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To meet the changing needs of the 21st Century student, Empowering Education Inc. (EE), a nonprofit organization,
has developed an engaging and experiential curriculum for
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is a process
for helping students develop skills that are fundamental for life effectiveness. SEL teaches skills we all need to
handle ourselves, our relationships, and our work, effectively and ethically.. The course, titled Realizing
Empowered, Achieving Lifestyles (REAL) fully supports the practice of SEL.
The curriculum is focused on motivating positive change in adolescents via these five goals:
- Increased self-awarenessIncreased self-awareness: Having a realistic
assessment of our own abilities and a well-grounded sense of self-confidence.
- Increased social awarenessIncreased social awareness: Appreciating
and interacting positively with diverse groups.
- Improved self-managementImproved self-management: Handling emotions
so they facilitate rather than interfere with the task at hand; being conscientious and delaying gratification
to pursue goals; persevering in the face of setbacks and frustration.
- Improved relationship skillsImproved relationship skills: Handling
emotions in relationships effectively; establishing and maintaining healthy and rewarding relationships based
on cooperation, resistance to inappropriate social pressure.
- Responsible decision-makingResponsible decision-making: Assessing
situational influences and generating, implementing, and evaluating ethical solutions to problems that
promote one’s own and others’ well-being.
Encouraging these goals allows students to become empowered and accomplished in their lives. EE recognizes students
are confronted with an increasingly complex young life and are often initiated into the experiences of adulthood long
before they are developmentally equipped to understand these added responsibilities. The transition from youth to
adulthood is a challenging stage in life, now compounded by a broadening network of technology, peer relationship, and
adult expectation. The REAL curriculum is an academic and experiential exercise that will teach the concepts and life
skills that will help build a foundation for success.
EE and the REAL curriculum look to address SEL and have been written to be in alignment with the mission of the
following entity:
Research
relates SEL to positive academic and behavioral outcomes as identified in the diagram below:
EE and the REAL curriculum provide a new pillar in the educational system for young people and serves as an
adjunct to support systems already in place.
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The REAL curriculum is currently being implemented at the following schools in Colorado:
Doherty HS
Russell MS
High Point Academy
To see how the REAL curriculum can be implemented at a school of your choice, click on the proven process below.
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