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Teaching Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and Social Justice in Remote Settings
We do better in learning, relationships, and career when we have opportunities to be generous and connected in community.
In these times, everyone has something to give to make things a little better. Whether we are teaching remotely or using a hybrid model, our learners need connections to a social community and a purpose bigger than themselves. As educators and families, we grow social and emotional skills and sense of purpose by building community. A very important component is listening and speaking with generosity. Our intent is to provide activities and experiences that promote generous collaboration, communication, creativity, and critical thinking. Our students must feel that "it mattered that I came," or they will lose interest in their education.
We asked ourselves:
- How do we work together when we are apart?
- How can we grow in our perspective of what is community?
- In this unique time, what is our place in history?
- What can we do to promote social justice where we are?
- How do we develop self-awareness and our role in community?
- What literature serves as a model and empathy builder?
Telling our Stories
We are a global community of stories - past, present, and future. We will share our unique stories to make a better world as we engage in the philanthropic act of generous listening ... hearing the stories of each other and of the past. The following two resources were written by practicing teachers across the country to guide empathy, decision making, community building, and social justice. StoryCorps project on LTG and National Model.