Social emotional learning in school allows students and teachers to communicate with a common language for deeper connections. When the language and skills of SEL work their way into the home, families develop the tools for healthier and more joyful home life. Move This World helps schools go beyond the classroom to impact families and entire communities with stronger relationships and emotional intelligence. Teachers and administrators use our specialized Family Engagement Toolkit as a resource to involve parents in ways that are consistent with Move This World’s core curriculum.
Social Emotional Learning For Families
Social Emotional Learning At Home
Social emotional learning in school allows students and teachers to communicate with a common language for deeper connections. When the language and skills of SEL work their way into the home, families develop the tools for healthier and more joyful home life. Move This World helps schools go beyond the classroom to impact families and entire communities with stronger relationships and emotional intelligence. Teachers and administrators use our specialized Family Engagement Toolkit as a resource to involve parents in ways that are consistent with Move This World’s core curriculum.
Barriers to Family Engagement
Schools that adopt SEL initiatives with Move This World quickly recognize the benefits of continuing this education outside the classroom. Teachers and administrators experience firsthand how difficult it is to involve parents and guardians in the learning process. The barriers to spreading SEL from the classroom into the home can be addressed, but first, they must be identified. Our Family Engagement Toolkit helps administrators identify the gaps and then address them in practical and effective ways.
Build Acceptance with Background Knowledge
The key to getting parents on board with your school’s Move This World SEL program is education. Overcome parental concerns and misconceptions with detailed information about what SEL is, what the research shows, how the Move This World program works, and assurance that academic instruction is enhanced rather than impeded by a consistent SEL practice, including SEL at home. Download the Family Engagement Toolkit for templates, infographics, and resources that give parents and families the background knowledge they need to understand the effectiveness of implementing Move This World’s SEL programs.
Provide Opportunities for Involvement
Everything about social emotional learning is experiential. These concepts are learned by engaging in the exercises regularly. Family involvement grows in the same way. By offering parents regular opportunities to volunteer in program initiatives, creating take-home challenges, and offering workshops, parents not only recognize the value of SEL for their children, but they begin practicing the skills of SEL at home. Move This World’s goal is to cultivate emotional intelligence throughout entire communities. Engaging parents and families to develop and practice SEL skills in the home, at work, and at school will achieve our mission to truly Move This World.
Move SEL beyond the classroom. Download our Family Engagement Toolkit for valuable resources and guides to integrate social emotional learning at home.
