EF 303: Executive Function and Social Emotional Learning Success

Child development experts are discovering that one key to school success is non-academic skills, like executive function (EF) and social-emotional learning (SEL). Together, these skills help students pay attention, control their emotions, follow classroom rules, and get along with others - all things that are important for learning! Because EF and SEL are so closely related, focusing on one or the other in the classroom doesn’t make sense. Instead, we can build classroom content and curricula that promotes both of these skills, together. After this course, you will be able to use your knowledge of EF and SEL skills to decide how to integrate SEL and EF-improving activities into your classroom to support learning and development in all of your students.

Key ideas:

Understand basic EF development
Understand SEL skills and their development
Understand the relationship between EF and SEL
Explore examples of effective SEL interventions and curricula
Build strategies for addressing EF and SEL in the classroom
Understand how teacher self-care and stress management can improve personal as well as classroom-level outcomes.

This course includes formative assessments after each module as well as a final assessment upon completion of all content. Get started by clicking on Module 1: Understanding Social Emotional Learning below!

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Module 1: Understanding Social Emotional Learning 5 Topics | 1 Quiz

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Key Ideas in Social Emotional Learning

What are Social Emotional Skills?

Executive Function and Social Emotional Skills Overlap

Culture and SEL

Reflect and Apply: Understanding SEL

Quiz 1: Understanding SEL

Module 2: Understanding Executive Function 5 Topics | 1 Quiz

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What is Executive Function?

Cool and Hot EF

Executive Function Skill Development

The Tree of Success

Reflect and Apply: Executive Function Review

Quiz 2: Understanding EF

Module 3: SEL Success Depends on Strong EF 5 Topics | 1 Quiz

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Executive Function is Foundational to SEL Success

Reactive versus Reflective Responses

Developing EF and SEL Skills Simultaneously

Classroom Implications

Reflect and Apply: Understanding EF and SEL

Quiz 3 – Understanding EF and SEL

Module 4: Executive Function, SEL, and Mindfulness 5 Topics | 1 Quiz

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What is Mindfulness?

Mindfulness and EF

Mindfulness and SEL

Implementing Mindfulness in the Classroom

Reflect and Apply: Strengthening EF to Enhance SEL

Quiz 4 – Strengthening EF to Enhance SEL

Module 5: Supporting SEL in Education 5 Topics | 1 Quiz

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Put Your Own Oxygen Mask on First

Mindfulness for Teachers

School-Family Partnership

Creating a Mindful Classroom

Reflect and Apply: Supporting SEL in Education

Quiz 5 – Supporting SEL in Education

Summative Quiz – EF 303: EF and SEL Success

Ratings and Reviews

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10 Ratings

What's your experience? We'd love to know!

kara.cosby

Posted 2 years ago

SE EFnskills

Concise and easy to understand

benita.taylor

Posted 2 years ago

How EF and SEL skills can support the children, educators, and parents in partnerships.

I have enjoyed learning about EF, its very interesting to me. The modules are informative, fun, and engaging. I would like to see a paper version of this training only because I am a pencil and paper person.

rstova

Posted 2 years ago

Understanding SEL and EF Skills

Explained how EF skills are necessary for SEL skills, but having good EF skills doesn't necessarily lead to good SEL skills without the proper context.

april.ludgood

Posted 3 years ago

Brain Function

I like the course,

stephanieb.williams

Posted 3 years ago

Making connections with families are of the upmost importance.

I wish I could download some of the extra resources.

kathryn.pirkle

Posted 3 years ago

Executive Functioning

Great content to share with other child care centers

sonia.jones

Posted 3 years ago

Practical Examples

I noticed there were real-life examples and scenarios to make it real to the learner!

dana.merren

Posted 3 years ago

Informative Information

The importance stressed between EF and SEL.

angela.robertson

Posted 3 years ago

Executive Function (EF)

I liked all parts of this training. Very informative. This training is very helpful for teacher in the classroom. It can help teachers have a better understanding of the brain and the techniques to use to help the children in their classroom. When teachers understand EF they can begin to help their students instead of saying their are bad or just mean because they have a better understanding of ho