{"id":724,"date":"2020-11-30T12:30:49","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T20:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/martoc\/?p=724"},"modified":"2021-02-28T22:38:05","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T06:38:05","slug":"social-emotional-learning-with-the-ruler-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/martoc\/2020\/11\/30\/social-emotional-learning-with-the-ruler-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Social, Emotional Learning with the RULER program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"h.p_OU2qOeDFlw7w\" class=\"CDt4Ke zfr3Q\">RULER is a social-emotional learning program that we use in our class and many other classes at Parkcrest and across Burnaby (Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence).\u00a0 It focuses on developing positive social, emotional, and cognitive behaviour in order to support our students&#8217; well-being.\u00a0 It is integrated into many subject areas but often supports our Core Competency Curriculum.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_viJDFx_mn51L\" class=\"CDt4Ke zfr3Q\">The RULER program helps us to recognize and name our emotions.\u00a0 It is okay to feel all our emotions, but sometimes our emotions don&#8217;t match the situation we are in.\u00a0 For example, we may be too energetic or angry to listen to a Math lesson.\u00a0 The RULER program helps students develop a set of tools to self-regulate and get back to a more desirable mood for the activity they want to complete.<\/p>\n<p>See the link below for more information:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/winchesterps.org\/a-parents-guide-to-ruler\/home\">https:\/\/sites.google.com\/winchesterps.org\/a-parents-guide-to-ruler\/home<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first part of the RULER program is developing a <strong>&#8216;charter&#8217;<\/strong>.\u00a0 Its purpose is to create a positive culture and climate in our class.\u00a0 I simply asked the students how they wanted to feel when they were in our class.\u00a0 Through discussion, Div. 5 arrived at our charter.\u00a0 For students, it is a powerful process.\u00a0 In the end, we created a dual charter with an academic and a social side.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not perfect, but it&#8217;s meaningful and authentic.\u00a0 Our poster hangs on the wall and we refer to it often.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-755 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/martoc\/files\/2020\/11\/IMG_1074.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/martoc\/files\/2020\/11\/IMG_1074.jpg 320w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/martoc\/files\/2020\/11\/IMG_1074-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Just before Christmas, I reworded the charter guidelines (most parts) into a self-reflection.\u00a0 The students then took the time to reflect on how they were doing according to our charter agreement and set goals for improvement.\u00a0 In the upcoming days, look for your children&#8217;s responses in their blogfolios.\u00a0 I will be posting them soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RULER is a social-emotional learning program that we use in our class and many other classes at Parkcrest and across Burnaby (Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence).\u00a0 It focuses on developing positive social, emotional, and cognitive behaviour in order to support our students&#8217; well-being.\u00a0 It is<a href=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/martoc\/2020\/11\/30\/social-emotional-learning-with-the-ruler-program\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6869,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/martoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/martoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/martoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/martoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6869"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/martoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=724"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/martoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":802,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/martoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724\/revisions\/802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/martoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/martoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/martoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}