Social Emotional Learning
Social Emotional Learning
Coursework
- Trauma Informed Practices in Schools – Offered Spring
- Mindfulness Strategies for the Classroom – Offered Fall
- Social Justice and Equity Education – Offered Summer
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) helps students better comprehend and manage their emotions as well as demonstrate empathy for others. Through those learned behaviors, students make positive, responsible decisions; create frameworks to achieve their goals; and build positive relationships with others.
Our Professional Learning Series in SEL is provides educators a foundation in SEL principles and teaches the knowledge and skills to weave SEL core competencies into curriculum, classroom activities and student and parent engagement.
Our coursework is rooted in the concepts of educational equity and excellence. We seek to help educators build learning environments and experiences based on trust and collaborative relationships, rigorous and meaningful curriculum and instruction, and safety and inclusiveness in the classroom.
Our series in SEL includes three graduate-level courses. One course in the series is offered each fall, spring and summer semester to allow most educators to complete the coursework within a year. Courses may be taken in any sequence.
Available Classes
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EDUC 579U Mindfulness Strategies for the Classroom
Course OfferingsDescription
August 26, 2024 through December 14, 2024
Connie Honsinger
Wednesday 7:00 pm - 9:30 pmCRN: 12171 (section: pd-01)
Semester hours: 3
Fee: $800Remote online as scheduled. Teachers seeking professional development only.
Study for all educators at all levels of an overview of recent research on mindfulness practices and provide guidance on how to integrate these practices into the classroom. Participants in this course will learn what mindfulness is, why it can be a useful practice, and how to creatively apply research-based mindfulness techniques to meet the diverse needs of student learners. Attention will also be given to ways educators can use mindfulness to enhance their own professional and personal experience as teachers.