CREATING A POSITIVE CLIMATE
THROUGH KINDNESS,
COMPASSION, AND
CARING RELATIONSHIPS
International Bullying Prevention Association Conference
November 16-18, 2014
Presented by Joelle Hood
RESEARCH-BASED
I’m not making this stuff up!
“GO TO” SOURCES ON SEL
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CASEL (Collaborative for Academic, Social, & Emotional Learning)
Edutopia
Greater Good Science Center– UC Berkeley
Committee for Children
Social & Emotional Learning Research Group – University of Illinois at Chicago
National School Climate Center
Illinois State Board of Education SEL Learning Standards
Daniel Goleman
Maurice Elias
and so many more…
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?
• School Safety
• School Climate
• Student Attendance
• Student Engagement
• Common Core
• Student Achievement
• Preparing Students for the Workforce
• Happiness and Health of Students & Staff
• To Make the World a Better Place
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING
www.casel.org
WHAT IS SEL?
SEL includes the processes through which
children and adults acquire and effectively
apply the knowledge, attitudes and skills
necessary to understand and manage
emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel
and show empathy for others, establish and
maintain positive relationships, and make
responsible decisions.
www.casel.org
http://www.newteachercenter.org
SO WHAT IS SEL?
SEL is based on the understanding that the
best learning emerges in the context of
supportive relationships that make learning
challenging, engaging and meaningful.
www.casel.org
http://www.newteachercenter.org
SO WHAT IS SEL?
The development of SEL skills and
competence is a parallel process for
students, teachers, mentors, and
administrators.
www.casel.org
http://www.newteachercenter.org
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING
THROUGH EXPERIENTIAL
OPPORTUNITIES
• Kindness
• Empathy
• Compassion
• Gratitude
• Forgiveness
• Mindfulness
• Hardwiring Happiness
• Sense of Purpose
LOOK OUT FOR NUMBER ONE
SURVIVAL OF THE KINDEST
WHAT IS ALTRUISM?
Altruism is when we act to promote someone else’s
welfare, even at a risk or cost to ourselves. Though
some believe that humans are fundamentally selfinterested, recent research suggests otherwise:
Studies have found that people’s first impulse is to
cooperate rather than compete; that toddlers
spontaneously help people in need out of a genuine
concern for their welfare; and that even non-human
primates display altruism.
TEACH & MODEL THE BEHAVIORS
THAT WE WANT TO SEE
If we want to see it,
we have to teach it,
model it,
give opportunities to experience it.
TEACH & MODEL THE BEHAVIORS
THAT WE WANT TO SEE
How can they be “random” acts of
kindness if you’re making us do them?
PROMOTING KINDNESS
PRO-KINDNESS ACTIVITY-HAPPINESS SPRINKLING PROJECT
HAPPINESS SPRINKLING PROJECT
www.happinesssprinklingproject.org
WHY IS THIS PRO-KINDNESS STUFF SO
IMPORTANT TO SCHOOL SAFETY?
“Men hate each other because they fear each other,
and they fear each other because
they don't know each other,
and they don't know each other because
they are often separated from each other.”
--Martin Luther King Jr.
PRO-EMPATHY AND COMPASSION
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING ACTIVITIES
SYNERGY DAYS!
COMPASSION GAMES
COMPASSION GAMES
COMPASSION IN ACTION
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ejh_hb15Fc
IT’S UP TO US…
to create the climate we wish to see
and to be the change we wish to be.
THANK YOU!!
Please keep in touch.
jhood@rcoe.us
joelle@joellehood.com
FB/Joelle Hood—Catalyst Coaching & Consulting
FB/Hood’s Kindness Revolution Experiment
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