Expanding SEL
This course is part of The Teacher and SEL Specialization.
This advanced course examines social and emotional learning (SEL) through equity-oriented and community-based approaches. Going beyond traditional SEL programs, instructors Emily Price and Ben Kirshner explore how social and political systems like immigration and structural racism impact children's social and emotional experiences. The course critically examines three key tensions in SEL: behavior management approaches, cultural/contextual considerations, and outcome measurement. Students will learn practices that promote critical self-awareness and social awareness, including mindfulness, testimonials, critical witnessing, and youth participatory action research (YPAR). The course emphasizes the importance of considering race, class, gender, sexuality, and culture in developing effective SEL approaches. Part of a 5-course specialization, this program offers the opportunity to earn 3 graduate credits from the University of Colorado-Boulder for professional enhancement and teacher recertification.
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What you'll learn
Identify practices that promote critical awareness of self and others through techniques like critical witnessing and YPAR
Describe how culture, experience, and identity influence social emotional development
Evaluate how behavior management strategies can impact students differently across racial lines
Implement mindfulness and testimonial approaches as equity-oriented alternatives to traditional self-awareness methods
Analyze the challenges in measuring social and emotional skills development
Develop culturally responsive approaches to SEL that address systemic inequities
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There are 5 modules in this course
This course takes a critical approach to Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), exploring equitable and culturally responsive implementations. The curriculum examines three main tensions within SEL programming: behavior management approaches that may lead to emotional manipulation, cultural context considerations essential for effective implementation, and measurement challenges in evaluating SEL outcomes. Students will learn alternative approaches to traditional SEL frameworks that center student agency, cultural awareness, and social justice. The course offers practical strategies including mindfulness practices, testimonials, critical witnessing, and youth participatory action research (YPAR) that promote both individual well-being and collective empowerment.
Behavior Management and SEL
Module 1 · 2 Hours to complete
Culture, Context, and SEL
Module 2 · 1 Hours to complete
Examining "Success": Goals, Measurement, and Outcomes in SEL
Module 3 · 1 Hours to complete
Moving Forward: A Critical Examination of the Self Competencies
Module 4 · 2 Hours to complete
Moving Forward: A Critical Examination of the Social Competencies
Module 5 · 3 Hours to complete
Fee Structure
Individual course purchase is not available - to enroll in this course with a certificate, you need to purchase the complete Professional Certificate Course. For enrollment and detailed fee structure, visit the following: The Teacher and SEL Specialization
Instructors
Champion for Marginalized Youth and Education Reform
Ben Kirshner began his educational career in a youth program in San Francisco’s Mission District and has since developed a research agenda focused on empowering marginalized youth through partnerships with educational settings. His projects include design-based research with action civics teachers, intergenerational participatory research, and ethnographies of community-based youth organizing. Notably, in a study funded by the Spencer Foundation, he collaborated with secondary school teachers to create opportunities for students to discuss and address educational barriers like unsafe school climates and inadequate facilities. Currently, through his work with CU Engage, Ben aims to establish sustainable university-community research partnerships that tackle persistent public challenges and enhance education systems. His 2015 book, Youth Activism in an Era of Education Inequality, won the Social Policy award for Best Authored Book from the Society of Research on Adolescence.
Instructor
Emily Claire Price is an instructor, research assistant, and Ph.D. candidate in the School of Education at the University of Colorado Boulder. She teaches courses in the Departments of Educational Foundations, Policy, and Practice (EFPP), Learning Sciences and Human Development ((LSHD), and Curriculum and Instruction (C&I). Her research focuses primarily on the development of equity-oriented approaches to social emotional learning with early elementary students and pre-service teachers, as well as on expanding notions of what childhood is and what children are capable of. Emily is a former early childhood teacher and instructional coach, and holds a B.A. in English from Bryn Mawr College and an M.S.Ed from the University of Pennsylvania in urban elementary education.
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