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Setting Up an SEL Program in Physical Education Classes

Setting Up an SEL Program in Physical Education Classes - Social and emotional learning skills like teamwork and community can be integrated into PE classes in ways that are engaging for students.

3 ways SEL helps students build life readiness

See 3 ways SEL helps students build life readiness - SEL can be integrated into core classes through intentional community building and purpose learning.

Social-Emotional Learning At Burbank High School

Building Bulldogs Program Incorporates Social-Emotional Learning at Burbank High School

Students As Decision Makers

With a solid foundation of relationships and student preparation, you'll be well-positioned to establish sustainable structures that continue to involve students in decision making.

Combining SEL and PBL to Prepare Students for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Combining SEL + PBL to Prepare Students for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

New Report On School, Work, And Durable Human Skills

Schools must be acutely aware of the social-emotional well-being of young people. This doesn’t happen at the expense of preparation for their future, but in complement to it.

Thought Leadership

Putting SEL to Work: Moving Through COVID-19 and the Fourth Industrial Revolution With Purpose

Learn how and why educators are shifting their focus to SEL to help boost student mental health and employability skills.

State Standards Add Social Emotional Learning to Career Readiness to Increase Student Engagement + Motivation

As it grows ever clearer that social-emotional learning helps build employability skills, states weaving SEL with college and career readiness.

What Research Says About Wayfinder’s 6 Core Skills and How They Affect Employability

Wayfinder structures our curriculum to support preventative student mental health, employability skills, and long-term success.

Wayfinder’s Asset-Based Approach to Curriculum Design Supports Student Mental Health + Well-Being

Using the latest research, Wayfinder offers curriculum that provides students well-being support and employability skills they need to thrive.

Study Finds Wayfinder’s SEL + 21st Century Skills Curriculum Boosts Student Purpose 75%

Social-emotional learning with Wayfinder is proven to improve student engagement and social awareness

Why Mental Health Management Is a Necessary Employability Skill

Student mental health isn’t just essential to academic achievement—it’s an invaluable part of long-term success.

Social-Emotional Skills—Not “Hard” Skills—Are the Most Desirable + Employable Skills

Even in the face of rapid technological advancement, research shows that the benefits of social-emotional learning in school are only growing.

5 Ways to Support Your Staff During Challenges

A robust strategy for teacher support is vital, but you can start simply to build resilience and community, holistically support staff, and encourage teachers during challenging times.

3 Quick SEL Activities to Support Staff

These activities can serve as a starting place for deeper, more meaningful SEL work for both staff and students. In addition to supporting K-12 students to build future-ready and SEL skill sets, Wayfinder can also support educators to facilitate meaningful dialogue among colleagues, build trust, foster a sense of belonging in their broader communities, and deepen their understanding of their Why

Five Reasons You Should Co-Create Classroom Norms with Students at the Beginning of Each Year

I remember having my outfit, backpack, and supplies laid out on the living room couch in preparation for the first day of school.

Seven Ways to Help High Schoolers Find Meaning + Purpose

Many students go through high school bored and unengaged. Patrick Cook-Deegan explains what a purpose-driven curriculum would look like.

The Power Of Purpose

Over twenty years ago, like many college students in the throes of existential questions, I had half-knowingly embarked on a quest for meaning.

How to Help Teenagers Find Purpose

Teens are naturally driven to seek new experiences—and that may be the key to helping them develop a sense of purpose in life.

Redesigning American High Schools for 21st Century Learning

It’s time to boldly reimagine the high-school experience using the power of human-centered design, the latest adolescent neuroscience, and purpose learning.

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Take Action on High School Student Insights

Hosted By: Brandon Stover

Getting Unstuck

Helping shape education to better meet the needs of today’s students

Hosted By: Jeff Ikler

Engage you in learning, motivate you to share your work

Hosted By: Lynn Fuini-Hetten & Randy Ziegenfuss