Woodside SEL 2019 2020 SEL Committee Tom Bev

Woodside SEL 2019 -2020 SEL Committee Tom, Bev, Lindsay, Mena, Heather, Sonja, Nicki, Beth, Jenn Mull

Goals • Provide a school-wide (children, teachers, and parents) SEL focus • Support SEL lessons and activities

Trimester 1: Know Yourself Values: mindfulness, responsibility, integrity, self -advocacy Trimester 2: Give Yourself Values: compassion, gratitude, inclusion, empathy, citizenship Trimester 3: Choose Yourself Values: perseverance, resilience, leadership, health

Trimester 1: Know Yourself Values: mindfulness, responsibility, integrity, selfadvocacy Why do we want our students to know themselves? • To build intrapersonal awareness • To communicate emotional feelings and needs • To manage academic and social pressures • To understand how they learn best • To understand that their feelings affect their behaviors

SEL Toolbox Lessons and Resources • SEL Teacher Library • Building emotional vocabulary • Layers of feelings • Personal Boundaries (nurture & connect) • De-escalating • Emotional thermometer • Daily Check In *Labyrinth

Trimester 2: Give Yourself Values: compassion, gratitude, inclusion, empathy, citizenship Why do we want our students to give themselves? • To develop compassion, empathy and awareness of others • To build a connected and inclusive community • To experience the intrinsic value of giving

Trimester 3: Choose Yourself Values: perseverance, resilience, leadership, health Why do we want our students to choose themselves? • To develop self-love and appreciation • To give their best efforts in school and in relationships • To make healthy choices

Building Classroom Community • Linking together • The Silent Drawing • SEL notebooks • All My Neighbors Who. . .

Parent Information http: //www. woodsideschool. us/District/Social. Emotional-Learning-SEL/Helpful-SEL-articles-links/index. html

Check In Intra-personal and interpersonal reflection questions. What did you notice about your own mood as you checked in and then as you shared? What did you notice about your own feelings as your listened to others give their check in? What surprised you about this experience today?