CONT994: Social Emotional Learning

Course Schedule

Course Description

Life’s unpredictability requires students to develop strategies to manage adversity. The Social Emotional Learning (SEL) course provides stress management strategies that can benefit you (as an educator) in an ever-changing professional landscape. SEL helps students develop lifelong skills to foster personal wellness, self-regulation, positive relationships, improved focus, and stress management. Problem behaviours dissipate as SEL is set. Students learn real-world skills necessary to be productive citizens. Partnerships between students, staff, families, and community members are strengthened by using a systematic SEL program.

You will develop a long-range SEL plan in this course to increase students’ knowledge, skills, and values. Every student has the right to an equitable, safe, inclusive school experience. Research-based SEL programming supports trusting and collaborative relationships while fostering social justice.

What You Will Learn and Do

In this course you’ll have the opportunity to

• analyze the neuroscience and psychology that confirms the effectiveness and benefits of SEL
• explore the five specific SEL competencies (self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making) and highlight examples of each
• develop ethical decision-making skills and recognize how teaching SEL advances equity by developing trusting relationships in schools, communities, and families
• integrate SEL with academic instruction and provide consistent strategies to develop SEL both at school, at home, and beyond
• apply SEL as a tool to develop connections among people and to teach respectful interactions between humans and their environment
• integrate SEL strategies, tools, and practices into your daily teaching practice while discovering connections between the subject matter and the curriculum
• create an SEL action plan to implement consistent SEL practices with students systematically
• learn self-care techniques to prevent burnout and stress
• construct SEL opportunities to support the development of welcoming, inclusive educational environments where students feel safe to take risks

Application Requirements

Courses and Post-Graduate Certificates are approved by TQS for Category Upgrade. If you would like these courses to be used towards Category Upgrading, you must have a valid BC Teacher Certificate.

ECEs, EAs, and other education professionals are welcome to take the courses without Certification.

Course Materials

No Required Resources

Accommodations

Applicants who require accommodations for a specific learning need (e.g., learning disability) within their AQ/ABQ course, should click here for further information and support.

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Refund Schedule

If you drop a course:

1. by the midpoint of the course, you will receive 100% of your course fee.
2. after the midpoint, before the end of the course, you will receive 50% of your course fee.

For more about our refund policies, visit our Fees & Refunds page.