School SEL

Year-Long SEL:
​Our Flagship School Programme

Grounded in the principles of play-based and experiential learning, the Year Long SEL follows a  Grade-specific curriculum the 5 core areas of Social Emotional Learning. We partner with a wide cohort of municipal schools and non-profit organizations to create a platform where children can easily access SEL education throughout the year.

Growing since the day of our inception, this programme has been implemented in over 30 schools in the L and M wards of Mumbai.

School SEL - Our Flagship Programme for Schools

Our children present  their learning about gender roles at the end of the Year-Long School SEL programme!
Grounded in the principles of experience and play-based learning, Year-Long SEL follows a Grade Specific
Curriculum covering all 5 focus areas of Social Emotional Learning. 

We partner with a wide cohort of municipal and private schools and organizations to  create a platform for children to be engaged in Social Emotional Learning throughout the school year.
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We currently   work with   30 municipal schools   in Mumbai   in the L and M wards (Kurla, Chembur, and Ghatkopar)
WHAT'S SEL?
Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.
 Read More: www.casel.org
HOW DO WE SUPPORT YOUR SCHOOL?
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  1. We  facilitate SEL experiential learning workshops for students for 25 weeks   (1 hour per    week). We work with ages 6 to 14.
  2. We conduct teacher engagement workshops to share classroom management   and  student support strategies, so they are able to implement SEL principles in their classroom.
  3. We offer parent engagement workshops 3 times  a year  to help parents  develop an understanding of SEL  and how they can nurture these skills at home.
​HOW DO CHILDREN LEARN  IN THE SCHOOL SEL PROGRAMME?
We use a strength-based approach while engaging children. Every child and community has inherent strengths and resources. We believe that every child can use these resources/strengths towards independent and healthy living.
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Games   play an important role in our SEL classroom.   They encourage   problem solving, decision-making,  cooperation, negotiation, and teamwork.  Infinite amounts of learning happen when children draw parallels between these games and their personal or social life.  Needless to say,  art    is extremely powerful when it comes to children understanding themselves, expressing their ideas, or exploring their emotions. 

Stories    and drama   are like mirrors to children. When children listen to stories, watch movies or even a short play, they identify with the characters in these stories, and take home memories and learning from the stories.  Stories are proven to be an excellent tool for learning, imagining and reflecting! Stories can help children connect easily with many difficult concepts such as effects of low self-esteem, need for appropriate expression of emotions and lots more.

Community service, or   service learning   is another powerful educational tool we use. Imagine when all the decision-making or empathy you learnt and experienced is put to the test in a very real world scenario such as arguing with the local police or working with different stakeholders to fix a community water pipe!

Apni Shala's pedagogical approach is therefore an amalgamation of these mediums of learning woven into  a Grade-Specific  SEL curriculum.

What's SEL?

Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) is the process of nurturing cognitive, emotional, and behavioral wellbeing for self and society. This involves creating opportunities to learn and practice the related knowledge, skills, and attitudes and creating compassionate and inclusive ecosystems for learners. Source: Apni Shala

School SEL - Our Flagship Programme for Schools

Our children present  their learning about gender roles at the end of the Year-Long School SEL programme!
Grounded in the principles of experience and play-based learning, Year-Long SEL follows a Grade Specific
Curriculum covering all 5 focus areas of Social Emotional Learning. 

We partner with a wide cohort of municipal and private schools and organizations to  create a platform for children to be engaged in Social Emotional Learning throughout the school year.
​
We currently   work with   30 municipal schools   in Mumbai   in the L and M wards (Kurla, Chembur, and Ghatkopar)
WHAT'S SEL?
Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.
 Read More: www.casel.org
HOW DO WE SUPPORT YOUR SCHOOL?
​​
  1. We  facilitate SEL experiential learning workshops for students for 25 weeks   (1 hour per    week). We work with ages 6 to 14.
  2. We conduct teacher engagement workshops to share classroom management   and  student support strategies, so they are able to implement SEL principles in their classroom.
  3. We offer parent engagement workshops 3 times  a year  to help parents  develop an understanding of SEL  and how they can nurture these skills at home.
​HOW DO CHILDREN LEARN  IN THE SCHOOL SEL PROGRAMME?
We use a strength-based approach while engaging children. Every child and community has inherent strengths and resources. We believe that every child can use these resources/strengths towards independent and healthy living.
​
Games   play an important role in our SEL classroom.   They encourage   problem solving, decision-making,  cooperation, negotiation, and teamwork.  Infinite amounts of learning happen when children draw parallels between these games and their personal or social life.  Needless to say,  art    is extremely powerful when it comes to children understanding themselves, expressing their ideas, or exploring their emotions. 

Stories    and drama   are like mirrors to children. When children listen to stories, watch movies or even a short play, they identify with the characters in these stories, and take home memories and learning from the stories.  Stories are proven to be an excellent tool for learning, imagining and reflecting! Stories can help children connect easily with many difficult concepts such as effects of low self-esteem, need for appropriate expression of emotions and lots more.

Community service, or   service learning   is another powerful educational tool we use. Imagine when all the decision-making or empathy you learnt and experienced is put to the test in a very real world scenario such as arguing with the local police or working with different stakeholders to fix a community water pipe!

Apni Shala's pedagogical approach is therefore an amalgamation of these mediums of learning woven into  a Grade-Specific  SEL curriculum.

How do children learn?

We use a strength-based approach while engaging children. Every child and community has inherent strengths and resources. We believe that every child can use these resources/strengths towards healthy living.

Apni Shala's pedagogical approach is therefore an amalgamation of these mediums of learning woven into  a Grade-Specific  SEL curriculum.
  • Games
  • Art, Stories, Drama
  • Community Service
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Games   play an important role in our SEL classroom. They encourage   problem solving, decision-making, cooperation, negotiation, and teamwork. Infinite amounts of learning happen when children draw parallels between these games and their personal or social life.
Art  is extremely powerful when it comes to children understanding themselves, expressing their ideas, or exploring their emotions.  Stories  and drama  are like mirrors to children. When children listen to stories, watch movies or even a short play, they identify with the characters in these stories, and take home memories and learning from the stories.  Stories are proven to be an excellent tool for learning, imagining and reflecting! Stories can help children connect easily with many difficult concepts such as effects of low self-esteem, need for appropriate expression of emotions and lots more.
Community service, or   service learning   is another powerful educational tool we use. Imagine when all the decision-making or empathy you learnt and experienced is put to the test in a very real world scenario such as arguing with the local police or working with different stakeholders to fix a community water pipe!

School SEL - Our Flagship Programme for Schools

Our children present  their learning about gender roles at the end of the Year-Long School SEL programme!
Grounded in the principles of experience and play-based learning, Year-Long SEL follows a Grade Specific
Curriculum covering all 5 focus areas of Social Emotional Learning. 

We partner with a wide cohort of municipal and private schools and organizations to  create a platform for children to be engaged in Social Emotional Learning throughout the school year.
​
We currently   work with   30 municipal schools   in Mumbai   in the L and M wards (Kurla, Chembur, and Ghatkopar)
WHAT'S SEL?
Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.
 Read More: www.casel.org
HOW DO WE SUPPORT YOUR SCHOOL?
​​
  1. We  facilitate SEL experiential learning workshops for students for 25 weeks   (1 hour per    week). We work with ages 6 to 14.
  2. We conduct teacher engagement workshops to share classroom management   and  student support strategies, so they are able to implement SEL principles in their classroom.
  3. We offer parent engagement workshops 3 times  a year  to help parents  develop an understanding of SEL  and how they can nurture these skills at home.
​HOW DO CHILDREN LEARN  IN THE SCHOOL SEL PROGRAMME?
We use a strength-based approach while engaging children. Every child and community has inherent strengths and resources. We believe that every child can use these resources/strengths towards independent and healthy living.
​
Games   play an important role in our SEL classroom.   They encourage   problem solving, decision-making,  cooperation, negotiation, and teamwork.  Infinite amounts of learning happen when children draw parallels between these games and their personal or social life.  Needless to say,  art    is extremely powerful when it comes to children understanding themselves, expressing their ideas, or exploring their emotions. 

Stories    and drama   are like mirrors to children. When children listen to stories, watch movies or even a short play, they identify with the characters in these stories, and take home memories and learning from the stories.  Stories are proven to be an excellent tool for learning, imagining and reflecting! Stories can help children connect easily with many difficult concepts such as effects of low self-esteem, need for appropriate expression of emotions and lots more.

Community service, or   service learning   is another powerful educational tool we use. Imagine when all the decision-making or empathy you learnt and experienced is put to the test in a very real world scenario such as arguing with the local police or working with different stakeholders to fix a community water pipe!

Apni Shala's pedagogical approach is therefore an amalgamation of these mediums of learning woven into  a Grade-Specific  SEL curriculum.

A glimpse into how ​community action leads to learning

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How do we support your school?

The School SEL programme helps your school by the following:

Our facilitators  design and deliver experiential learning workshops for students for 30 weeks   (1 hour per week).  We do this for SEL learning for standards 1 to 10.

We help support your teachers to learn SEL principles to implement in their own classroom. We design and conduct regular workshops to share classroom management   and  student support strategies.  

​We offer parent engagement workshops 3 times  a year  to help parents  develop an understanding of SEL  and how they can nurture these skills at home.

Children share their learning at the end of the school year

School SEL - Our Flagship Programme for Schools

Our children present  their learning about gender roles at the end of the Year-Long School SEL programme!
Grounded in the principles of experience and play-based learning, Year-Long SEL follows a Grade Specific
Curriculum covering all 5 focus areas of Social Emotional Learning. 

We partner with a wide cohort of municipal and private schools and organizations to  create a platform for children to be engaged in Social Emotional Learning throughout the school year.
​
We currently   work with   30 municipal schools   in Mumbai   in the L and M wards (Kurla, Chembur, and Ghatkopar)
WHAT'S SEL?
Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.
 Read More: www.casel.org
HOW DO WE SUPPORT YOUR SCHOOL?
​​
  1. We  facilitate SEL experiential learning workshops for students for 25 weeks   (1 hour per    week). We work with ages 6 to 14.
  2. We conduct teacher engagement workshops to share classroom management   and  student support strategies, so they are able to implement SEL principles in their classroom.
  3. We offer parent engagement workshops 3 times  a year  to help parents  develop an understanding of SEL  and how they can nurture these skills at home.
​HOW DO CHILDREN LEARN  IN THE SCHOOL SEL PROGRAMME?
We use a strength-based approach while engaging children. Every child and community has inherent strengths and resources. We believe that every child can use these resources/strengths towards independent and healthy living.
​
Games   play an important role in our SEL classroom.   They encourage   problem solving, decision-making,  cooperation, negotiation, and teamwork.  Infinite amounts of learning happen when children draw parallels between these games and their personal or social life.  Needless to say,  art    is extremely powerful when it comes to children understanding themselves, expressing their ideas, or exploring their emotions. 

Stories    and drama   are like mirrors to children. When children listen to stories, watch movies or even a short play, they identify with the characters in these stories, and take home memories and learning from the stories.  Stories are proven to be an excellent tool for learning, imagining and reflecting! Stories can help children connect easily with many difficult concepts such as effects of low self-esteem, need for appropriate expression of emotions and lots more.

Community service, or   service learning   is another powerful educational tool we use. Imagine when all the decision-making or empathy you learnt and experienced is put to the test in a very real world scenario such as arguing with the local police or working with different stakeholders to fix a community water pipe!

Apni Shala's pedagogical approach is therefore an amalgamation of these mediums of learning woven into  a Grade-Specific  SEL curriculum.

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Children share their learning at the end of the school year

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