Guided Readers and Social and Emotional Learning
At Guided Readers, we are committed to promoting and advancing equity in education through Social and Emotional Learning. Our lessons integrate Social and Emotional Learning core competencies directly into instructional practices, utilizing the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning’s (CASEL) five core competencies of Social and Emotional Learning. By effectively incorporating the five SEL competencies in each lesson, Guided Readers helps teachers establish equitable learning environments and optimize student learning.
The Five Core SEL Competencies
Self-Awareness
The abilities to understand one’s own emotions, thoughts, and values and how they influence behavior across contexts. This includes capacities to recognize one’s strengths and limitations with a well-grounded sense of confidence and purpose.
- Identifying emotions
- Accurate self-perception
- Recognizing strengths
- Self-confidence
Responsible Decision Making
The abilities to make caring and constructive choices about personal behavior and social interactions across diverse situations. This includes the capacities to consider ethical standards and safety concerns, and to evaluate the benefits and consequences of various actions for personal, social, and collective well-being.
- Identifying problems
- Analyzing situations
- Solving problems
- Evaluating and reflecting
- Ethical responsibility
Relationship Skills
The abilities to establish and maintain healthy and supportive relationships and to effectively navigate settings with diverse individuals and groups. This includes the capacities to communicate clearly, listen actively, cooperate, work collaboratively to problem solve and negotiate conflict constructively, navigate settings with differing social and cultural demands and opportunities, provide leadership, and seek or offer help when needed.
- Communication
- Social engagement
- Relationship building
- Teamwork
Social Awareness
The abilities to understand the perspectives of and empathize with others, including those from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and contexts. This includes the capacities to feel compassion for others, understand broader historical and social norms for behavior in different settings, and recognize family, school, and community resources and supports.
- Perspective-taking
- Empathy
- Appreciating diversity
- Respect for others
Self-Management
The abilities to manage one’s emotions, thoughts, and behaviors effectively in different situations and to achieve goals and aspirations. This includes the capacities to delay gratification, manage stress, and feel motivation and agency to accomplish personal and collective goals.
- Impulse control
- Stress management
- Self-discipline
- Self-motivation
- Goal setting
- Organization skills
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Testimonial
“I have noticed with Guided Readers, the mix of fiction and nonfiction keeps their interest. There are also topics that they find interesting, or that I can connect to the seasons or other curriculum we are teaching.”