SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING

The K–8 SEL curriculum program at our school teaches emotional intelligence with the goal of creating a healthier, more equitable, innovative, and compassionate society. Our school counselor, as a member of our faculty leadership team, has led the way in partnering with Yale University’s Center for Emotional Intelligence to implement their evidence-based and systematic approach to social and emotional learning (SEL) called RULER, an acronym for the five skills of emotional intelligence — Recognizing, Understanding, Labeling, Expressing, Regulating.

RULER supports the entire school community in:

• Understanding the value of emotions

• Building the skills of emotional intelligence

• Creating and maintaining a positive school climate.

Research shows that children who understand and manage their feelings make more responsible decisions, have stronger relationships, and perform better in school. RULER infuses the principles of emotional intelligence into the immune system of our school informing how leaders lead, teachers teach, students learn, and families support students. This is why we’ve partnered with Yale University and the premier SEL curriculum and research institute in the nation.