Kids Before Content

Kids Before Content provides the context for educators to develop their own and their students' social-emotional learning (SEL) competencies. The SEL competencies include self-awareness, self-management, responsible decision-making, relationship skills, and social awareness. Educators are provided the resources they need to build up their own SEL skills first, and then their students through this guide. There are suggestions for building professional learning communities and connecting with other like-minded educators who would like to transform the culture of their schools one educator and one student at a time. The book includes information for school leaders to build SEL connections in their schools. With SEL competencies, educators can more readily reach their students, which makes teaching content easier. If educators understand how to use CASEL's SEL competencies to address SEL in the classroom for themselves and their students, both students and teachers are better served.

Renee G. Carr, EdD has been working in the field of education since 2007. Dr. Carr has a history of working in international and domestic education and exchange.

Acknowledgments
Preface
Part I: Nurturing Self-Awareness for Educators and Students
Chapter 1: Strengthening Self-Awareness for Educators
Chapter 2: Strengthening Self-Awareness for Students
Part II: Fostering Self-Management for Educators and Students
Chapter 3: Developing Self-Management for Educators
Chapter 4: Developing Self-Management for Students
Part III: Enhancing Responsible Decision-Making for Educators and Students
Chapter 5: Strengthening Responsible Decision-Making for Educators
Chapter 6: Strengthening Responsible Decision-Making for Students
Part IV: Supporting Relationship Skills for Educators and Students
Chapter 7: Encouraging Relationship Skills for Educators
Chapter 8: Encouraging Relationship Skills for Students
Part V: Encouraging Social Awareness for Educators and Students
Chapter 9: Developing Social Awareness for Educators
Chapter 10: Developing Social Awareness for Students
Part VI: The Development of SEL Competencies for Educators and Students
Chapter 11: SEL Professional Learning Communities
Chapter 12: SEL Implications for School Leaders
Chapter 13: SEL Competencies for Educators and Students
References
Index
About the Author