Teaching Social-Emotional Skills In School

Imparting social and emotional skills at a tender age equips children with the life skills required to manage their everyday tasks as adults. They become better learners, form healthier relationships, are cooperative and caring towards those around them and are less impulsive. Even though these skills are already embedded in the school curriculum, a deliberate effort by the teachers is required to highlight the skills.

How To Make Social-Emotional Learning Part Of The Curriculum?
  • Mindfulness: Before students embark on a difficult project/subject, they should be encouraged to practice mindfulness exercise to calm their nerves. This helps in assimilating the knowledge better. As per scientists, this helps students develop hope-an important factor for success.
  • Caring And Safe Classrooms: Educators should ensure that the classrooms environment is comfortable & safe for the students. A classroom should be a place where they feel safe to discuss their feelings. The time spent in the classroom can be tapped into for building their emotional literacy. It is a great platform for teaching them how to tune into the emotional states of those around them with sensitivity and care.
  • Emotional Development Through English Language Arts: Language & art offer meaningful lessons on emotions, communication, social ties etc. A character in a story can be used to delve deeper into the traits, motivations, feelings and actions that lead to certain events. It also helps enrich their emotional vocabulary. Such practices teach students to recognize the emotions of others and their own emotional reactions. Encouraging students to make journal entries everyday about how they feel throughout the day and even hanging posters on different emotions in the classrooms helps.
  • Group Work: An essential part of social-emotional skills is learning how to develop your voice when working with a team. Encouraging students to participate in as many group activities as possible at school sets them up for a lifetime confidence. They learn valuable skills such as effective communication, compromising, finding solutions instead of brooding over problems and much more.
Benefits Of Social-Emotional Learning:
  • Improves academic performance
  • Reduces problem behavior
  • Improves emotional health and responses
  • Develops a positive attitude towards oneself, school and society
  • Improves concentration spans
  • Reduces anxiety
  • Suicide prevention
  • Chemical dependency prevention
Conclusion: The onus of blending in social-emotional learning with the school curriculum lies solely on the dedication and hard work of the teacher. A teacher can do wonders by going an extra mile to help students develop skills that will make them happier and stronger humans. Students thrive in an environment of care, trust and safety. The classroom is one such place where such an environment can be created.

Popular posts from this blog

School Nutrition At Killeen ISD

Image
As part of KISD’s comprehensive approach to teaching and learning, the school district places a strong emphasis on providing students with access to healthy food. The School Nutrition Department of KISD is engaged in planning and providing nutritious meals to students and the school staff. KISD adheres to the nutritional standards and promotes lifelong practice of eating healthy meals to its students. Benefits of Healthy Meals For Students Hygienic and healthy meals ensure proper growth & development in children.  Nutrition improves student’s cognitive performance & academic achievement.  Helps in better performance in athletics and sports. National School Lunch Week At Killeen ISD KISD observed National School Lunch Week from October 10 through October 14, 2022, as a way to recognize the National School Lunch Program, which feeds millions of children daily across the United States. The School Lunch Week also acknowledges the Foodservice staff for preparing delicious and nutrit
Read more

Student Registration for 2022-23 at Killeen ISD.

Image
  Killeen Independent School District is a reputed school district that offers multiple academic and extracurricular opportunities for an overall development of its students. The school district proudly serves the Killeen, Fort Hood, Harker Heights, and Nolanville communities.    Student Registration for 2022-23 at Killeen ISD is now open. The current Killeen ISD students can complete their registration for the 2022-2023 school year   Log in to Home Access Center & click the Registration icon in the menu. Select the Update Enrollment tab. Click the Start link to the right of the Current Student Registration form name. After verifying the student’s date of birth, you will be taken directly to the form. Registration for students that are new to Killeen ISD is also open. New students can visit https://www.killeenisd.org/enroll and create account to begin the registration process. Full-day Prek and Kindergarten Programs To enroll a child in Killeen ISD's free full-day
Read more

Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID)

Advancement Via Individual Determination refers to research-based strategies and curriculum to assist the development of critical thinking, literacy, and math skills among students in elementary, secondary and higher education. AVID was established 35 years ago to train educators to adopt methodologies required for skill development of students. AVID’s mission is to provide an equal opportunity to prepare students for success in pursuing college degrees or careers. The program focuses on providing additional support to mid-performing students at the risk of under-achievement to improve their chances of academic success. Benefits of AVID Program: AVID may help students attain academic success by teaching skills and behaviors aimed at the same. It creates a positive environment for students and provides intensive support via tutorials. AVID promotes self-motivation among students to believe in themselves and work hard to achieve their academic goals. Middle and high school AVID students
Read more