Throwing out the Lesson Plan
Adult SEL: Just Another Educational Initiative?
A Framework for Social Emotional WellBeing
It’s a Way of BEING!
Setting the Stage:
A Tiered Continuum
Social Emotional WellBeing Check In
Conscious Connection Chart
A Deeper Dive: Relevance, Reflection, and Making it Real
Be Reflective
Be Intentional
Be Empathetic
Be Connected
Be Accountable
Be Equitable
Modeling in the Moment
Guidance for Being During Distance or Hybrid Education
Social Emotional WellBeing - Strategies for Students
A New Lesson Plan
Meet the Author and the Thought Partners
Acknowledgments
References
Michelle Trujillo is Co-Founder of the Center for Learning and Well-Being and passionate about igniting hope in schools and the workplace! A lifelong educator, Michelle is known to make a tangible, sustainable, and positive difference through her books, keynotes, and interactive workshops. Named Nevada’s 2016 Innovative Educator of the Year, Michelle has appeared on television (including Oprah), podcasts, and radio stations across the nation. Michelle partners with school districts, professional educational associations, educational service agencies, and conference organizers to provide applicable and inspiring strategies in the realm of school culture and climate, social emotional learning, and restorative practice. A best-selling author, Michelle’s books include Social Emotional Well-Being for Educators, Start with the Heart: Igniting Hope in Schools Through Social and Emotional Learning, and Chicken Soup for the Soul Presents Teens Talkin’ Faith.
"Social Emotional Well-Being for Educators is a valuable
resource. Michelle Trujillo has created a Framework for Social
Emotional Well-Being that is aligned with the five SEL competencies
as defined by CASEL and which provides practical ideas, strategies,
and opportunities for educators to nourish their own well-being and
ultimately those of young people."
*Karen Van Ausdal*
"She had me at ′Throwing Out the Lesson Plan.′ Michelle Trujillo’s
latest book offers some of the most relevant advice I’ve heard in
the wake of pandemic education—starting with throwing out the
lesson plan! These are not normal times, and we should
not be conducting business as usual in our schools. In fact, even
under the best of circumstances, some of our most impactful
teaching moments happen when we are willing to be present in the
moment and connect with our students on a deeper level. This book
will help us do exactly that, and equally important, learn to care
for our own well-being along the way."
*Amy Cranston, EdD*
"As a life-long educator, Michelle Trujillo understands that SEL
skills are the essence of who we are as human beings. She knows
through her work in alternative education that SEL skills can serve
as our North Star when our life’s journey presents rough seas.
Social Emotional Well-Being for Educators empowers us with
reflection opportunities, practical strategies, and a framework for
being that will light our way as we encounter the challenges found
in uncharted waters.
*Maurice J. Elias*
"Social Emotional Well-Being for Educators is a necessary read for
anyone working within a school community. An educator’s well-being
is vital to supporting the whole child, mitigating instructional
loss, and integrating social emotional learning into the culture of
the school community. Michelle′s newest book provides a framework
for adult SEL that is authentic, practical, and empowering!"
*Doug Fisher*
"If you want to know more about enhancing your social emotional
well-being while making a tremendous impact on students, then this
is the book for you. It is a delightful guide full of
important information, especially when there is nothing left in
your emotional tank. Michelle Trujillo takes readers on a wonderful
journey into the work of social emotional learning and helps us
continue to be empathetic, kind, and understanding educators. There
is no other book like it!
*Pam Gilmartin, MEd*
"Michelle has a voice that speaks directly to each reader and
provides a deeper connection to the applicable content she provides
in this book. It′s obvious from her writing and storytelling
that the well-being of others is one of her core values. Social
Emotional Well-Being for Educators will have an immediate and
positive impact on students and teachers alike."
*Keely Keller*
"Social Emotional Well-Being for Educators is more than a book
about ′adult SEL′ or adult ′self-care′—it is about a way of being
for teachers which will affect their relationships with students
and their ability to better handle the challenges of teaching in
2022 and beyond. This important book is grounded in good science
and provides well-scaffolded tools that can help teachers be more
self-aware and reflective about their behaviors. It is also
grounded in good practice and will help teachers to be more
empathic and to intentionally act in a way that supports equity and
their connectedness with students and others."
*David Osher, PhD*
"Teachers, school counselors, and other school staff will find this
book a welcome support to deal with the stress and strains during
COVID times and beyond. There are two strategies for handling these
tough times—tolerating them, or pausing just long enough to grow
from them. This hands-on book offers the strategies needed to pause
and grow."
*Sara Rimm-Kaufman, PhD*
"Michelle Trujillo has created a framework that integrates the
concepts of Adult SEL and equity in a way that is applicable and
meaningful. She ties the core components of social emotional
learning with specific competencies for adults in a ′way of being′
for educators. Stakeholders need materials like this book to
help guide them through the process by focusing on relevance,
recognition, reflection, and making it real. Michelle is able to
describe these concepts in concrete detail that will help our
educators work through roadblocks to their personal well being. I
highly recommend this book for all educators."
*Jennifer Rogers, PhD, LPC*
"The teaching profession is the only one that impacts every other.
Regardless of what people ultimately do, at some point they
experience the influential effects of the person(s) who taught them
how to do it. Michelle Trujillo makes an even more
impactful point: While what we as educators do or teach others
to do is essential, what and how we be is even more
crucial. She addresses the premise that when we are socially
and emotionally well, we are better able to encourage students to
be the same. This well-written book even provides a definitive
framework for doing so by operationalizing how one becomes more
reflective, intentional, empathetic, connected, accountable, and
equitable. Particularly at this challenging time, her book is
one that must be read and practiced!"
*Marcia Tate*
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