We Can Weather This Together
SEL Supports for ALC Spring 2020
Thought for the Week: "Tend and Befriend"
When our students think back on this time in their lives, they will remember how they felt and how they were connected. This is where we can play a big part. Connecting with your students through your weekly phone calls is the best thing we can do at present. You are a campus that deeply knows your students and continuing our relationships right now is essential. Thank you for making connections with your students and each other.
For the next six weeks, we'll be putting out a weekly newsletter with some SEL resources for you and your students. Each week, we'll have a thought to share, an article for teachers, some SEL activities you can consider, and a few SEL resource links. These are not "must-dos" by any means but rather helpful (hopefully) supports.
This week, we are considering, "Tend and Befriend". You may have heard about how people respond to danger or a threat to their well-being with a "Fight, Flight or Freeze" response. With COVID-19 bringing so many unknowns, threatening the physical and emotional safety of so many, and the economic upheaval unfolding - many of us may be experiencing feelings of fight, flight, or freeze. This is a completely natural and biological response. Many of us may also be feeling a "tend and befriend response" - please check out this short video below to learn more.
Two Timely Articles: A Trauma Informed Approach to Teaching Thru Coronavirus and 10 Tips for Moving Your classroom Community Online
SEL Resources
AISD SEL at Home - https://sites.google.com/austinisd.org/sel-at-home/
Newsela: Newsela’s entire product suite is available, free of charge, to all districts and teachers through the end of the school year. This resource has a lot of relevant SEL articles/activities that you can weave into your core content. You are also able to adjust reading level.
To get free access, please go to https://newsela.com/instant-license/, and set up an account. instantly to Newsela ELA, Newsela Science, Newsela Social Studies, and The Newsela Social-Emotional Learning Collection.
Got to have a song too and this one speaks to tend and befriend . . .
With Love from your ALC SEL Committee
Email: sarah.e.stone@austinisd.org
Website: https://sites.google.com/austinisd.org/sel-at-home/