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Students not wanting to participate, limited time, burnout, and maturity. Some students don't care about these kind of topics and some are immature to a point where the lesson is just a point to mess around.

They are present in our hallways, in our classrooms, and in our lessons. Since we teach these in our SEL time, we discuss these things with our student and get them to connect on a different level. SEL is everywhere.

SEL stands for Social emotional learning. It's learning new things from an emotional standpoint. Talking about your feelings in a different setting.

Social Emotional Learning Skills are present in the hallways, with our decorative banners, in our classes, while we teach growth mindset alongside our lessons, and in our current SEL time, where we spend 15 minutes discussing with students a variety of things that relate to SEL and how they can build in their learning. 

SEL for me is about continuously learning how to be a more effective and helpful communicator in a complex and ever-evolving environment.

Challenges of incorporating SEL include limited time, need for resources, student engagement, parental support, and difficulty measuring progress.

  1. Every week students participate in SEL assignments that are graded
  2. Students are encouraged to utilize the QR codes for counselors and social workers 
  3. Empathizing in classroom settings and as an expectation allows students to understand emotional growth. 

Social and emotional learning is about building the skills to understand our feelings and connecting with others in order to make smart choices that will help us grow.

I would say the main challenge I face at this grade (9th) is the range of maturities. Many are just learning to cope with new feelings, and they use humor, insults, or stoicism as an armor against them. The next is finding a well-timed moment to incorporate it into the curriculm. This is less a challenge than an opportunity for creativity, inviting students to dive even deeper into the humans creating the literature we read.

Our school encourages student-driven activities and engagement where students get to share their thoughts and feelings about the school. We also have clubs and groups designed to address student mental health and stress levels. The school also has weekly opportunities for the teachers to meet, discuss, and collaborate with each other responding to the school, students, the district, etc.

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