Post-Baccalaureate
Certificate in Social
Emotional Learning

You’ll explore the concepts and benefits of social emotional learning (SEL), particularly around their relevance to equity, diversity, and inclusion. Throughout this exploration, you will examine established competencies and models for SEL and compare those with standards in your area. You’ll also consider broadly what data you might need to support SEL program implementation and subsequent assessment of individual students and the program as a whole.

In this course, you’ll examine instructional strategies across different curricula and models for social emotional learning (SEL). Part of this examination will include consideration for the principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion, as well as curricular adaptation and student accommodation. You’ll also identify data to support SEL implementation and SEL-related competency assessment at the student and classroom levels.

This course begins with a review of emotional intelligence and its role in social emotional learning (SEL). You’ll then investigate how you can apply SEL competencies to the organization, management, and discipline of the classroom. Finally, you’ll examine how to collect and use data that may reflect how SEL implementation supports equity, diversity, and inclusion in the classroom.

What happens in the classroom influences and is influenced by experiences outside the classroom. In this course, you’ll explore the relationships between the classroom, the caregivers of students, and the communities where they reside. These caregivers and communities include intermediary spaces, such as extracurricular and co-curricular activities and after-school programs. You’ll examine strategies for involving caregivers and the broader community in social emotional learning (SEL) initiatives, including how existing models and curricula address SEL outside the classroom. As part of your examination, you’ll consider sensitivities related to data collection and distribution to diverse audiences.