Summary - Educating the Whole Student: Mindfulness and Social-Emotional Learning in the Classroom P26.4439. Online registration by Cvent

Are you in need of ways to help integrate social-emotional learning practices into your daily teaching? This online course is designed for K-12 teachers who want to focus on the whole student by supporting social-emotional learning skills. Teachers will learn specific strategies for addressing students’ social and emotional needs through mindfulness practices. Teachers will also learn about the role they play in nurturing students’ self-efficacy and grit to persevere through challenging times and situations. Strategies for helping students manage everyday relationships by making the right choices will be shared as well as techniques for regulating and resolving conflict when it occurs. Teachers will also gain suggestions to share with students for better communication as they deal with diverse groups of students and to help them become more socially aware. Components of character education are also shared within the course as they relate to social-emotional learning concepts. Teachers will also learn how to develop a strong school-family partnership. Finally, teachers will learn how to use the responsive classroom approach to build and support an inclusive classroom community. By the end of this course, teachers will understand the importance of SEL as a process for teaching students essential life skills.

Grade Level: PreK-12

Instructional Media

Interactive Communication: Online discussions, engagement, and collaboration among participants.
Instructor Support: Feedback and interaction from the instructor.
Instructional Materials: Access to online resources, supplemental materials, and printable classroom tools.

Methods of Evaluation: tests, personal goal-setting, reflections on articles/videos, class collaboration, a cumulative project, and a final practicum.

Review the course syllabus for expected learning outcomes and detailed methods of evaluation for this course.

Register any time for this self-paced Professional Development Institute (PDI) course that is designed to fit your schedule.
All coursework must be completed within 9 months of your registration date. While you may finish at your own pace, please allow at least 30 days from registration for your grade to be posted.
Extensions and re-enrollments are not allowed.
You may contact ASDN to drop this course at any time and it will be removed from your record.
A maximum refund of $125.00 is available if you drop the course within one week of your registration date. No refunds will be issued after this one-week period.