Everyday SEL in High School: Integrating Social Emotional Learning and Mindfulness Into Your Classroom

by Carla Tantillo Philibert

Overview

With this bestselling book from educational consultant Carla Tantillo Philibert, you'll gain practical strategies for teaching Social Emotional Learning (SEL), mindfulness, and well-being to help improve the human connection between you and your students. You'll find out how to lead students through mindfulness activities, simple yoga poses, and breath-work techniques. Topics include mindful practices, well-being strategies to combat stress and anxiety, giving your students the space to understand their emotions and strengthen peer-to-peer communication, developing the foremost and essential SEL competencies, and engaging in experiential activities to strengthen SEL skills. The new edition reflects the latest CASEL guidelines and includes updated activities, as well as a brand-new directory of terms, and an intentional focus on educators' and students' socio-emotional well-being. Perfect for high school educators at any level of experience, the book will help you develop positive youth identity and promote connectedness so students can deal successfully with life's stressors beyond school doors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367692353
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/30/2021
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	174
Sales rank:	665,096
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Carla Tantillo Philibert is the founder of Mindful Practices, one of the Midwest's leading Social Emotional Learning and well-being organizations. Mindful Practices is a team of members who share SEL, mindfulness, and well-being practices with school communities across the globe to improve the human connection between students and educators. Carla and her husband, Rob, also co-created the SEL check-in platforms Class Catalyst (second- to twelfth-grade students) and Five to Thrive (early childhood and learners with exceptionalities), along with SEL On Demand, a curated catalog of SEL video content.

Table of Contents

1. An Approach, Not a Program 2. Three Steps for Getting Started 3. SEL-Informed Classroom 4. Framing SEL 5. Implementation and Integration 6. SELF (Intrapersonal) Practices 7. SOCIAL (Interpersonal) Practices 8. Crafting SEL Stories 9. Recruiting Your Administrator

Editorial Reviews

"With her well-crafted approach, Carla Tantillo Philibert has created a resource that provides research and practical strategies and tools today's educators can use to support and engage students and school stakeholders in developing skills essential to successfully navigating a changing and challenging world."

- Marjorie Cave, SEL Lead Consultant, DuPage Regional Office of Education, IL

"Today’s busy educator wants a book that sifts through the lounges of research on Social-Emotional Learning and gets right to the essences of why it is important, how it looks on a daily basis and what can be done to better prepare students for the challenges school and life offer. In this must read, Tantillo Philibert provides a plethora of ready-to-use strategies, tools and techniques teachers can put to use the next day in their classrooms."

• Greg Wolcott, Assistant Superintendent for Teaching and Learning, Woodridge School District 68, IL

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