MTSS: Social Emotional
MISSION STATEMENT:
SCOE's MTSS Team is dedicated to efficiently and empathetically providing sustainable, evidence-based, collaborative training, coaching, and support; addressing mental health, social, emotional, and behavioral needs to help equip the school-wide leadership teams in supporting the whole child and all stakeholders.
According to the leading organization in SEL, the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL), Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is an integral part of education and human development. SEL is the process through which all young people and adults acquire and apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to develop healthy identities, manage emotions and achieve personal and collective goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain supportive relationships, and make responsible and caring decisions."
Integrating SEL means that educators are providing students with the opportunity to develop and strengthen their five core competencies: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship and responsible decision-making skills.
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More on the Five Core Competencies
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) enhances students’ capacity to integrate skills, attitudes, and behaviors to deal effectively and ethically with daily tasks and challenges. Like many similar frameworks, CASEL’s integrated framework promotes intrapersonal, interpersonal, and cognitive competence. There are five core competencies that can be taught in many ways across many settings.
Defining and quantifying SEL is a difficult task. Determining what and how to teach SEL can be even more of a daunting task. Utilizing the definitions set forth by the five Core Competencies, educators can move from a theoretical understanding of SEL to one of practical application.
Why social and emotional learning?
We know that pre-COVID-19 the mental health and the well-being of both staff and students was a crisis, one largely ignored. The COVID pandemic has placed a spotlight on these incredible needs. Before COVID these finite mental health resources (e.g., mental health clinicians, counselors, psychiatrists, etc.) were often impacted and inundated. As we return to school, these needs will grow exponentially, leaving both the educational and health systems asking how things can be done differently in the face of this new fiscal reality. Through a collaborative effort, the Stanislaus County Office of Education hopes that this space will serve as a place for both district personnel and staff to develop and share their understanding of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). As we continue to develop ways to infuse SEL into classrooms and sites (both physical and virtual), we invite the experts, YOU to share ideas and information on this topic.
More than ever, providing students the opportunities to develop their self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship and decision-making skills will be critical to proactively supporting the mental health and well-being of our students, our staff and ourselves! Through the use of SEL and evidence-based frameworks such as Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS/Behavioral MTSS) or the Interconnected Systems Framework, we can work together to promote the collective healing of our society.
Interested in learning more about SEL? Try SCOE's Badge program.
- Social and Emotional Learning Level 1 Badge: SEL Explorer
- Social and Emotional Learning Level 2 Badge: SEL Navigator
- Social and Emotional Learning Level 3 Badge: SEL Implementer
- Social and Emotional Learning Level 4 Badge: SEL Contributor
- Social and Emotional Learning Level 5 Badge: SEL Expander
