The Sel Solution: Integrate Social and Emotional Learning Into Your Curriculum and Build a Caring Climate for All

Inspiring, practical guide on integrating SEL into the curriculum, fostering positive behavior and leadership, and creating a culture of excellence in the classroom and school.

Research shows that a socially and emotionally supportive setting is the solution to increasing student achievement. The SEL Solution:

• helps students and adults master critical social and emotional skills
• encourages student leadership
• provides effective and compassionate behavior management strategies
• increases student success

Based on William Glasser's Choice Theory, the book shows educators how to integrate lessons on empathy, cooperation, self-regulation, leadership, and a range of other SEL (social and emotional learning) topics into the school day and into social studies and language arts curriculum. This book provides dozens of strategies that are classroom tested and proven successful. Both fun and easy-to-use, these lessons and activities help create and sustain a positive, thriving school culture.

For use by teachers, counselors, coaches, principals, and other educators, the strategies in this book provide a plan for engaging the whole school community in identifying, celebrating, and sustaining its positive values. Digital content includes customizable forms from the book and a PDF presentation for professional development.

Author: Jonathan C. Erwin
Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing
Published: 07/12/2019
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.40w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781631984372
ISBN10: 1631984373
BISAC Categories:
- Education | Educational Psychology
- Education | Behavioral Management
- Education | Classroom Management

About the Author
Jonathan C. Erwin, M.A., has been a secondary English teacher, professional development specialist, college professor, and director of training and curriculum for a federally funded character education program. His previous books include The Classroom of Choice (ASCD, 2004) and Inspiring the Best in Students (ASCD, 2010). Jon is currently an independent educational consultant, a senior faculty member of the William Glasser Institute, and a trained HealthRhythms Facilitator. Jon's work focuses on providing research-based approaches to teaching, managing, counseling, and training that appeal to intrinsic motivation and help children, adolescents, and adults develop physically, intellectually, emotionally, and socially. A musician and martial arts enthusiast, Jon has earned a second degree black belt in karate and a first degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. He lives in western New York.