The Teacher and Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Coursera

Overview

Social and emotional learning, or SEL, programs have flourished in schools during the last decade. 

The Teacher and Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Specialization is offered by Coursera in partnership with University of Colorado Boulder.

These programs vary widely but most share a concern for five individual, student competencies: self awareness; self-management; social awareness; relationship skills; and finally responsible decision making. 

Key facts

• It is important for teachers and parents to know about and understand these programs. While lots of SEL programs emphasize K-12 student social and emotional learning, only a very few programs exist to promote, and help teachers explore their own emotional well-being. In this Specialization our central premise is this:

• To facilitate students’ social and emotional learning, a teacher must know the student as a person. This means that the teacher must strive to know her or him self. In order to help students achieve a degree of well-being, teachers need to be aware of their own well-being.

Applied Learning Project

• Students will utilize course knowledge and skills to create either a ‘Teacher Implementation Plan’ focused on developing student or teacher SELprograms, or a cinema project examining student & teacher SEL implications in educationally oriented films.

Advance your subject-matter expertise

• Learn in-demand skills from university and industry experts

• Master a subject or tool with hands-on projects

• Develop a deep understanding of key concepts

• Earn a career certificate from University of Colorado Boulder