Promoting Social and Emotional Learning in Preschool: Programs and Practices that Work, by Karen Bierman

Sponsored by Connect4Learning (C4L)

Overview: Social-emotional skills are an important component of school readiness and healthy child development.  Being able to get along and cooperate with others, manage strong feelings, focus attention, and persist at challenging tasks are critical for long-term school and life success. This webinar will provide an overview of effective preschool social-emotional learning (SEL) programs and practices that have emerged in high-quality, rigorous research studies. Five key features that boost program impact will be identified, including: 1) a focus on improving classroom management and the quality of teacher-student interactions, 2) intentional efforts to build child skills, 3) the use of professional development to promote high-fidelity implementation, 4) the inclusion of parents, and 5) integration with academic enrichment programs.

Participants will:

• Reflect on the definition and description of the social-emotional skills that support school success

• Consider the research base on promoting social-emotional learning in preschool settings

• Identify and discuss the key features of effective preschool social-emotional learning programs

All sessions are 1.5 hours long, and include a brief announcement from our sponsor. 2:oo PM – 3:30 PM Eastern Time. To ensure you receive confirmation and reminder emails, add [email protected] to your contacts list. If you do not receive your email confirmation, check your Spam or Junk mail folders in your email system. Can’t participate in our webinars at the appointed time? Never fear! All of the webinars are recorded. To view the recording, simply register now and you will receive an email with a link to the recording when it is ready to be viewed. You can still download the certificate by watching the recording to the end when the certificate link is announced and displayed on the screen.

Only 1,000 people at one time can attend our webinars, but registration often tops 4,000. Only the first 1,000 people to click the link to attend the webinar will be able to get in. We start the webinars 30 minutes in advance of the start time. Arrive early to make sure you get in.

Please be advised that you will only be eligible for the great door prizes if you participate in the live session.

You can earn .2 CEUs for each webinar. The cost is $15 paid to University of Oklahoma online when you apply. Learn more here: Continuing Education Units (CEUs) from University of Oklahoma See the schedule of upcoming webinars.