SEL in EDU

Episode Highlights:

• Forming and showing our full identities while contributing positively to a team
• Connecting identity with self-image, self-esteem, self-confidence, trust, and communication
• Making time beyond the agenda to foster connection
• Building trust in online environments
• Supporting each other while supporting our students

Episode Resources:

• Connect with Gemma Cass on Twitter and Instagram
• Toolkit by CASEL on identity - Steele and Darling Hammond
• BRAVING by Dr. Brene Brown
• Tuckman’s Model for Nurturing a High Functioning Team
• Charrier’s Stages of Group Development
• Kiersey Personality Inventory
• Claude Steele
• Linda Darling-Hammond
• Darnell Fine
  
  

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

• Differentiating Applied Positive Psychology from Positive Psychology 
• Examining what is right with people instead of focusing on what is wrong with people (Clifton)
• Fostering FLOURISHING in educators and students
• Guiding students in building willpower, habit formation, hope, efficacy, resilience, and optimism

EPISODE RESOURCES:

• Connect with Felix Yerace: Twitter
• Dr. Yerace's publications: 
  • Building community in schools: Servant-Leadership, restorative justice, and discipline reform. International Journal of Servant Leadership, 10(1), 193-211. 
  • Adolescent and youth leadership development : the role of advisers in facilitating leadership and civic engagement through stewardship of student councils.
• Languishing Ted Talk - Adam Grant
• Clifton Strengths Finder
• Science of Happiness podcast - Lori Santos
• Self-Compassion - Kristin Neff
• Positive Psychology Center - Martin Seligman
• eudaimonia - human flourishing (Aristotle)

EPISODE 005 HIGHLIGHTS:

• Developing the advocacy language to support multilingual students in the classroom
• Empowering 'See Hear Feel' to foster ownership of the classroom culture
• Building upon self-awareness to construct the foundation for empathy and healthy relationships
• Recognizing the cognitive and emotive energy needed to process multiple languages concurrently
• Leveraging cultural assets and experiences to make learning relevant and engaging

EPISODE 005 RESOURCES:

• Connect with Brenda Mendoza: Instagram, Twitter, A Bridge to Biliteracy ASCD article, We Build EDU, Culturally Responsive Classrooms - Scholastic Teachers article,  Equity for English Language Learners - IL ASCD article
• See Hear Feel chart
• Collaborative for Academic Social Emotional Learning (CASEL)
• Zones of Regulation
• Dr. Luis Moll - Funds of Knowledge (U.S. Department of Healthy and Human Services)
• Funds of Knowledge activity (Bank Street College, NYC)
• WIDA English Language Development Standards
• I am Values/Affirmation Statements (Pathway2Success)

EPISODE 004 HIGHLIGHTS:

• “The arts are the key to change. Arts are not fluff; arts are the fuel.”
• The arts help create whole human beings.
• Highlight the best of each student through arts integration and the five SEL competencies
• Use art and illustrations as a form of self-expression, developing student self-confidence and self-efficacy, exploring identity, exploring social issues, and challenging stereotypes and biases.

EPISODE 004 RESOURCES:

• Connect with Amanda Koonlaba: Institute for Arts Integration and STEAM, Curriculum Vitae, Party in the Art Room website, Blog, Courses, Lesson Collections
• The Art of Norman Rockwell
• Vincent Van Gogh Art
• Research from the Arts Commission on how integrating SEL and the arts have influenced Mississippi schools (coming soon!)

EPISODE 003 TITLE: Co-Collaborating for Powerful SEL Integration with Adia Vellaccio and Amanda Trecker

EPISODE 003 HIGHLIGHTS:

• Co-collaboration elevates teacher capacity for SEL integration.
• The PAUSE helps create trusting rapport.
• Ensuring all students are seen, heard, and valued  - and that they see each other, hear each other, and value each other - deepens relationships.

EPISODE 003 RESOURCES:

• Connect with Adia Vellacio: [email protected], Grade 3 Teacher
• Connect with Amanda Trecker: [email protected], Grade 3 Teacher 

EPISODE 002 HIGHLIGHTS:

• Defining SEL and deconstructing some myths around SEL
• SEL is not a program and more than a lesson plan: It is who you are and what you do every day.
• Modeling SEL ourselves and leveraging that to change the power dynamics in learning spaces
• Examining our connections with students so they can show up as their authentic selves
• Taking a collective, strengths-based approach to SEL that involves self, staff, students, and families

EPISODE 002 RESOURCES:

• Follow Krista Leh on social media: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Resonance Ed website
• PASCD 3-part webinar series: Cultivating an SEL System for Student and Staff Synergy Academy

EPISODE 002 TRANSCRIPT:

Krista: Welcome everyone to this episode 2 of SEL in EDU. Hi Craig!

Craig: Hey, Krista how's it going?

Krista: It is good. It's a Saturday morning. I think you and I have a ton of energy that is not really contained in any one direction.

Craig: that would be true. That would be true. 

Krista: But I think we had talked about the first couple of episodes were just them getting used to us and who we are. But we're excited to bring on some guests to dig in and really talk about where SEL shows up in education and in all the different ways that it can show up.

Craig: Yeah. And so today I'm excited because I have the opportunity to interview you so that the world can learn, just get a couple of glimpses into who Krista is to the world that we have here. And so pretty excited.

Krista: I'm excited as well. So I know that we had, we often talk about, do we come up with some questions or do we just kind of wing it? And you're like, well, what if I just ask you some questions? And so I'm off for that. So let's just see where this goes.

Craig: Awesome. Well, let's go there's a great quote by one of our education leaders who I regard highly. He's the author of many things and he just released the children's book. You know, how to think and like a coder and he has this quote, “All you need is one person to believe in you and the world is yours.” Just one. And so I'm curious, who's that one person, and I know that it’s probably many people, but as early as you can think about it…Who is one person who lit that fire ignited that fire in you that has driven you to be who you are today?

Krista: Wow. Wow. Like, do I go back to elementary school?

Craig: I'm leaving it open-ended.

Krista: Dang. You may have silenced me because I have all of these different people come in. And so here's how I'm going to answer that. All right. I truly believe that there are different people who come into your life at different points and provide opportunities and entries for you that you may not have ever thought about before. And so, as I'm talking about that, I am going to share that one of the biggest “AHAs” of my life was when I had a principal named Chris Shafer who came to me one time when I was seven years in teaching. He said the state of Pennsylvania has a grant that allows for people to get involved in what they're calling “Classrooms for the Future,” where you become an instructional technology coach. And we're going to apply for this grant. 

Krista: We're one of the schools that is kind of behind in it; there are other schools that are ahead. Would you be interested in this position? And up until that point, I never thought I was going to have a life outside of the classroom because I loved being with the students so much. It wa

EPISODE 001 HIGHLIGHTS:

• Finding your people, your “Avenger Squad”
• Creating a school community of joy, respect, and regard that celebrates the many identities and diversities of staff, young people, and families
• Leading and learning with compassion - for self and others

EPISODE 001 RESOURCES:

• Follow Craig Martin: LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Website
• ASCD - Emerging Leaders Program
• Thom Stecher - Levels of Relationships
• Brené Brown - Lessons on Trust, Braving, and Vulnerability
• Brené Brown - Braving video