Summary: This article suggests that social emotional competence for teachers is a necessary ingredient for social emotional learning for their students. The writer talks about a series of activities for teachers that are designed to improve their own SEL while contributing to their happiness.
Source: Madeline Will, Education Week, June 7, 2017
Categories: SEL Basics, Teacher Collaboration, Teacher Satisfaction, Mindfulness
Description:
Happy teachers lead to happy students, educators and researchers say. As schools across the country put more of a focus on social-emotional learning for their students, experts have come to realize that teachers’ social-emotional competencies, especially their stress-management skills and their ability to regulate their emotions, are a vital piece of that puzzle.