Social and Emotional Aspects Of Learning - SEAL Secondary SEAL Devon – June 2009

3 What Knowledge Skills and Attitudes do we want our children to have?????

4 Do staff model the behaviours, attitudes and skills we would like our students to exhibit?

5 ECM - Enjoy and achieve?

6 Make a positive contribution?

7 Healthy?

8 Achieve economic well being – stay safe?

9 Secondary SEAL - What is it? Part of the Secondary National Strategy A comprehensive, whole school approach to promoting social and emotional skills to: Promote effective learning Staff effectiveness A Healthy school! Social and emotional skills reduce stress and help the performance of staff and students

10 Key Elements a whole-school approach to creating the climate and conditions that implicitly promote, reinforce and consolidate the social and emotional skills; focused learning opportunities (during tutor time, across the curriculum, in focus groups and outside formal lessons); learning and teaching approaches that support pupils to learn social and emotional skills and consolidate those already learnt; continuing professional development for the whole staff of a school.

11 Main Themes Self Managing motivation empathy social skills Awareness feelings

12 Resources: Whole School Approach – Development of Staff – Priority – an approach to effective Teaching and Learning Student materials – year 7, 8, 9 Strategies website Independent materials – pilot schools evaluating some of these

13 Impact of SEAL OFSTED report of July 2007 (based on pilot in 54 schools/5 LAs) reported on the value of the programme “ The programme was successful in schools that quickly saw the link between developing social, emotional and behavioural skills and effective teaching and learning.”

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15 Responsible citizens who are effective participants, team workers, have good social skills and demonstrate empathy Successful learners who are motivated, are creative thinkers, independent enquirers, reflective learners Confident individuals who are self aware, able to manage risk and can manage their feelings The curriculum aims to enable all young people to become 3 How well are we achieving our aims? 1 What are we trying to achieve? 2 How do we organise learning?

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17 SEAL Secondary Devon Pilot + Project Schools Pilot Schools 1: Ilfracombe (Ann Arnaouti-Baan) Bideford(Ann Arnaouti-Baan) The Kings(Alan Betts) Teign(Alan Betts) Pilot Schools 2: ClystVale(Alan Betts) Dawlish(Alan Betts) ISCA(Alan Betts) KEVICCS(Alan Betts) QECC(Ann Arnaouti-Baan) Tiverton(Ann Arnaouti -Baan) Project Schools Okehampton (Alan Betts) Ivybridge (Alan Betts) South Dartmoor (Alan Betts) Braunton (Ann Arnaouti-Baan) Pilton (Ann Arnaouti-Baan) Coombeshead (Ann Arnaouti-Baan) Holsworthy (Ann Arnaouti-Baan)

18 SEAL Conference Devon Conference – Buckfastleigh 8 th July 2009 National Speakers Workshops All Pilot and Project Schools

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20 Assessment – efficient process Good day to day teaching and learning Rich evidence of learning APP – periodic review against national standards Improved planning Personalised targets More secure Better info tracking for parents

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29 Science Teacher Teign School ‘APP makes you think – What can I do to make students achieve the next level? What skills would make it easier for them?’

30 What I want you to learn What I want you to do How I want you to do it A&D, CI, D&T, En, Ge, Hi, ICT, Ma, MFL, Mu, PE, PSHE, RE, Sc SEAL, PLTS Functional Skills LiL, L2L

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32 Responsible citizens who are effective participants, team workers, have good social skills and demonstrate empathy Successful learners who are motivated, are creative thinkers, independent enquirers, reflective learners Confident individuals who are self aware, able to manage risk and can manage their feelings The curriculum aims to enable all young people to become 3 How well are we achieving our aims? 1 What are we trying to achieve? 2 How do we organise learning? Theme Motivation and self-awareness Theme Self-awareness and managing feelings STEP 3 Development of learning opportunities Learning outcomes for pupils and enhanced understanding for staff. STEP 4 Trying out the learning opportunities – review and reflection Introductory theme Year 7 only Social Skills and empathy

33 Theme 1 Social Skills and empathy Theme 2 Motivation and self- awareness Theme 3 Self-awareness and managing feelings STEP 3 Development of learning opportunities STEP 1 Exploration and development of understanding for each theme STEP 2 Identification of learning and teaching approach and subject area Learning outcomes for pupils and enhanced understanding for staff. STEP 4 Trying out the learning opportunities – review and reflection Introductory theme Year 7 only Three key questions 3 How well are we achieving our aims? 1 What are we trying to achieve? 2 How do we organise learning?

34 Teign School – Chris Marchant An approach to APP

35 Final Thought……. “It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities” Albus Dumbledore

36 Look at the APP sheets Identify where SEAL skills might help students progress – highlight How might that be planned for? What might that look like?