Course | Teaching Critical SEL Skills Using Picture Books

Price

The price listed is for course only with discount. An additional pricing option is available for this course at $331 with the discount for course with credit from UCSD.

Course Description

Does the prospect of finding a way to incorporate the teaching of critical social-emotional issues send you into a quandary? Do you have a deep love for using authentic children’s literature in your current teaching practices? If so, look no further! Social and emotional learning (SEL) is a process for learning essential life skills such as decision making, problem solving, effective communication, empathy, perseverance, and coping, just to name a few. Teachers are searching for the most effective ways to introduce and teach appropriate social-emotional skills in the classroom as they relate to common classroom issues, some of which can be quite sensitive, and which almost always are beyond their control. This online course for teachers provides the perfect approach by using high-quality picture books to deal with a variety of SEL issues from separation anxiety, kindness, and tattling, to poverty and homelessness, divorce, anger management, childhood health and obesity, teasing and bullying, and others. Teachers will be provided with thorough background information on each topic as well as the implications for the classroom environment and teaching. Then, each topic shares three authentic children’s books, together with lessons for each title. The course introduces lesson plans for forty-seven picture books. An additional list of picture books is shared for every single social-emotional topic presented in the course, as well as links to additional resources, as applicable. By the end of this continuing education course, teachers will feel more confident and successful in their quest to embed the teaching of social-emotional skills into their own teaching practices. This online professional development course is worth 3 ⅓ semester units/5 quarter units (50 hours of training) from University of California San Diego (UCSD) Division of Extended Studies. For detailed information on receiving university credit for your PDI professional development course, visit the credit page.

Topical Outline

UCSD Course Number: EDUC40360

Unit One
An Introduction to Social-Emotional Learning
Setting Up the Classroom to Foster SEL
Developing Social and Emotional Skills through Literature
Assignment #1: Write an autobiography
Test #1

Unit Two
Poverty and Homelessness
Child Abuse and Neglect
Divorce
Assignment #2: Article reflection
Test #2

Unit Three
Childhood Health and Obesity
Separation Anxiety
Encouraging Individuality
Assignment #3: Share your expertise
Test #3

Unit Four
Teasing and Bullying
Anger Management
Making Good Choices
Test #4

Unit Five
Kindness
Fairness
Sharing
Test #5
Unit Six

Tattling
Embracing Diversity
Friendship
Assignment #4: Create lessons that integrate literature with social-emotional skills
Assignment #5: Course Reflection

Unit and Credit

This online professional development course is worth 3 ⅓ semester units/5 quarter units (50 hours of training) from University of California San Diego (UCSD) Division of Extended Studies. For detailed information on receiving university credit for your PDI professional development course, visit Professional Development Institute credit page.

Unit and Credit may be available for this course and may vary by country or institution. Please verify eligibility with Professional Development Institute.