Why Teach SEL?

Our children are facing new challenges every day and our schools must adapt to the responsibility of giving them the skills they need to cope and flourish with these new circumstances. Traditional learning, falls short of arming our children with the skills they need to go on to becoming successful, happy adults. Solving the issue one problem at a time through fragmented treatments can often create temporary results, but lacks the impact on the whole child and the whole community, and is not cost effective. 

There is a growing body of knowledge demonstrating that Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is the missing piece that allows students to be successful in improving their academics as well as become successful individuals and members of the community.

SEL(Social Emotional Learning) is the process through which we learn to recognize and manage our emotions. This enables us to make pro-active choices that produce results that we really want. These choices involve caring about ourselves and others, behaving responsibly, and developing positive relationships.

Benefits

• Improves students' positive behavior and reduces negative behavior
• Improves academic performance
• Improves attitudes toward school
• Helps prepare young people for success in the workforce, in terms of leadership, communication, and how to persist in the face of challenges.
• Helps prevent high-risk behaviors, such as early sexual activity, non-attendance, depression, violence, and drug use