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What is Social Emotional Learning (SEL)?

Self Management
Social Awareness
Self Awareness
Responsible Decision Making
Relationship Skills

Why SEL Matters

In today’s world, academic success alone is no longer enough. Students must also develop the emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills necessary to thrive in their personal lives, careers, and communities. SEL has been proven to reduce negative behaviors such as bullying and violence, improve academic performance, and promote positive mental health outcomes. By integrating SEL into the educational system, we are equipping students with the tools they need to become empathetic, resilient, and responsible leaders.

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The Problem: Racism, Bias, and Inequity. Rise Continues Transforming Education with Social Emotional Learning.

Breaking the Chains of Systemic Inequities: The Urgent Need for Comprehensive SEL in Education

The current educational system often perpetuates social disparities, racism, and inherent biases that hinder equitable access to essential skills for all students. In under-resourced schools, particularly those serving marginalized communities, there is a significant lack of focus on Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), which is crucial for fostering resilience, self-management, self awareness, responsible decision making, relationship skills, multicultural competence, and critical consciousness. This systemic repression manifests in various forms, including inadequate teacher training, lack of culturally relevant curricula, and insufficient support for the holistic development of students and teachers alike. These deficiencies disproportionately affect students of color and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds, perpetuating cycles of poverty and disenfranchisement. The failure to provide SEL education not only undermines academic success but also stifles the social and emotional growth necessary for students to navigate and challenge the inequities they face. It is imperative to recognize and address these systemic issues to empower all students and create a more just and equitable educational landscape.

Empowering Every Student: Confronting Bias and Inequity

The Solution: Empowering Marginalized Communities with Essential SEL Skills for a Just and Equitable Future.

Social Emotional Learning is Essential:

Social-emotional learning (SEL) is a cornerstone of the (Resilience. Inspire. Self-Empower) RISE approach, encompassing vital life skills and essential techniques necessary for success in both academic and real-world settings. It focuses on nurturing students' social and emotional competencies, to develop self-awareness, social awareness, self-management, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. SEL plays a crucial role in helping students cultivate healthy relationships, manage emotions effectively, and make positive contributions to their communities.

BUILD RESILIENCE AND CONFIDENCE - BE All you can imagine.

Resilience is the ability to strive for long term goals despite difficulty, and is the most important thing that you can develop! Research, data, and history show the ability, or resilience, to stick with your goals over a long time, especially when things get very difficult, is the KEY ingredient to success and happiness in life. R.I.S.E shows how to do this.

BE LIFE READY with R.I.S.E. Gain the resilience and grit to tackle and achieve your goals by demonstrating personal actualization skills of self-awareness, self-management, social-awareness, responsible decision making, and relationship skills.

Social-Emotional Learning skills provide students with the perspective and flexibility necessary to function at a high level even when faced with uncertainty, change, pressure, stress, and other school and life challenges. Helping students develop greater social-emotional skills will not only help them in their professional lives but also will help them pursue happier and healthier personal lives.

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