Learn ways to seamlessly and effectively integrate social and emotional learning into your computer science instructional approach.
Social and emotional learning (SEL) has long been a priority of educators. But with so many competing initiatives swirling around us, it can sometimes seem like just too much.
In this session, we aim to help educators support students’ development of social and emotional skills by exploring the natural connections that exist between the CSTA CS standards and the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)’s SEL framework.
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VP of Product
Whitney Dove, PhD is VP of Product at Ellipsis Education, a K-12 Computer Science Curriculum provider. Throughout her career, Whitney has also managed the online professional development programs at the National Institute for STEM Education, served as a founding member of the STEMscopes Curriculum team, and worked as an eighth grade science teacher and instructional coach.
Whitney’s perspectives are influenced by her genuine desire to help teachers bring best practices into their classroom through high-quality curriculum materials. Whitney earned her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Texas Tech. She also holds a Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction from University of Texas – Arlington and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Austin College. She has attended and presented at local, regional, state, and national conferences on a variety of STEM topics.
Social and emotional learning (SEL) has long been a priority of educators. But with so many competing initiatives swirling around us, it can sometimes seem like just too much.
In this session, we aim to help educators support students’ development of social and emotional skills, by exploring the natural connections that exist between the CSTA CS standards and the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)’s SEL framework.
Our session begins with an exploration of the CASEL SEL framework. Attendees will reflect on their current implementation of social and emotional learning and collaboratively define what this type of learning looks, feels, and sounds like in the classroom.
Next, attendees will identify the verbs present in CSTA standards and discuss what kinds of classroom activities might support students in reaching the level of cognitive complexity implied by those verbs. Mapping classroom experiences to verbs in the standards will lead to rich dialogue about natural connections to the SEL framework. For example, attendees might discover that the verb model presents an opportunity to teach and reinforce specific self-management skills.
Educators will receive a variety of instructional strategies for the computer science classroom, and the session will conclude with a collaborative discussion of how to use these and other strategies to address CSTA standards and the SEL framework.
Educators will identify opportunities to intentionally support students’ social-emotional learning in the computer science classroom using the verbs embedded in the CSTA standards.
Educators will apply classroom strategies to simultaneously address the CSTA standards and social-emotional learning.
This session centers on the verbs present in the CSTA standards. Educators will be taught to cue in on these verbs to identify opportunities to align social-emotional learning with their existing computer-science instructional approach.
Educators will identify opportunities that exist within the CSTA standards to intentionally teach and reinforce social and emotional skills. Providing a clear mechanism for students’ development and use of these skills is a key element in cultivating a more positive classroom climate.
Social emotional learning (SEL) is a theory that promotes the understanding and managing of emotions, productive goal-setting, responsible decision-making, and empathetic relationship-building. The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) defines five main social emotional competencies:
Self Awareness
Know your strengths and limitations, with a well-grounded sense of confidence, optimism, and a “growth mindset.”
Self-management
Effectively manage stress, control impulses, and motivate yourself to set and achieve goals.
Social awareness
Understand the perspectives of others and empathize with them, including those from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
Relationship skills
Communicate clearly, listen well, cooperate with others, resist inappropriate social pressure, negotiate conflict constructively, and seek and offer help when needed.
Responsible decision-making
Make constructive choices about personal behavior and social interactions based on ethical standards, safety, and social norms.
CASEL has a competencies wheel that visually displays this framework.