The Collaborative for Academics and Social Emotional Learning defines social and emotional learning (SEL) as an integral part of education and human development.  SEL is the process through which all young people and adults acquire and apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to develop healthy identities, manage emotions and achieve personal and collective goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain supportive relationships, and make responsible and caring decisions.  Through SEL in the Paulding County School District, the adults in our schools implement processes, initiatives, and programs with our students to help them learn about who they are, who their peers are, and how to build meaningful relationships with others.  By doing so, adults and students are cocreating learning environments that are safe, collaborative, and promote educational success for everyone.  

• Identifying emotions and recognizing strength
• Appreciating diversity and respect for others
• Communication, social engagement
• Stress management, self-motivation and goal-setting
• Analyzing situations and problem solving
• Working cooperatively, organizational skills
• Self-discipline, conflict resolution and self-efficacy  

• Improve self-awareness | Journal activities and self reflection
• Improve self-management | Breathing Exercise, counting to 5, taking breaks
• Improving social awareness | Role playing, positive celebrations and hearing the student voice 
• Improving relationship skills | Culture building activities, classroom games and teamwork activities
• Improve responsible decision making | Development of classroom norms, classroom norms evaluation

When embedded in the core curriculum for multiple years, SEL interventions can:

• Reduce aggression and emotional distress among students
• Increase helping behaviors in school
• improve positive attitude toward self and others
• increase students" academic performance by 11 percentile points

Reference: https://casel.org/