Ready, S-E-T, Go, Building a Culture of SEL- learn how to create a culture of SEL by Supporting, Engaging, and Teaching
First Presenter's Institution
WINGS for Kids
First Presenter's Brief Biography
Katie Frazier is a Social and Emotional Learning Trainer at WINGS for Kids. Since 2012, Katie has served WINGS in multiple capacities: afterschool mentor, program associate, and program coordinator and coach. Her deep knowledge of social and emotional learning comes from her many years as a practitioner in applying concrete methods, techniques, and approaches with underserved youth. Katie develops and facilitates internal staff trainings and curriculum, presents at national and local youth development conferences, and trains youth development professionals and educators around the country. She earned her undergraduate degree in psychology from the College of Charleston and her master’s in psychology from Southern New Hampshire University.
Document Type
Event
Primary Strand
Social-Emotional Learning
Relevance to Primary Strand
This session will deepen participants knowledge of Social Emotional Learning by breaking it down into its five competencies, self-awareness, self-management, responsible decision-making, social awareness and relationship skills. Participants will have time to self-reflect on these competencies and learn strategies for teaching these skills to students. Participants will learn how to create an environment that is conducive to SEL.
Brief Program Description
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is not just for kids- in fact, it begins with the adults in this session. Participants will deepen their understanding of SEL and practice building their own SE skills through interactive polls, discussions, and activities. This framework helps participants critically think and brainstorm ways to foster a culture of SEL to create an environment that is S-E-T: Supporting, Engaging and Teaching.
Summary
Learn from a nationwide organization Wings for Kids who run direct service programs around the Southeast and several partnerships across the country. Our mission is to equip kids with the social and emotional skills needed to succeed in school, stay in school and thrive in life. Through our 23 years of experience and a Randomized Control Trial (RCT) we have codified our programming and curriculum and want to share our knowledge so kids can succeed everywhere.
This framework guides educators and program leaders in building their own SE skills to work with students. During the session, participants will discuss specific ways to be S-E-T, including how to be supportive, engage kids during downtime, and begin teaching SEL by being a role model, observant and thoughtful.
The session will conclude with an interactive component during which participants will practice some engaging SEL activities they can use immediately in their programs.
Evidence
In a study done with 213 school based SEL programs, results showed that compared to controls SEL participants demonstrated significantly improved SE skills, attitudes, behavior and academic performance that reflected an 11 percentile point gain in achievement. (Durlak et al., 2011). Developing social emotional skills is not a look away from academics but truly how academics will succeed. These skills can be integrated into already existing framework but it is up to the adult to intentionally sense and seize moments where they can teach these skills to our students.
Learning Objective 1
Expand their understanding of the competencies of social emotional learning
Learning Objective 2
Develop their own social and emotional skills and be able to incorporate SEL into school climate and interactions with all students
Learning Objective 3
Learn how to explicitly teach social and emotional skills to students with concrete strategies and techniques
Recommended Citation
Frazier, Katie, "Ready, S-E-T, Go, Building a Culture of SEL- learn how to create a culture of SEL by Supporting, Engaging, and Teaching" (2022). Southeast Conference on School Climate. 18.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/secsc/2022/2022/18
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Ready, S-E-T, Go, Building a Culture of SEL- learn how to create a culture of SEL by Supporting, Engaging, and Teaching
Learn from a nationwide organization Wings for Kids who run direct service programs around the Southeast and several partnerships across the country. Our mission is to equip kids with the social and emotional skills needed to succeed in school, stay in school and thrive in life. Through our 23 years of experience and a Randomized Control Trial (RCT) we have codified our programming and curriculum and want to share our knowledge so kids can succeed everywhere.
This framework guides educators and program leaders in building their own SE skills to work with students. During the session, participants will discuss specific ways to be S-E-T, including how to be supportive, engage kids during downtime, and begin teaching SEL by being a role model, observant and thoughtful.
The session will conclude with an interactive component during which participants will practice some engaging SEL activities they can use immediately in their programs.
