Social Emotional Learning (SEL)
Three SEL webinars are offered to provide strategies for supporting educators and their students during challenging times.
Webinars available include:
- Self-Awareness ~ A Boost for Ourselves & Our Students
- Resilience ~ Getting Through Stressful Times
- Motivation ~ Keeping it Up
Trainings are free for New Jersey Educators.
SEL webinars are scheduled throughout the year. Visit our Events page for the schedule of upcoming trainings and to register. If a training is full, click HERE to be put on the waiting list.
Recordings of past webinars are also available (please scroll down). The recorded webinars on this page were modified from their original two-hour versions.
Virtual Training
- Via Zoom (webcam/microphone required)
- 2 hours (am and pm sessions)
- PD Credits Earned: 2.0
- Registration required
In-School/District Wide
- Bring these trainings to your school or district
- Apply HERE
- Earn PD Credits
General SEL Handouts
This content can be used to help incorporate SEL into everyday learning.
For Educators
Many educators are using distance learning for the first time. This handout offers ideas on how to incorporate SEL into distance learning.
Attitude of Gratitude: For Elementary, Middle and High School Students
What is the secret to happiness? There is no secret! There is only science. And science tells us that creating a habit of gratefulness makes us “more energetic, emotionally intelligent, forgiving, and less likely to be depressed, anxious, or lonely.” (Shawn Achor, The Happiness Advantage: How a Positive Brain Fuels Success in Work and Life (New York: Crown Publishing, 2010), 98.) Use this handout to create a habit of gratitude with your students. You can use it as a journaling practice or as a conversation starter in morning meetings. Remember that routines and habits are the heart of SEL.
What? Why? How? For Growth Mindset: For Elementary, Middle and High School Students
Sometimes we make mistakes. It’s important to have a growth mindset so we can learn from our mistakes. If students are struggling, have them use this worksheet to think through their problem. Being able to identify the “what, why and how” of a situation can contribute to resilience.
For questions about NJSBF trainings or to request accommodation or to inquire about accessibility for any training, please contact Jessica Taube, Director of Conflict Resolution and Anti-Bias Initiatives at jtaube@njsbf.org or call 732.937.7523.
No Show Policy. If you are unable to attend a training after registering, please let us know. You may cancel your registration up to the day before training by emailing Bobby Espinoza at respinoza@njsbf.org or by calling 732.937.7528.
If you register and do not attend, you will be placed on our “No Show” list. Should this occur three times, you will be removed from our email list. Cancelling allows us to fill your spot with an educator from our training waiting list.
Self-Awareness: A Boost for Ourselves and Our Students
Self-awareness, is comprised of an inward understanding of yourself and knowing how others see you. Take a deep dive into the components of self-awareness and learn to promote it in yourself and your students.
Resilience: Getting Through Stressful Times
This webinar introduces educators to different definitions of resilience, focusing on specific aspects of resilience and providing practical applications of resilience for educators and students.
Motivation: Keeping it Up
Motivation can be a difficult state of mind to achieve. This webinar covers what motivation is, what forms of motivation are effective and also covers the many factors that need to be taken into consideration when motivating people.
Motivation Handouts
Phrases for Praises: For Educators
Not all praise is created equal! Some forms of praise are more effective than others in sparking motivation in students. This handout offers opportunities for educators to practice and discuss effective methods of praise. Have educators work together in small groups to answer page one. Review the answers on page two as a large group and have a conversation about effective methods of praise using the discussion questions provided. Running this activity as an intro to a staff meeting is one way it can be used.
Motivation Creation: For Elementary School Students
If you use breakout rooms for online learning, have students work in pairs or small groups to complete the worksheet together. Then bring the class together to discuss the following questions, “Why is motivation important to learning?” “What is the hardest part about getting motivated?” “Which motivation strategies do you find most useful? Why?” “What other strategies can you think of that are not in the toolbox?”
Motivation It’s All in Your Head: For Middle and High School Students
Motivation can be hard to foster in students. Use this handout to help students identify ways to increase their intrinsic motivation. A discussion can be had using the following questions, “Why is motivation important?” “Which of the motivation challenges do you encounter most often?” “Which of the solutions can you envision using in your life? Why?”
How Do I Learn Best?: For Elementary School Students
This survey is intended to use as a guide to help students identify their learning styles. It is also a guide for educators to better understand each student’s needs. When learning activities are tailored to different styles, students will be more motivated. Have your students identify how they learn and then give them a choice of assignments that reflect their styles and make the learning more relevant and interesting.
How Do I learn Best? Why Does it Matter?: For Middle and High School Students
This survey is intended to use as a guide to help students identify their learning styles. It is also a guide for educators to better understand each student’s needs. When learning activities are tailored to different styles, students will be more motivated. Have your students identify how they learn and then give them a choice of assignments that reflect their styles and make the learning more relevant and interesting.
22 to Connect You: For Elementary, Middle and High School Students
Research tells us that students are more motivated to learn when they have positive relationships with the educators in their lives. Use this handout to create connections among students and between adults and students in your school. Get creative with the presentations that come from this activity. Create a YouTube video and share the presentations with another class or with the whole school. Share the student’s presentations with parents. Whatever you do, make sure to have a conversation with students about the importance of connection and relationships when getting through tough times.