Reflect on your own SEL Competencies

Practicing healthy stress management skills and cultivating our own SEL competencies can improve our personal well-being and lead to improved social, emotional, and academic development for students. Much of what students learn is about watching and imitating the adults around them.

SEL Competencies - Activity

Download the CASEL SEL Competencies handout and reflect on your own personal strengths and areas for growth in each of the five competencies.

- Self-Awareness
- Self-Management
- Social Awareness
- Relationship Skills
- Responsible Decision-Making

On the handout, print or digitally annotate, as you read the descriptors under each of the five competencies: (Note: This is for your own personal reflection and is not required to be submitted)

- Place a (plus sign) next to each of your personal strengths
- Place a (triangle) next to each of your personal opportunities for growth
- What do you notice about your strengths?
- How do you use your strengths in your work?
- What did you notice about your areas for opportunity?

Your 1 -2 paragraph response to this activity must include a response to the following:

- Think about your role in education. Which skills are most needed for the work you do.
- How do you cultivate your own SEL Competencies?