Ready, S-E-T, Go: Building a Culture of SEL
Primary Presenter Brief Bio
Kamilah Staggers is the Atlanta Programs Manager at WINGS for Kids. With a passion for positive youth development, she has brought quality learning experiences to children and youth beyond the classroom for nearly a decade. In her former role as Interim Director of BOOST Greenville at United Way of Greenville County in South Carolina, she developed partnerships with agencies, schools, business, and community-based organizations to create and advocate for high-quality expanded learning opportunities that impact youth academically, socially, and emotionally. Kamilah holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees, as well as credentials in early childhood education and youth development. She is pursuing an additional Master’s in youth development leadership from Clemson University.
Second Presenter Brief Bio
Torah Speach is the Public Grants Coordinator at WINGS for Kids. She is a graduate of Lander University and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree with a concentration in Marketing and Management. She joined the nonprofit industry in 2012 as the founder of an organization that appoints her the opportunity to travel the nation advocating for domestic violence victims and underserved youth. Torah continues to travel nationwide coordinating and hosting community-related events, and tours middle schools, high schools, and college institutions as a motivational speaker. She has been a part of the WINGS for Kids family for a year.
Type of Presentation
Regular Session
Location
Room 2901
Topic Category
Strand 2: Nurturing Healthy Children
Targeted Age Group
0 1
Targeted Audience
After-School Providers, Primary Grades
Brief Session Description
Social emotional learning is not just for kids – in fact, it begins with adults! Learn how to develop your own social emotional skills and how to build a culture of SEL in your programs by being S-E-T: supportive, engaging, and thoughtful.
Start Date
26-1-2019 3:00 PM
End Date
26-1-2019 4:30 PM
Ready, S-E-T, Go: Building a Culture of SEL
Room 2901
Social emotional learning is not just for kids – in fact, it begins with adults! Learn how to develop your own social emotional skills and how to build a culture of SEL in your programs by being S-E-T: supportive, engaging, and thoughtful.
Full Session Description
Social emotional learning is not just for kids – in fact, it begins with the adults who work with students to develop these skills. In this session, you will explore what SEL is and will build your own social-emotional skills through an interactive learning experience. You will learn firsthand how to create a culture of SEL in your program by being S-E-T: supportive, engaging, and thoughtful.
This framework guides practitioners in utilizing their own social-emotional skills to work with students. During the session, you will discuss specific ways to be S-E-T in your program and with the children you work with, including how to be supportive, engage kids during downtime, be thoughtful and observant role models, begin meaningful conversations, acknowledge behavior, and assign tasks to help kids build social-emotional skills.
By developing your social-emotional skills around the S-E-T framework, you’ll gain a strong understanding of what SEL looks like in action and leave the session with actionable skills and tactics to implement immediately in your programs.
The presenters are experienced afterschool leaders and practitioners who are well versed in SEL and its positive impact on students and adults.