Social and Emotional Learning: Resources and Articles for Educators

Teach the 5 Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Competencies

The 5 social-emotional learning (SEL) competencies developed by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) are crucial to students’ learning and growth. Explore the competencies and strategies for helping students achieve them.

Brenda Iasevoli
ShapedExecutive Editor

What is Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) in Education? Insights for K–12 Educators

Discover what research says about the importance of SEL and how best to improve its integration in schools.

Jordan Friedman
ShapedEditor

Why is Social-Emotional Learning Important in Schools?

In a survey, nearly all teachers and administrators said they felt it's essential to address the social and emotional needs of students in schools today.

Jordan Friedman
ShapedEditor

Learning Is Emotional: Why We Need to Maximize SEL in Our Schools

When it comes to social-emotional learning in schools, every $1 invested has an $11 return in long-term benefits.

Dr. Linda Lucey
Associate Partner, The Center for Model Schools

SEL in Schools: Why Education Leaders Should Express Their Vulnerabilities

When prioritizing social-emotional learning in schools, allowing those you lead to see you as authentically human with deficiencies as well as strengths can be enlightening.

Anthony Colannino

Facebook Live: Dr. Stephanie Jones on Social-Emotional Learning in Schools

One social-emotional learning expert explores effective methods to improve SEL in schools and the challenges educators may face in the process.

Joanna Miral
ShapedStaff

5 Social-Emotional Learning Strategies Teachers Can Use Now

Schools that integrate social-emotional learning into instruction equip students to persevere and master rigorous content. Start with these five tips.

Brenda Iasevoli
ShapedExecutive Editor

6 Classro策略来建立社区om

How do you foster a sense of safety and belonging so students can focus their energy on learning? These strategies for building community in the classroom will help.

Perry Hollins
Fourth-Grade Teacher, Evanston/Skokie School District, Illinois

6 Techniques for Implementing Social-Emotional Learning in the Classroom

As teachers, we must provide opportunities for students to develop and foster skills to succeed in school and in their communities.

Amy Dendinger
READ 180Classroom Teacher & Expert

How to Incorporate SEL Into an Elementary Science Curriculum

Listen as two former science teachers discuss practical ways to implement social and emotional learning activities in your classroom.

Ann Pearson
ShapedContributor

4 Tips for Implementing Social-Emotional Learning

Read four techniques for implementing social-emotional learning in the classroom. SEL at school starts with you!

Erica Battle
Professional Learning Consultant, ICLE

10 Social and Emotional Learning Strategies for Responding to COVID-19

Explore key principles and strategies that schools and educators can use to nurture students’ social and emotional development.

Francie Alexander
Chief Research Officer, HMH

Dr. Amy Endo
Education Research Director, Supplemental & Intervention Language & Literacy

Building Hope Through High Expectations

See how the staff of Glasgow Middle School in Glasgow, Kentucky measured and met their students' social and emotional needs as their classroom went virtual.

Regina Murphy
Principal, Glasgow Middle School

Why and How One District Prioritized Social-Emotional Learning

When we focus on the whole child, teachers have more time to support learning, and academic achievement increases.

Dina Rocheleau
Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction, Ferndale Public Schools, Michigan

The Social-Emotional Learning Need: How a Small District Made It a Reality

An assistant principal shares how her district implemented a new model that works best for them to support social-emotional learning.

Kelly Boeing
Assistant Principal, Lucerne Valley Middle High School

Teaching Empathy: Activities for Middle Schoolers

Nothing builds a sense of community like collective empathy. Check out a few suggestions for middle school activities to practice and model empathy.

Zoe Del Mar
ShapedStaff

15 SEL Writing and Journal Prompts for Grades 3–12

Introduce your students to the five competencies of SEL with these writing and journal prompts for elementary, middle, and high school.

Ali Habashi
ShapedEditor

5 Social-Emotional Learning Activities for Elementary School

Use these social-emotional learning activities to work toward improving school culture, addressing discipline problems, and building strong relationships.

Sara Buren
ShapedContributor

5 Social-Emotional Learning Activities for Middle School

Teach your middle school students to become the best versions of themselves with these activities based on CASEL's five social-emotional learning core competencies.

Sara Buren
ShapedContributor

5 Social-Emotional Learning Activities for High School Students

Help your students become independent and meaningful contributors to society with these high school SEL activities based on CASEL's core competencies.

Sara Buren
ShapedContributor

5 Virtual SEL Activities for Remote Learning

Share these SEL remote activities with your students at home to help them develop SEL skills, like self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and responsible decision-making.

Zoe Del Mar
ShapedStaff

Need a Timesaver? Try an Activity That Ties SEL to ELA

社会性学习融入你的病ish language arts curriculum with this literacy activity, where students read and study a text and practice important SEL competencies.

Janna Sakson
Shaped Contributor

What’s on Your Mind? A Flexible SEL Freewrite

Help students in Grades 3–12 tap into what they're feeling with an informal writing activity.

Janna Sakson
Shaped Contributor

4 World Kindness Day Activities to Teach Tolerance and SEL Skills

Use these World Kindness Day activities and ideas for the International Day for Tolerance to ensure that every day includes a little (or a lot of!) kindness in your school.

Christine Condon
ShapedEditor-in-Chief

How to Boost Students’ SEL Skills Using Current Events

Fourth-grade teacher Perry Hollins shares tips for teaching current events through an SEL lens.

Perry Hollins
Fourth-Grade Teacher, Evanston/Skokie School District, Illinois

Mental Health Awareness Month Activities for Schools

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. It's a great time for teachers to take stock of their students'—and their own—health and well-being. We've got you covered with these Mental Health Awareness Month activities for schools.

Janice Mace
Senior Counselor, National Center for School Mental Health at the University of Maryland

Back-to-School Series: Minisode 1 with Toney Jackson in NJ on Teachers in America

Jennifer Corujo
ShapedEditor

Low Floor, High Ceiling Math Tasks

Richard Blankman
ShapedEditor

9 Back-to-School Icebreakers for Elementary Students

Brenda Iasevoli
ShapedExecutive Editor