PSELI Points
A bi-weekly e-newsletter to inform you of updates regarding PSELI
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PSELI SEL Specialists Are Now Tweeting!
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Enjoy tweets directly from PSELI's SEL Specialists as they visit pilot sites, attend trainings, communicate with educators and more. Feel free to send them a tweet including pictures, videos and more. #PSELIPalmBEachCounty #PSELIPBC #SEL7to7
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Knellee Bisram
SEL Specialist,
Prime Time Palm Beach County
561-244-5119
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Lauren Peragine
SEL Specialist,
School District of Palm Beach County
561-292-4110 X 84110
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Order Your SEL Palm Beach County
Shirt Today
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Phys Ed Gear has helped create SEL Palm Beach County t-shirts and polos that will be made available for purchase online until
Friday, March 15, 2019. The shirts will be delivered to your site by April 1, 2019.
Use code: SEL2019
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Site Spotlight
West Gate Elementary
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Congratulations to Katherine Wilke and her amazing team at
the
West Gate Elementary Afterschool
Program
on the implementation of Afternoon Meeting. Prime Time's SEL Specialist Knellee Bisram visited the program and observed a group of fourth and fifth graders displaying SEL skills in an Afternoon Meeting session.
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Community of Practice
Thank you to all who attended and helped facilitate a very productive Community of Practice today, February 8, 2019.
Site teams, remember to wrap up your goal-planning conversation using the Guiding Questions [
click here] and other tools provided, then obtain signatures from your schools's principal and OST director. Reach out to your SEL specialists for support in finalizing the Site SEL Plan [
click here].
We are especially grateful to Mark Howard, Chief of Performance Accountability, and Stevens Dormezil, Specialist, Research and Evaluation, for their presentation to principals.
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Shared Palm Beach County #SEL #Successes
School day teachers shared that they have developed a collaborative model that really seems to be enhancing SEL practices in the Morning and Afternoon Meeting. Each OST practitioner is paired with a classroom teacher and they are observing each other's spaces, and setting aside time to de-brief and collaborate.
SEL Specialist Lauren Peragine observed a teacher in an Autism cluster classroom with students who have varying needs at Diamond View Elementary. The teacher taught a Second Step lesson and the students were engaged and excited, and were even reciting "Calm Down" procedures from previous lessons that he taught. He also did an exceptional job with Morning Meeting.
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SEL IV - Responding to Trauma and Reactivity Recap
During the
SEL IV – Responding to Trauma and Reactivity training, OST practitioners learned how to respond proactively versus react automatically to triggers in the “heat of the moment” by applying some self-regulation and self-compassion techniques:
- S.T.O.P. – Stop; Take a Breath; Observe your thoughts, emotions and sensations; Proceed with kindness and care
- T.H.I.N.K. before you speak – ask yourself is it "True, Helpful, Informed, Necessary and Kind"
- R.A.I.N. exercise by Tara Brach when you are facing a challenging situation, or working with feelings of unworthiness or self-doubt
R
ecognize what is going on;
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llow the experience to be there, just as it is;
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nvestigate with interest and care;
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urture with self-compassion.
Participants also practiced the seven steps of
interactive modeling in the Afternoon Meeting Greeting. Check out this video from
Forest Hill Elementary Afterschool Program (below) illustrating its Afternoon Meeting Greeting!
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SEL V -
Building Resilience
and Self-Care
(choose only one date below)
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SEL VI - Empathetic Communication, Strong Relationships
(choose only one date below)
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Feb. 26, 2019
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Diamond View Elementary
Afterschool Program
5300 Haverhill Road
Greenacres, FL 33463
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Tues., March 12, 2019
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Children's Services Council of
Palm Beach County
2300 High Ridge Road
Boynton Beach, FL
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Feb. 27, 2019
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Children's Services Council
of Palm Beach County
2300 High Ridge Road
Boynton Beach, FL 33426
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Wed., March 13, 2019
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Location: TBA
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SEL Reminders
by Knellee Bisram, SEL Specialist,
Prime Time Palm Beach County
When working with adults or children, make sure to:
- offer a voluntary, invitational approach to mindfulness and other SEL practices
- find ways to be inclusive of all experiences
- use appropriate SEL language and practices that are supported by evidence when doing activities
- focus on experiences rather than explanations when attempting to integrate or model SEL skills into the workplace or with youth
Here are a few clarifying points to remember:
- SEL is more than just emotions and feelings.
- SEL is more than meditation and is not a religious practice.
- Mindfulness/self-regulation tools can—but do not always—lead to calm. The goal should be enhancing self-awareness.
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Random Acts of Kindness Day
February 17, 2019
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Random Acts of Kindness Day is right around the corner. Check out these free resources to bring more kindness into your school and afterschool program.
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The Power of Circles in SEL – Building Community and Restoring Justice
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In the
Foundations in SEL II training, we learned about the power of using circle dialogue as a structure for building community and restoring justice in learning spaces. Here are a couple short
videos demonstrating the use of circles for both reflective and restorative practices:
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PSELI now has an intranet that will house all PSELI-related news including trainings and events, highlights, resources and more. Feel free to leave comments on posts and leave questions when you need answers.
Click here
to view.
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