RULER
What is RULER?
The goal of the Charter is to...
The goal of the Mood Meter is to...
What is increase self awareness and emotional regulation?
The goal of the Meta Moment is to...
What is manage a response when emotionally triggered?
OR
What is stop and think to use a strategy before reacting when emotionally triggered?
The goal of the Blueprint is to
Understanding the value of _____ is a key component of RULER.
What are emotions?
A classroom Charter differs from typical classroom rules because it focuses on this.
What is how we want to feel and how we will ensure the community consistently feels those feelings?
The two axes on the Mood Meter
What is Energy and Pleasantness?
The Meta-Moment technique specifically teaches students to pause and ask this key question.
What is: how would my best self respond?
What is: perspective taking and empathy?
RULER is a part of this larger concept.
What is Social and Emotional Learning?
Teachers should reference the Charter most often during these moments.
What is when community agreements aren't being met?
A student feeling overwhelmed would be placed in this quadrant of the Mood Meter
The 'best self' concept in Meta-Moment refers to this idea.
What is the person you aspire to be or your ideal self?
These are the names of the two parts of completing a Blueprint.
What is: a Blueprint reflection and then a Blueprint conference?
This is the feeling word that many students say incorrectly, and Lauren can never understand why.
What is DISINCLUDED?
The Charter works best when it connects daily actions to this outcome.
What is the emotional climate we want to create? The Charter is aspirational.
When introducing the Mood Meter, teachers should start by having students do this.
What is notice and name their current feeling (recognize and label)?
Students have internalized the Meta Moment when they consistently do this.
What is: Stop and think before responding to emotional triggers?
OR
What is: Can effectively pick a strategy to help regulate when emotionally triggered?
These individuals may be present/necessary when a Blueprint is completed.
Who are: the students, the teacher, the psychologist, and the director.
RULER is an acronym that stands for...
What is...
Recognizing emotions in self and others
Understanding the causes and consequences of emotions
Labeling emotions accurately
Expressing emotions appropriately
Regulating emotions effectively
These are the steps necessary to create a classroom Charter.
What is:
1. Introduce the idea of classroom community
2. Define a Charter as something special that the class makes to share how people want to feel and how they can help each other to experience those feelings.
3. Have every student list 3-5 feeling words to share how they want to feel at school.
4. Bring each student's response together to find commonalities and decide on 5-6 words that represent how the class wants to feel.
5. Brainstorm how the class community can help each other experience the decided upon feelings.
6. Design it!
What is
1. The Red Quadrant (high energy, unpleasant)
2. The Blue Quadrant (low energy, unpleasant)
3. The Yellow Quadrant (high energy, pleasant)
4. The Green Quadrant (low energy, pleasant)
The four steps of the Meta Moment
What is
1. Sense
2. Pause
3. See your best self
4. Strategize and Act
The Blueprint framework guides students to identify these four key elements.
What is: Trigger, thought, feeling, behavior?