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Social Emotional Learning

SEL helps students understand who they are as a person, what they bring to others, and how to effectively bring themselves to school and to the world. Unless a student is comfortable in their own skin and in their community, they can't reach for what could be theirs." –Emily Schorr Lesnick, Director of Social Emotional Learning

Students who possess skills of emotional regulation and interpersonal interaction are best able to fully engage with learning and develop intellectual courage.

Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is the process through which students develop skills to regulate, react to, and process their emotions; navigate relationships in a healthy way; and develop self-awareness. The practice of SEL encompasses strategies to support students as they build resiliency, manage stress, develop empathy, clarify their personal values, and make responsible decisions.

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Educational research shows that school-wide SEL programs produce:

  1. Increased positive student behaviors
  2. Greater persistence of students in college
  3. Greater job satisfaction post-college

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For more information, please contact: Emily Schorr Lesnick, Director of Social Emotional Learning, at eschorrlesnick@universityprep.org or 206.588.8739.