• Important Definitions to Know

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    What is Social and Emotional Learning

    SEAL 101

    Dr. Maurice J. Elias

    Rutgers University

    Professor of Psychology and Director of the Social Emotional and Character Development Learning Lab (SECD)

    Collaborative for Academic and Social Emotional Learning (CASEL)

    Cultural Responsive Social Emotional Learning (CRSEL) 

    SEAD stands for Social Emotional and Academic Development. Social, emotional, and academic development is the integration of social and emotional development with academic learning in K-12 education. 

    Research shows that when schools fully integrate social, emotional, and academic development into K-12 education, academic performance improves, students are more engaged in school, and as a result, they are more likely to graduate high school and attend and graduate from college. The evidence also shows that students with healthy social and emotional development are more successful in the workforce and experience greater lifetime well-being. 

    In much the same way that academic skills can be cultivated, research also demonstrates that social and emotional competencies can be nurtured and developed over the course of a student’s school experience.

    The goal is to prepare students who, among other things, are able to connect with others, make responsible decisions, communicate, solve problems, think critically, be resilient, persevere, and work in teams—many of the same skills that employers tell through surveys that they are looking for in their workforce.

    The Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) is a world-wide organization, founded in 1994, that is dedicated to promoting social-emotional and academic learning (SEAL) programs for all students in grades Pre-K through High School.  SEAL was created to tackle the issue of ineffective programming.  According to CASEL, "SEAL was introduced as a framework that addresses the needs of young people and helps to align and coordinate school programs and programming." 

     

     

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