Social-emotional learning has been a targeted goal within my district that the students might have heard about in the secondary level, but might not know specific details about. I would really like to focus on the components of responsible decision making and social awareness in my classroom. I work with mostly seniors and I think that they have been able to be exposed to the other three components of SEL and various sub-skills throughout their educational careers, but obviously can only benefit from having more exposure and skill building opportunities. I would specifically like to share what responsible decision making and social awareness looks like as presented through CASEL and also what the sub-skills are for each so the students know what specific areas we will be targeting. As I go through my content objectives for Government and Economics with my students, I can focus them on the SEL skill we will be addressing too. Those two courses really thrive when the students are engaged in productive discussions that are centered around how the content/curriculum relates back to their life and SEL can help enhance their experience in those classes if the students have the opportunity to really develop those skills. These are the last courses students will take before they enter the “real world” and I have to make sure I am giving them the tools to be productive members of the society they are entering into.
