School SEL |
Our School SEL Programme takes a whole-school approach to social and emotional learning, supporting for students, educators, parents, and the wider school community. Together with schools, we help rebuild strong, caring peer connections and create spaces where everyone feels valued.
We work with students from grades 1 to 10, building key skills like self-awareness, self-management, relationship skills, social awareness, and responsible decision-making. Alongside this, we partner with teachers, principals, parents, and other members of the school community to nurture a safe and supportive environment for every child.
Our framework for social-emotional development is based on an international framework called CASEL. It has been adapted to the Indian context through ongoing research and practice and is informed by mental health practices such as Narrative Therapy and mindfulness, educational practices such as constructivist learning theory and rooted in the principles of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging.
Our programmes are developed in close consultation and partnership with the system, including municipal schools and private schools. We draw on the strengths and resources already present, while also addressing potential challenges, so that our work fits smoothly with existing goals, priorities, and initiatives in education.
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.
Apni Shala's pedagogical approach is therefore an amalgamation of these mediums of learning woven into a Grade-Specific SEL curriculum.
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!
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.
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.
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If you work with children anywhere in India, and would like to know more about content, assessment, and fees, contact us now.