Social-Emotional Learning

At Community Partnership School, we believe that the social-emotional learning (SEL) curriculum is as important as academics.  Students are taught weekly lessons on skills such as self-regulation, empathy, and growth mindset, using the Open Circle curriculum. Common language about social-emotional learning is used in grades Pre-K-5. Monthly school-wide Open Circle meetings are held to bring together all members of the school community to reinforce topics covered in individual class lessons, including school-wide rules, calming down, friendship, and cooperation.

Lessons have included:

 

  • Identifying and telling an adult about dangerous and destructive behavior

  • Knowing how to speak up and to be an ally

  • Recognizing commonalities and understanding and accepting differences

  • Learning to respectfully disagree

  • Developing feelings vocabulary

 

Open Circle

Our social-emotional learning curriculum is based on the Open Circle curriculum developed at the Stone Center at Wellesley College. Learn more about Open Circle here: http://www.open-circle.org.