Social Emotional Learning

Social Emotional Learning The Wayfinder curriculum is used throughout the year to support our students’ social and emotional learning (SEL). Lessons across the year are designed to support student learning in 6 important areas: adaptability, self-awareness, collaboration, empathy, agency, and purpose.

Wayfinder Mindsets: We will start the year with a unit that helps students get to know each other and practice our community agreements that support a kind and caring classroom.

Wayfinder Skills:

Care and Action:

Our feelings are big, important and can be very useful if we understand them. In this module, we learn to be aware of our feelings while practicing teamwork.

Listening and Awareness:

Listening is more than hearing the words that our said. It’s about tuning into our surroundings. In this module, students practice listening to others, ourselves and our surroundings.

Empathy and Practice:

In this module, students practice supporting others, saying thank you and learning from mistakes.

Storytelling and Community:

Every person, classroom and community has an important story to tell. In this module, students reflect on themselves and their communities and share meaningful stories.

Reflections:

Students end the year reflecting on what we’ve learned, celebrating and appreciating one another.