SELSG+: A Comprehensive System to Support Teacher Development & Implementation of SEL Skills in the K-3 Classroom
Summary
Now more than ever, students need strategies to support both behavior and academics which requires educators to have the content knowledge and skills to support students in the acquisition of said strategies. Social and emotional learning strategies can be implemented daily to support student behavior and in turn support student academic skills. Research points to an 11% increase in academic skills when students demonstrate an increase in their social and emotional intelligence and strategy use. Educators point to a lack of instructional time in their pre-service education and a lack of support in their current classrooms as some of the barriers present when implementing and assessing social and emotional learning with their students. This presentation highlights a comprehensive system for supporting educators seeking a tiered system for supporting students in the acquisition and mastery of social and emotional learning skills. Social and Emotional Learning Study Groups (SELSG+) is a comprehensive system that includes evidence-based resources in a tiered framework to support student skill acquisition. Interactive training modules provide educators with the content knowledge needed to support students including planned educator study groups to further support educators implementing SEL instruction. We Have Skills and Skillstreaming are digitally delivered within SELSG+ to provide evidence-based instruction tiered to support students needing universal (tier 1) and more intensified support (tier 2). Highlighted within this presentation are the results of our in-progress quasi-experimental study involving the SELSG+ system while also providing educators with a preview of strategies presented within training modules that can be implemented across education settings with minimal planning and time committed. Our system seeks to fill a gap in social and emotional learning screening, assessment, implementation, and professional development for educators. We will highlight our system, current results of our study, and provide educators and other school support staff with positive, evidence-based strategies for supporting student academics, behavior, and mental health across education settings.
SELSG+: A Comprehensive System to Support Teacher Development & Implementation of SEL Skills in the K-3 Classroom
Now more than ever, students need strategies to support both behavior and academics which requires educators to have the content knowledge and skills to support students in the acquisition of said strategies. Social and emotional learning strategies can be implemented daily to support student behavior and in turn support student academic skills. Research points to an 11% increase in academic skills when students demonstrate an increase in their social and emotional intelligence and strategy use. Educators point to a lack of instructional time in their pre-service education and a lack of support in their current classrooms as some of the barriers present when implementing and assessing social and emotional learning with their students. This presentation highlights a comprehensive system for supporting educators seeking a tiered system for supporting students in the acquisition and mastery of social and emotional learning skills. Social and Emotional Learning Study Groups (SELSG+) is a comprehensive system that includes evidence-based resources in a tiered framework to support student skill acquisition. Interactive training modules provide educators with the content knowledge needed to support students including planned educator study groups to further support educators implementing SEL instruction. We Have Skills and Skillstreaming are digitally delivered within SELSG+ to provide evidence-based instruction tiered to support students needing universal (tier 1) and more intensified support (tier 2). Highlighted within this presentation are the results of our in-progress quasi-experimental study involving the SELSG+ system while also providing educators with a preview of strategies presented within training modules that can be implemented across education settings with minimal planning and time committed. Our system seeks to fill a gap in social and emotional learning screening, assessment, implementation, and professional development for educators. We will highlight our system, current results of our study, and provide educators and other school support staff with positive, evidence-based strategies for supporting student academics, behavior, and mental health across education settings.
