Social and Emotional Learning - Scale
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) are competencies through which individuals becomes aware of themselves, manage their emotions, think and act responsibly, shows effort and persistence, building solidarity despite diversity, and show care and concern for others.
When teachers, guidance counsellors, school leaders other school personnel, and other stakeholders are aware of the SEL competencies of a learner, they can further provide ways to build positive interactions within the classroom and school climate, foster achievement behaviors like managing thinking, emotion, academic performance, prosocial behaviors and self-regulation.
The Department of Education and CLAD-Asia adapts the contextualized Filipino framework of social and emotional learning with six competencies:
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Self-awareness
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Self-management
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Think and act responsibly
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Effort and persistence
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Solidarity despite diversity
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Concern for others
The Center for Learning and Assessment Development-Asia was the first to provide the tool that measures Social and Emotional Learning using this framework. The implementation of Social and Emotional Learning programs in schools begins by assessing if learners have developed these competencies.
Relevant SEL activities are implemented after the assessment by integrating in different subject areas, taught explicitly in the homeroom guidance program, and seen in extra-curricular activities.
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Why do we need to assess learners’ Social and Emotional Learning?
- Integrating the social and emotional learning competencies in the curriculum, guidance program, and extra-curricular activities fosters the holistic growth of each child in many aspects.
- Learners that are supported in their social and emotional growth are those that achieves well in school, make better decisions, solve real world problems, and empowered.
- Determining the strengths and weaknesses of a learner on specific social and emotional factor provides teachers on appropriate ways of communicating, processing, and understanding each learner.
Uses of the results:
- Inform student guidance and advising programs to help students to become better learners.
- Provides information in assisting students having difficulties in their social skills.
- Information can guide counselors on the social and emotional skills needed by learners.
- Learners can become aware of their strengths and weaknesses and use the information to improve the areas they are weak at.
- Focus the homeroom programs to foster social and emotional learning.