This course focuses on specific teaching strategies in order to increase the depth of development of young children’s social emotional skills. Along with the “why” this course will demonstrate and walk participants through how they can teach Social Emotional Skills across the day using Universal Design as well as using strategies that intentionally target and embed specific Social Emotional skills across an early childhood student’s day.
Heidi Schroeder is the Early Learning Coach for the Wenatchee School District. She has been in education 30+ years with the majority spent in Early Childhood.
Emily Wilgus
Early Childhood Coordinator
Wenatchee School District
I am the Early Childhood Coordinator for Wenatchee School District. I am proud to be part of a school that intentionally includes all children. The teamwork among staff and teachers is phenomenal and I am honored to be a part of this work! Previous to this role, I was a special education teacher for 16 years. I worked in many different settings and with a variety of age groups. The early childhood ages are my FAVORITE! It's an honor to witness the amount of growth a child can make in a relatively short amount of time at this age level.
Core Competency Area:
Child Growth, Development and Learning
Skill Level:
Fundamental
Presentation Outcomes:
Participants will be able to list and identify 4 areas of social/emotional learning.
Participants will be able to identify 2+ evidenced-based teaching strategies for teaching social/emotional skills in each of the 4 areas of social/emotional learning.
Participants will be able to create a lesson plan that braids and embeds target social/emotional skills throughout the day.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will discuss their personal relationship to Social/Emotional Learning
Participants will be exposed to and discuss research connecting social emotional learning/skills to future learning success
Participants will develop a deeper understanding and meaning when teaching social/emotional skills
Expertise
This course can be taken as an introduction or a refresher so any level of prior knowledge, training, or skill is welcome.
