Integrate SEL skills into the daily curriculum.
Exhibit pro-social and emotionally intelligent behavior
to your students.
Look for ways that technology can enhance and jump-start
discussions in classrooms on social-emotional competencies,
such as computer games and videos.
Be alert to teachable moments that occur naturally in the
classroom; for example: moments when you notice a shift
in mood, a conflict, or a caring act.
Value SEL in your students as highly as you value their
cognitive development.
Create reflections of emotional competency building in your
classrooms; for example: a bulletin board with a full feeling
vocabulary, a bulletin board for student-to-student compliments
or issues to be talked about.
Check with other teachers about what classroom strategies
they have used to boost social and emotional competencies
for their students.
Keep a journal which will allow you to be more reflective
about your emotional self, and encourage your students to
keep a journal.
Make SEL lessons fun!
