Coaching With SEL In Mind

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Coaching with SEL in mind

By Carrie Edmond, Rebekah Kmieciak, Rachel Mane and Ashley Taplin

Categories: Coaching, Collaboration, Facilitation, Social & emotional learning

August 2021

Social and emotional learning skills such as growth mindset and perseverance have always been important for learning mathematics, but educators are not always explicit about how or intentional about integrating them into math classrooms. In the North East Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas, we are working to change that. ''Social and emotional learning skills such as growth mindset and perseverance have always been important for learning mathematics.'' #TheLearningPro Share on X Two years ago, Ashley Taplin, a math specialist and co-author of this article, attended a district-led session where co-author Carrie Edmond and her SEL/behavior team from the office of student leadership and well-being were sharing the importance of integrating social and emotional learning into instructional practices. Our district was in the early

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References

CASEL. (2019a). SEL 3 signature practices playbook. schoolguide.casel.org/resource/three-signature-sel-practices-for-adult-learning/

CASEL. (2019b). Explicit SEL instruction. schoolguide.casel.org/focus-area-3/classroom/explicit-sel-instruction/

Taplin, A. (2021, April 8). How to embed SEL into your instruction. Edutopia. www.edutopia.org/article/how-embed-sel-your-instruction

Taplin, A. (2019, November 20). 3 signature practices play card. drive.google.com/file/d/15WVD_e0lDOyur6zZUglxNZ8IAYhvWpVC/view

Taplin, A., Kmieciak, R., Edmond, C., & Mane, R. (2020, November 21). Explicit dialogue for social emotional learning. www.canva.com/design/DAEZgN2GjcM/Jj3P_g7ivFCwfQH_jpqFDQ/viewutm_content=DAEZgN2GjcM&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=sharebutton

Carrie Edmond

Assistant Director, Student Leadership and Well-Being at North East Independent School District | + posts

Carrie Edmond (cedmon1@neisd.net) is the assistant director of student leadership & well-being at North East ISD. She is also the founder of The Courage Compass, LLC where she focuses on providing program development, consultation, curriculum writing, and training. Edmond specializes in working with educators, students, at-risk youth, and the community at large. Her approach is compassionate and experiential. She has worked directly with many school districts and community organizations.

Rebekah Kmieciak

SEL Coach, Student Leadership and Well-Being at North East Independent School District | + posts

Rebekah Kmieciak (rkmiec@neisd.net) is a passionate educator with experience spanning from elementary afterschool programming to high school special education instructor and volleyball coach, to her current position as a district social-emotional learning coach. Now in her 14th year in public education, she uses her experience and expertise to model work that is founded on principles of equitable practices and supportive teaching structures.