Harvard Education PR Teaching with a Social, Emotional, and Cultural Lens: A Framework for Educators and Teacher-Educators

Teaching with a Social, Emotional, and Cultural Lens goes beyond existing social emotional learning programs to introduce a new framework for integrating the development of key skills needed for academic success into daily classroom practice. The framework spells out the competencies, processes, and strategies that effective P-12 educators need to employ in order to build students' social and emotional learning. The book is based on a decade of pioneering work by the Center for Reaching and Teaching the Whole Child at San JosÉ State University, building on the work of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) and on research about effective teaching and learning and culturally responsive practices.Teaching with a Social, Emotional, and Cultural Lens serves as a critical roadmap for educators, whether they are university faculty searching for how to bring a social, emotional, and cultural lens into their methods or foundations course and field work experiences, or classroom teachers hoping to infuse critical skill building into the everyday academic learning that is the traditional focus of schools. Review "Overall this short text brings a perspective that is refreshing and much needed, especially during a time when geography educators struggle to teach in impactful ways." --Journal of Geography From the Back Cover Teaching with a Social, Emotional, and Cultural Lens goes beyond existing social-emotional learning programs to introduce a new framework for integrating the development of key skills needed for academic success into daily classroom practice. The framework spells out the competencies, processes, and strategies that effective P-12 educators need to employ in order to build students' social and emotional learning. The book is based on a decade of pioneering work by the Center for Reaching & Teaching the Whole Child at San José State University, and builds on the work of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning and on research about effective teaching and learning and culturally responsive practices. Nancy Lourié Markowitz and Suzanne M. Bouffard provide a critical roadmap for classroom teachers and university faculty. "Social and emotional learning (SEL) is a powerful lever that can completely transform students' lives. Teaching students SEL skills drives hope and engagement, which in turn drives achievement and opens doors to choice-filled lives. Teaching with a Social, Emotional, and Cultural Lens is an essential primer and critical resource for any educator who seeks to supercharge and harness their craft to achieve the absolute best possible outcomes for themselves and the children they serve." --Meria Joel Carstarphen, superintendent, Atlanta Public Schools, Georgia "Teaching with a Social, Emotional, and Cultural Lens is a call to action for teacher preparation programs. Starting out with a clear framework that describes these practices, and moving to illustrative examples from real classrooms in real schools, Markowitz and Bouffard have created a compelling blueprint to help practitioners, schools of higher education, and districts to integrate a social, emotional, and cultural lens into everything they do." --David Adams, director of social-emotional learning, Urban Assembly, and board member, Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning Nancy Lourié Markowitz is the founder and executive director of the Center for Reaching & Teaching the Whole Child. Suzanne M. Bouffard is the vice president of publications at Learning Forward and editor of The Learning Professional magazine. About the Author Nancy LouriÉ Markowitz is the founder and executive director of the Center for Reaching and Teaching the Whole Child.Suzanne M. Bouffard is the vice president of publications at Learning Forward and editor of The Learning Professional magazine.