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Social and Emotional Learning

The Marlboro Township Public School District is a relationship-centered learning community working with educators, parents, and community members to assist all students in cultivating the foremost Social-Emotional Character Development values and skills necessary to successfully navigate current experiences and future endeavors. 


Social and emotional learning (SEL) enhances students’ capacity to integrate skills, attitudes, and behaviors to deal effectively and ethically with daily tasks and challenges. MTPS has paired The Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL)’s SEL Competencies to our district pillars. Like many similar frameworks, CASEL’s integrated framework promotes intrapersonal, interpersonal, and cognitive competence. There are five core competencies that can be taught in many ways across many settings. Many educators and researchers are also exploring how best to assess these competencies. All MTPS schools use the same guiding questions to assist students in understanding the importance of SEL as well as foster skill development.  


MTPS have connected the competencies to our district pillars in the following manner:



SEL Competency

District Pillars

Social Awareness

  • Citizenship/digital
  • Kindness

Responsible Decision Making

  • Citizenship
  • Responsibility

Relationship Skills

  • Respect
  • Kindness
  • Trustworthiness

Self Awareness

  • Respect
    • Self Care
  • Positivity
    • Mindset
  • Kindness

Self Management

  • Positivity
  • Responsibility
  • Trustworthiness


Marlboro Pillars & Skills


Pillars

Competencies

  • Citizenship
  • Respect
  • Positivity
  • Kindness
  • Responsibility
  • Trustworthiness
  • Self Awareness
  • Self Management
  • Social Awareness
  • Relationship Skills
  • Responsible Decision Making


MARLBORO PILLARS & COMPETENCIES BY MONTH    


September

What are our character pillars?

Overview

 

October

How do we respect ourselves and others?

Respect

1, 4

November

How do we contribute to our school and global community?

Citizenship

3, 5

December

How can we promote a positive outlook?

Positivity

1, 2

January

How do we take care of ourselves and our world?

Responsibility

2, 5

February

How can we show others we care?

Kindness

3, 4

March

How do we build healthy relationships with ourselves and others?

Trustworthiness

2,4

April

How do we celebrate differences?

Respect

1, 4

May

How do contribute to our school and community in life and online?

Citizenship

(focus on digital)

3,5

June

What did we learn? Where do we go from here?

        Reflection