Lauren

SEL education is the foundation that helps to build respectable self-aware young adults that will one day become our nation’s future. As a social skills teacher I am often asked how I am helping to shape my students into responsible young men and women who will be able to be an important active member of society when they graduate from high school. Before enrolling in a masters program that focused on SEL I could not answer this question. Now with confidence I can list many ways that I am helping my students to build important relationships with themselves, with their peers, and with adults to help them succeed within our school building and within our community. High performance in academics is important but without the interpersonal and intrapersonal skills taught within a SEL program students will not prosper on their own. I am proud to say that I understand the importance of SEL and I incorporate these skills into all of my lessons.