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OSPI Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Online Education Module

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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

Author: Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Hope Scales

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This resource provides both the Childrens and Adult Hope Scales in English and Spanish. This Hope Scale is referenced in the "Administering the Hope Scale Community Toolkit" resource. The Hope Scale is the tool that a practioner measures hope with. 

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Alyson Rotter (Kitsap Strong)

Echoes: Making Meaning of Historical Trauma

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This lesson plan can is geared for social studies, but can also be used in other content areas. Trauma can result when a group of people are forced away from their schools, friends, businesses/work, neighborhoods/communities, then incarcerated without due process, under difficult conditions. Students explore how historical and traumatic events such as Japanese American incarceration affect communities for the long term and how communities have worked to heal. Note: This is not a ‘typical’ social studies lesson on Japanese American incarceration. It will involve working with material regarding trauma. Activities 1 and 2 cover life skills and can be offered in the classroom at any time. (It may be ideal to teach this toward the beginning of the school year) Activity 3 is a foundational piece on what intergenerational trauma is. Activities 4, 5 and 6 go deeper into this topic.

Material Type: Lesson, Lesson Plan, Module, Unit of Study

Author: Yuko Kodama

Fall 2022 ESD Regional Workshop: Use of Time and Tier 1 Supports

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ObjectivesBy the end of this session, we will be able to:● Partner with administrators to develop a realistic,scaffolded action plan for beginning to align CSCPstaff use of time with 5030 and the ASCA NationalModel● Consider how the CSCP will begin to shift this yearto incorporate preventative, proactive,developmentally appropriate Tier 1 activities for ALLstudents

Material Type: Module, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Authors: Carrie Penkman, Kim Reykdal, Whitney Triplett, Washington OSPI OER Project

Media Literacy and SEL through K-5 Book Boxes

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A team of teachers at Centennial Elementary School in Olympia, WA, developed book boxes to share across the school each month centered on identifying feelings and developing empathy for others. Each month one or two picture book titles are paired with a Word of the Month. The media literacy teacher team developed materials, including a presentation slideshow, a video read-aloud, and discussion questions. The principal and teachers share the books with students, facilitating discussions for students to identify their own feelings and develop a toolbox for regulating emotions. Students use a Likert scale, developed by Jennifer LaGarde and Darren Hudgins, to identify emotional responses and develop vocabulary to describe and deal with their feelings. Titles and SEL connections are shared with families through the school newsletter.Centennial Media Literacy Teacher Team:Heather Slater, teacher-librarianJennifer KnightLuci StaffordAdam PearceShannon Ritter, principal

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy, Unit of Study

Authors: Sharyn Merrigan, Jamie Sproul

Module: 80/20 Framework for Use of Time

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This module will provide tips for getting started with the work of aligning CSCP practitioner time with the 80/20 model described in Washington SB 5030: Comprehensive  School Counseling Programs, with emphasis on intentionally considering how to be both efficient and effective with 100% of our time. By the end of this module, learners will be able to: Define "direct services" and "indirect services" and provide appropriate examples of each Analyze their use of time related to direct/indirect services, system supports, fair share, and non-counseling activities Develop efficient and effective work schedules that align to the 80/20 model Share time analysis results with their adminstrator as an advocacy tool to move their CSCP in the direction of the ASCA National Model

Material Type: Module

Authors: Megan LaPalm, Barbara Soots, Washington OSPI OER Project, Whitney Triplett, Danielle Duarte

PNB Dance in PE: Dance Concept - Space

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This lesson, developed by Pacific Northwest Ballet Community Education Programs, is designed to help K-2 students explore concepts about self and general space that are a part of all dance styles as well as creating their own movements. The lesson addresses fitness and health academic content, motor skill development, and social emotional learning.

Material Type: Lesson, Lesson Plan

Authors: Washington OSPI OER Project, Janet Hayakawa, Shannon Barnes, Pacific Northwest Ballet Community Education

Responding to Media Triggers

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In this 5th grade library lesson, students examine three images about year-round school and identify their initial emotional responses using a Likert scale, developed by Jennifer LaGarde and Darren Hudgins. They are then given the opportunity to read more about each image and discuss how that changes their response. In part 3, they write a paragraph about how the addition of information changes their emotional responses and whether or not they would share the image and why.Shared by the LPBrown Elementary Media Literacy Teacher Team:Brandi Appelgate, teacher-librarianCarolyn Balderston, instructional coachErin Bernier, 1st grade teacher Nina Woodhouse, 2nd grade teacherTony Perez, 5th grade teacherSean Shaughnessy, principal

Material Type: Lesson, Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Authors: Sharyn Merrigan, Jamie Sproul