SEL Resources
Self-Awareness: Students noticing they need extra help, a student advocating for an audio version of a book because they know they will absorb the material better if they can hear it
Self-Management: Coming to class with chromebooks charged, following up with an email to clarify a question/assignment, budgeting time
Social Awareness: Students listening to each other share their ideas or findings and responding appropriately to peers, noticing when a peer is struggling with a concept and offering to reframe it in a way that is helpful
Relationship Skills: Students communicating respectfully, and with empathy, Students connecting through team building activities/exercises
Responsible Decision Making: Students putting their phones in their bags, problem solving, considering ethical implications
Resources from Temple and Jen (click on them):
Social-Emotional Learning Should Be Priority During COVID-19 Crisis
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qQvS5801lXl2j6nQ7su3SknHMNdYuf_f0l-vKrPehss/edit
Ycei.org-Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence (Free class for educators starting in September 2020
https://casel.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/SEL-Reflection-Prompts.pdf
https://casel.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/5-Minute-Chats-with-Students.pdf
https://ocde.us/EducationalServices/LearningSupports/HealthyMinds/Documents/RP%20Resources/Sample%20Prompting%20Circles%20Questions.pdf
Self-Management: Coming to class with chromebooks charged, following up with an email to clarify a question/assignment, budgeting time
Social Awareness: Students listening to each other share their ideas or findings and responding appropriately to peers, noticing when a peer is struggling with a concept and offering to reframe it in a way that is helpful
Relationship Skills: Students communicating respectfully, and with empathy, Students connecting through team building activities/exercises
Responsible Decision Making: Students putting their phones in their bags, problem solving, considering ethical implications
Resources from Temple and Jen (click on them):
Social-Emotional Learning Should Be Priority During COVID-19 Crisis
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qQvS5801lXl2j6nQ7su3SknHMNdYuf_f0l-vKrPehss/edit
Ycei.org-Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence (Free class for educators starting in September 2020
https://casel.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/SEL-Reflection-Prompts.pdf
https://casel.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/5-Minute-Chats-with-Students.pdf
https://ocde.us/EducationalServices/LearningSupports/HealthyMinds/Documents/RP%20Resources/Sample%20Prompting%20Circles%20Questions.pdf
Anti-Racist Resources
Students from marginalized and minority populations need to see diverse representation in order to begin to feel valued, safe, and respected at school (Harvard Graduate School of Ed, 2017)
VRHS is a widely homogeneous community that strives to develop “respectful citizens who are empowered to contribute to a global society” (Reg. 4 Commitment to Excellence)
Anti-Defamation League Pyramid of Hate
Greater Good in Education-UCA Berkeley Anti-Racist Resources for Educators
Reframing the Narrative
http://www.c3teachers.org/reframing-pd
Why Conversations About Race Belong in the Classroom-USC Rossier
VRHS is a widely homogeneous community that strives to develop “respectful citizens who are empowered to contribute to a global society” (Reg. 4 Commitment to Excellence)
Anti-Defamation League Pyramid of Hate
Greater Good in Education-UCA Berkeley Anti-Racist Resources for Educators
Reframing the Narrative
http://www.c3teachers.org/reframing-pd
Why Conversations About Race Belong in the Classroom-USC Rossier
Choose Love Movement
The Choose Love Movement is teaching children and adults around the world how to change an angry thought to a loving one, and live a life filled with “Courage + Gratitude + Forgiveness + Compassion-in-Action.”
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Culturally Responsive Teaching and Curriculum
Culturally responsive teaching can be defined as using cultural knowledge, prior experiences, frames of reference, and performance styles of ethnically diverse students to make learning encounters more relevant and effective for them. It teaches to and through the strengths of these students.
Culturally responsive (or relevant) teaching has been described as "a pedagogy that empowers students intellectually, socially, emotionally, and politically by using cultural referents to impart knowledge, skills, and attitudes" (Ladson-Billings, 1994, p. 382)
The tenets of culturally responsive curriculum:
Additional Info to be provided by new Equity Committee
Culturally responsive (or relevant) teaching has been described as "a pedagogy that empowers students intellectually, socially, emotionally, and politically by using cultural referents to impart knowledge, skills, and attitudes" (Ladson-Billings, 1994, p. 382)
The tenets of culturally responsive curriculum:
- Respect for the legitimacy of different cultures
- Empowering students to value all cultures, not just their own
- Incorporating cultural information into the curriculum, instead of simply adding it on
- Relating new information to students' life experiences
- Teaching to the "whole child" and treating the classroom like a community
Additional Info to be provided by new Equity Committee
Mindfulness
Restorative Circles Promoting Community
Participation and Having a Voice Activities
https://knowlesteachers.org/kaleidoscope/connection-circles-establish-restorative-circle-practice--This is a great article written by a teacher and his experience using Restorative Circles in his classroom
https://casel.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/SEL-Reflection-Prompts.pdf
https://casel.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/5-Minute-Chats-with-Students.pdf
https://ocde.us/EducationalServices/LearningSupports/HealthyMinds/Documents/RP%20Resources/Sample%20Prompting%20Circles%20Questions.pdf
https://knowlesteachers.org/kaleidoscope/connection-circles-establish-restorative-circle-practice--This is a great article written by a teacher and his experience using Restorative Circles in his classroom
https://casel.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/SEL-Reflection-Prompts.pdf
https://casel.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/5-Minute-Chats-with-Students.pdf
https://ocde.us/EducationalServices/LearningSupports/HealthyMinds/Documents/RP%20Resources/Sample%20Prompting%20Circles%20Questions.pdf