SEL in Every Space - October 12, 2021; 12pm-3pm (EST)

SEL in Every Space

How many opportunities do we miss a day to embed authentic SEL into our learning spaces? How can we shift our thinking, and therefore our expectations?

Mention SEL and most likely you will get this typical response/thought, “I don’t have enough time to teach the content, let alone bring in something as time consuming as SEL lessons!”

This past year has shaped our understanding that all learning is social & emotional for each student. Heading back to in-person learning, how do we utilize more time in the school day to help each student become the best human they can?

As we question many aspects of our education system - it becomes easy to see how many opportunities outside of the classroom there are to embed and practice SEL competencies and sub-competencies. Smart SEL advocates have always stressed the importance of the spaces other than classrooms - ie: the playground; lunch room; cafeteria; hallways; after & before school programs. There are many spaces in and on the school campus that are ideal for bringing SEL to play!

We simply need to refocus out thinking and embrace answers to the question how to create a place for every child to feel included, be seen, be active and build SEL skills in authentic experience. The playground alone generates multiple opportunities for conflict resolution! Come to this session ready to play!

We will:

Explore, demo and practice SEL games for each competency
Brainstorm and collaborate application to attendees’ specific needs and opportunities

Audience: All Grades PK-12 Educators
Presenter(s): Sharon McCarthy, TMI-ENVISION SEL Specialist/Lead Consultant, ENVISION President
Delivery Format: Virtual
Date/Times: October 12, 2021; 12pm-3pm (EST)

Cost: $159

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a full refund;
transfer to another, upcoming workshop date and location (space permitting); or
credit toward a future workshop. (Please note that all credits expire one (1) year from the date that they are issued.)

Video-Recorded Virtual (Zoom) Sessions and Tips to Maintain your Privacy during a Recorded Session: As an added value, all virtually-delivered programs are video recorded and accessible to our workshop registrants and Professional Learning Consortium Members subsequent to the session. Therefore, each virtually-delivered workshop and webinar will now have Zoom’s Recording Disclaimer enabled by default. With this feature, attendees will receive a notification when a recording starts or if they join a session that is already being recorded. The participant can then consent to stay in the session and be recorded or choose to leave the session altogether.

Tips to Maintain your Privacy during a Virtually-Delivered Session: Actively engaging in Zoom sessions is important. Participants may have concerns, however, of a Zoom session recording capturing their participation. Meeting hosts or instructors are taking steps to minimize this concern. In addition to the consent, participants can also use the following steps and features to take control of what is shared when a session is being recorded.

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The TMI-ENVISION SEL Series: Ensuring Safe, Healthy and Equitable Learning Spaces

The past year has dramatically changed all aspects of our lives. We are more keenly aware than ever that our classrooms are integral to the health and well-being of our communities. The events of the past year have brought into sharp focus that the future of education lies at the recursive intersection of Trauma - inclusive of ACEs & Chronic Stress; Social Emotional Learning (SEL); and Equity & Social Justice. To be clear, the approaches in SEL support and help heal those with the ACEs that contribute to Trauma. However, SEL is only successful in systems where Equity is valued and present. Equity is only possible when compassionate members of the system check their power, privilege and implicit bias, which is accomplished through the SEL competencies and sub-competencies. As educators, we tend to believe that all humans deserve to thrive social, emotionally, cognitively, physically, emotionally and spiritually. We have the power to make the world - specifically our learning spaces - a better place - what would you like to do? What would you like to try?

The professional and personal development in the TMI-ENVISION SEL Series enhances your ability to turn your desires into reality. We think of this SEL Series as an integrated roadmap to create and maintain learning spaces where students feel - and - are safe, connected, supported and challenged. Each session contains the recursive threads of SEL, Equity and Healing Informed practices for Trauma. Take one, take two or take them all. Think of them as the vessel to hasten your journey to become the educator you are in your heart of hearts. All of our SEL Series programs are led by Sharon McCarthy, popular TMI-ENVISION SEL Specialist/Lead Consultant, ENVISION President dynamic presenter and author.