In this episode, Dustin Watson discusses Social Emotional Learning, and how to integrate its practices into your classroom. In the final segment, learn about a new award that Dustin's home district has recently won.

Segment 1: Introduction and Overview

In this episode, we will discuss what SEL is, why it's important, and how teachers can incorporate it into their classrooms. We will also talk about the benefits of SEL for students and provide examples of SEL practices that teachers can use.

Sources:

CASEL. (2021). What is SEL? https://casel.org/what-is-sel/

Durlak, J. A., Weissberg, R. P., Dymnicki, A. B., Taylor, R. D., & Schellinger, K. B. (2011). The impact of enhancing students' social and emotional learning: A meta-analysis of school-based universal interventions. Child Development, 82(1), 405-432.

Segment 2: What is SEL and Why is it Important?

In this segment, we will provide a more detailed explanation of what SEL is and why it's important for students. We will talk about how SEL helps students develop skills such as self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. We will also discuss the research behind SEL and how it can improve academic achievement, reduce behavior problems, and increase positive social behaviors.

Sources:

Zins, J. E., Weissberg, R. P., Wang, M. C., & Walberg, H. J. (2004). Building academic success on social and emotional learning: What does the research say? Teachers College Press.

Jones, S. M., & Bouffard, S. M. (2012). Social and emotional learning in schools: From programs to strategies. Social Policy Report, 26(4), 1-33.

Segment 3: Incorporating SEL into the Classroom

In this segment, we will discuss how teachers can incorporate SEL into their classrooms. We will talk about specific practices that teachers can use, such as morning meetings, class meetings, and restorative practices. We will also provide examples of how SEL can be integrated into academic content areas, such as math, science, and language arts.

Sources:

Elias, M. J., & Arnold, H. (2006). The educator's guide to emotional intelligence and academic achievement: Social-emotional learning in the classroom. Corwin Press.

Greenberg, M. T., Weissberg, R. P., O'Brien, M. U., Zins, J. E., Fredericks, L., Resnik, H., & Elias, M. J. (2003). Enhancing school-based prevention and youth development through coordinated social, emotional, and academic learning. American Psychologist, 58(6-7), 466-474.

Segment 4: Supporting SEL in the Home and Community

In this segment, we will talk about how parents and other community members can support SEL for students. We will discuss the importance of collaboration between schools, families, and communities to support students' social and emotional development. We will also provide examples of activities and resources that families and communities can use to promote SEL.

Sources:

Weissberg, R. P., Durlak, J. A., Domitrovich, C. E., & Gullotta, T. P. (Eds.). (2015). Handbook of social and emotional learning: Research and practice. Guilford Press.

Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning. (2021). SEL in homes and communities. https://casel.org/sel-in-homes-and-communities/

Segment 5: Conclusion and Key Takeaways

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In this episode of the Nontraditional Teachers Podcast, Dustin Watson does an "interview" with ChatGPT's AI. Is this new technology going to end education as we know it? Or, is it just a tool that teachers and students can learn to use ethically and efficiently? Remember, you can interact with the show by sending an email to [email protected]

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Radford, A., Wu, J., Child, R., Luan, D., Amodei, D., & Sutskever, I. (2019). Language models are unsupervised multitask learners. OpenAI Blog, 1(8), 9.

Brown, T. B., Mann, B., Ryder, N., Subbiah, M., Kaplan,

J., Dhariwal, P., ... & Amodei, D. (2020). Language models are few-shot learners. arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.14165.

Adiwardana, D., Luong, M. T., Dave, N., Dohan, D.,

Bajwa, I. S., & Fergus, R. (2020). Towards a human-like open-domain chatbot. arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.09977.

Dodge, J., Koksal, O. T., Dyer, C., & Smith, N. A. (2020).

Fine-tuning language models from human preferences. arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.06489.

Vashishth, S., & Nangia, H. (2021). Exploration of

ChatGPT for Language Modeling and Conversation. Proceedings of the 2021 Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Human Language Technologies, 1, 3052-3057.

In this episode, Dustin Watson discusses the ups and downs of having snow days. Please rate, share, and subscribe to The Nontraditional Teachers Podcast on whatever podcatcher you prefer. If the show is not available there, let us know!

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