Definitions
SEL Skills
Skill-Building Strategies
100

The abilities to understand one’s own emotions, thoughts, and values and how they influence behavior across contexts

What is Self-Awareness

100

A student with this skill, would be able to identify their own emotions.

What is a self-awareness skill?

100

A teacher helps 2 students have a respectful conversation to resolve a conflict.

What is a Relationship Skill strategy?

200

The abilities to make caring and constructive choices about personal behavior and social interactions across diverse situations.

What is Responsible Decision-Making?

200

A student with this skill would be able to set goals for themselves and for groups.

What is a self-management skill?

200

When a student makes a mistake, a teacher praises them for having a growth mindset and not giving up.

What is a Self-Awareness Strategy?

300

The abilities to manage one’s emotions, thoughts, and behaviors effectively in different situations and to achieve goals and aspirations.

What is Self-Management?

300

A student with this skill would be able to imagine the consequences of their actions.

What is a Responsible Decision-Making skill?

300

A teacher has a chore chart so that students know what they need to do to keep the room clean and organized.

What is a self-management strategy?

400

The abilities to establish and maintain healthy and supportive relationships and to effectively navigate settings with diverse individuals and groups.

What are Relationship Skills?

400

A student with this skill would be able to see a situation from another person's perspective.

What is a Social Awareness skill?

400

A teacher organizes a canned food drive for the local shelter, and encourages her students to collect what they can.

What is a social awareness strategy?

500

The abilities to understand the perspectives of and empathize with others, including those from diverse backgrounds, cultures, & contexts.

What is Social Awareness?

500

A student with this skill would be able to say no when her friends tell her to bully another student.

What is a Relationship Skill?

500

A teacher invites all students to help create the Behavioral Expectations for themselves inside the classroom.

What is a responsible-decision making strategy?