Social and Emotional Learning

Resource Person: Ms. Anjaleena Soni

Duration: 10.00 _am – 5.00 _pm

Date: 5^th May, 2021

Venue: Online

Objectives:

1. To enable students to know about various social emotional learning competencies./li>
2. To understand how an individual should approach social and emotional learning.

Brief:
In this session, the resource person- Anjaleena Soni began with introducing the social emotional learning concept. Social emotional learning (SEL) is a methodology that helps students of all ages to better comprehend their emotions, to feel those emotions fully, and demonstrate empathy for others. These learned behaviors are then used to help students make positive, responsible decisions; create frameworks to achieve their goals, and build positive relationships with others. She then explained five social emotional learning competencies such as self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, making responsible decisions. Talking to the participants who are also the educators she explained the different approaches to SEL. She said - While SEL isn’t a designated subject like history or math, it can be woven into the fabric of a school’s curriculum. When educators make academic lessons more personal and relatable to students, students may be more inclined to participate and may be less likely to mentally check-out during their subjects. By fostering a sense of empathy, self-awareness, and feelings of safety and inclusiveness in the classroom, SEL can have a positive impact that lasts a lifetime.

The session also included a workchart being given to the participants to train them on the various lines of implementation of SEL in the classroom. The workshop on SEL was quite helpful to the participants, increasing self-awareness, academic achievement, and positive behaviors both in and out of the classroom.

Dr. Sonali Saha, Associate Professor thanked the resource person and all the participants present.