District PD - Focus SEL for the School Year

This year we focused on SEL for our Professional Development initiative.

In the fall we selected the self directed activity option for PD.  The course Managing Emotions in Times of Uncertainty and Stress seem like the perfect caption for this school year as we dealt with the pandemic, remote, hybrid and the full return to school.  The course was well designed.  The focus started with teachers well-being before helping others.  Each module had videos, readings and a quiz.  It helped taking the class with a colleagues as we discussed parts of the class and strategized over ways to implement in a K-8 school.  

The course by Marc Brackett (Coursera Online Course) was a great option. Where it was self-directed I found myself moving through the course and assignments quickly in order to plan for classroom SEL activities and lessons.
Course info: Managing Emotions in Times of Uncertainty & Stress 

Developing the social and emotional skills we need to support ourselves and those we care about is the journey of a lifetime about is the journey of a lifetime!

1. Introduction to SEL and the Emotions Matter Mindset
2. Identifying Our Emotions
3. Managing Our Own Emotions with Action Strategies
4. Managing Our Own Emotions by Shifting How We Think
5. Becoming a Culturally Responsive Emotion Scientist
6. Identifying Others’ Emotions
7. Helping Others to Manage Emotions
8. Putting It All Together: Making Commitments to Lasting Change

We then curated our learning in the presentation and video reflection.

http://bit.ly/NRSD_SEL_Reflection_Marotta Video reflection https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ektGpgv1VXFGx-f798te4n2DIY85IqNI/view