Building Culture and Climate

1. Building Culture and Climate Department of Social and Emotional Learning Summer 2012

2. SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING How does your school and your classroom feel to all the members of the learning community? Integration Culture and Climate How are you intentionally teaching the knowledge and skills of SEL? Explicit Instruction How do you intentionally address SEL through other academic areas and instructional strategies?

3. What can I do now? • Work on climate and culture • Building community • Student voice • Focus on areas of effective SEL and instruction • Engagement strategies • Student talk vs teacher talk • Reflecting on skills in group/cooperative learning

4. Getting to know you Teacher Preference Inventory I prefer to receive praise: In public In private Other:___________ I prefer to receive constructive feedback: In person email phone message Other:_____________________________________. If you want to motivate me, try __________________________________________________________. I feel valued when ____________________________________________________________________. I feel devalued when__________________________________________________________________. My productivity would improve if ________________________________________________________. Traits I value in a supervisor are ________________________________________________________. Something important to know about me is _______________________________________________.

5. Meeting and Greeting

6. Building Strong Teams

7. More ideas • Mix it up lunch • Experts and learners • Lessons in art, music, P.E. • Write a social contract or social compact together • Share an org chart with everyone • Have clear expectations for communication • Allow people to solve their problems • Consistently focus on what is best for students