Target Audience: This course is recommended for K-12 Educators of any discipline
Course Purpose: This course provides foundational knowledge of Social Emotional Learning,
evaluates some of the more popular SEL curriculums in k-12 schools today, provides research to
articulate the importance of SEL instruction in schools, and allows students to try writing their
own SEL curriculum in their specific content area.
Social Emotional Learning for K-12 Educators is written to help educators understand the
BIG topic of SEL in a manageable way. The course introduces the idea of the 3 Umbrella Skills,
a useful and simple way to think about and discuss the broad ideas of SEL instruction. It also
evaluates other popular SEL curriculums based on these Umbrella Skills.
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