For OSPI content area teams or their collaborating educators. This guidance is for creating resources in the Washington OER Hub Working Groups or curating resources to include in the Washington OER Hub Continuous Learning Collections.
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
The Social and Emotional Learning in Washington State Schools: Building Foundations and Strategies module is designed to be a part of the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction's (OSPI) professional learning constellation of topics. It can be used by Washington Educational Service Districts (ESD) and LEAs for administering clock hours. Clock hours are not available to individuals who take the course on their own. Intended Audience This module is designed for educators, administrators, school staff, others professionals and parents who interact with youth as a means to help them build and improve their understanding of social emotional skills. Structure of the Module This online module has been designed in six distinct learning segments. Learning Segment 1: Introduction to SEL Learning Segment 2: Embedding SEL Schoolwide Learning Segment 3: Creating a Professional Culture Based on SEL Learning Segment 4: Integrating SEL into Culturally Responsive Classrooms Learning Segment 5: Trauma Informed Social Emotional Learning Learning Segment 6: Identifying and Selecting Evidence-Based Programs Although the online module can be completed by an individual, the learning is significantly more impactful if it is done collectively by those who will be implementing SEL. Throughout the online module, suggestions on ways in which to engage in the learning in a group setting are provided. Completing the Module Registration on the OSPI Moodle is required to take the course. Cover image by congerdesign from Pixabay
Material Type: Full Course, Module
This unit by Northshore School District, Washington, contains four progressive lesson activities created for primary grades which connect Washington Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Standards 1, 4 and 5 with Washington Music Standards 1, 2 and 8 using the creating/responding processes to generate original songs and express personal feelings.
Material Type: Lesson, Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy, Unit of Study
This unit, developed by Northshore School District in Washington, contains four days of lessons with suggested extensions that connect with SEL Standards 1, 2, 4, and 5 and Music Standard 2, 3, 4 and 11. The class will create the verses to the song “Floating in Space”. Students will engage in activities where they analyze emotional characteristics of music, practice emoting without words, review “song form” and rhyming patterns, and review space vocabulary words.
Material Type: Lesson, Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy, Unit of Study
Through a sequence of activities using songs, creative movement, and picture books, students will learn about each others’ similarities and differences, gain an appreciation for cultural diversity, and identify ways that various social and cultural groups bring new ideas to society.
Material Type: Lesson, Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy, Unit of Study
This unit, developed by Northshore School District in Washington, contains four days of lessons where students engage with music from a variety of cultures and analyze how emotions are communicated through different styles of music. Students will make connections between showing emotions with their words, their bodies and with instruments and will perform instruments as an ensemble to communicate different emotions.
Material Type: Lesson, Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy, Unit of Study
This is part of a series of six documents from Mount Vernon School District educators that provide lessons that integrate Washington's Social Emotional Learning and Physical Education learning standards along with educator guidance and strategies.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Lesson, Teaching/Learning Strategy
This is part of a series of six documents from Mount Vernon School District educators that provide lessons that integrate Washington's Social Emotional Learning and Physical Education learning standards along with educator guidance and strategies.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Lesson, Teaching/Learning Strategy
This is part of a series of six documents from Mount Vernon School District educators that provide lessons that integrate Washington's Social Emotional Learning and Physical Education learning standards along with educator guidance and strategies.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Lesson, Teaching/Learning Strategy
This is part of a series of six documents from Mount Vernon School District educators that provide lessons that integrate Washington's Social Emotional Learning and Physical Education learning standards along with educator guidance and strategies.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Lesson, Teaching/Learning Strategy
This is part of a series of six documents from Mount Vernon School District educators that provide lessons that integrate Washington's Social Emotional Learning and Physical Education learning standards along with educator guidance and strategies.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Lesson, Teaching/Learning Strategy
This is part of a series of six documents from Mount Vernon School District educators that provide lessons that integrate Washington's Social Emotional Learning and Physical Education learning standards along with educator guidance and strategies.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Lesson, Teaching/Learning Strategy
These resources from Mount Vernon School District educators provide lessons that integrate Washington's Social Emotional Learning and Physical Education learning standards along with educator guidance and teaching strategies.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Lesson, Teaching/Learning Strategy
This lesson is part of a larger body of resources from educators in Mount Vernon School District in Washington state that explores the intersection of social emotional learning and physical education learning standards.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson
This lesson is part of a larger body of resources from educators in Mount Vernon School District in Washington state that explores the intersection of social emotional learning and physical education learning standards.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson
This lesson is part of a larger body of resources from educators in Mount Vernon School District in Washington state that explores the intersection of social emotional learning and physical education learning standards.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson
These presentations are part of a larger body of resources from educators in Mount Vernon School District in Washington state that explore the intersection of social emotional learning and physical education learning standards.
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
Five-day unit plan that leverages the power of the Classroom Circle to teach classroom expectations, recognizing values, self-awareness, emotions, strengths and struggles, teamwork, and empathy. The Classroom Circle is a powerful tool in building a classroom community. It's a way to teach and practice expectations for speaking and listening, as well as creating a classroom that provides a safe place for students to be vulnerable, empathetic, and to build on their own self-awareness.
Material Type: Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy
