SEAL), as well as how to infuse SEAL into their daily teaching practices.

Summary

An increasing number of schools and districts across the globe are realizing the importance of SEL, but are not sure where it fits in-- is it a behavioral intervention or something extra to add into already jam-packed academic content? The truth is, SEL isn’t separate from academics – the two go hand-in-hand, and that is why this series is called S.E.A.L. – Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning. Research is also clear on the fact that successful and sustainable S.E.A.L. isn’t focused on a program. It’s focused on the people who deliver it, from top to bottom.

Adults in education are usually pretty good at the education part. After all, we’re familiar with academic content – we learned it in school ourselves. The difference with SEL is that most adults haven’t taken courses in emotional intelligence or engaged in activities intentionally designed to strengthen their own social-emotional skills. This produces a disconnect and makes it much harder to implement, as many teachers and leaders do not feel efficacious about the content themselves, let alone their capacity to model it, encourage it, deliver it to others. If schools and districts are truly in favor of prioritizing SEL in the classroom, they will need to learn how to intentionally and consistently prioritize it in the boardroom, staff room and throughout the organization. SEL starts with all of the adults.

In this engaging session, participants will explore the research on why these skills are essential to success in school, work, and life. They will engage in self-reflection, discussions and activities that they can immediately replicate with their students and staff. They will explore the competencies of S.E.A.L., the teaching practices that strengthen S.E.AL. and how to infuse S.E.A.L. into their content and instruction. The experiential learning is designed to help participants have a deeper understanding of S.E.A.L. in order to strengthen their own social-emotional competencies, boost their efficacy to model and teach these skills to students, and to build the capacity to infuse this mindset into site and district practices.

Evidence

There is a great deal of research that examines the impact of social-emotional learning on academic achievement. The following resources support our proposal:

Corcoran, R. P., Cheung, A. C. K., Kim, E., & Xie, C. (2018). Effective universal school-based social and emotional learning programs for improving academic achievement: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 50 years of research. Educational Research Review, 25, 56–72. Ragozzino, K., Resnik, H., Utne-O’Brien, M., & Weissberg, R. P. (2003). Promoting Academic Achievement through Social and Emotional Learning. Educational Horizons, 81(4), 169–171. CASEL. (n.d.). Integration of SEL and academic instruction. Integration of SEL and Instruction - Casel Schoolguide.

Durlak, J. A., Weissberg, R. P., Dymnicki, A. B., Taylor, R. D., & Schellinger, K. (2011). The impact of enhancing students’ social and emotional learning: A meta-analysis of school-based universal interventions. Child Development, 82, 405-432.

Learning Objective 1

Participants will have a better understanding of Social Emotional and Academic Learning and learn the research that supports the importance of intentionally and consistently building S.E.A.L. and well-being practices into daily work practice.

Learning Objective 2

Participants will engage in activities designed to pique their own “SEALf-reflection” and ignite their passion to strengthen their own Social-Emotional skills as well as boosting the skills of their students.

Learning Objective 3

Participants will learn easy-to-implement strategies to strengthen Social Emotional skills and well-being in themselves and their students and will walk away with activities and practices that they can implement at the site and in their classrooms immediately.

Presentation Year

2023

Start Date

3-7-2023 10:15 AM

End Date

3-7-2023 11:30 AM

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Strengthening Achievement, Behavior, and Culture with Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning

Session Five Breakouts ( Ballroom D)

Social and emotional skills are foundational for success in school, the workplace, and life. Research also supports that if we want SEL to be successful and sustainable with students, then it must start with the adults. In this engaging session, participants will explore the research supporting Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning (SEAL), as well as how to infuse SEAL into their daily teaching practices.