OER Topic: Holistic Learning

This manual supports the delivery of four introductory workshops that focus on Quality Holistic Learning in crisis contexts through social and emotional learning. The training is organized in 4 interactive workshops:

1. Introduction
2. Psychosocial Support
3. Social and Emotional Learning Competencies
4. Creating a Learning Environment that Promotes Well-being

The workshops are the result of the insightful contributions of a committed team of teachers and educators from Niger.

The guide includes prompts to support exploration of the content and application to the local context, tips to support educators as they make space and time for professional learning, and advice regarding online, and other technological aspects, of the training.

This material supports the first section of the Introduction to Social and Emotional Learning Workshop, delivered by the Quality Holistic Learning Project. At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:

• Recognize the effects of stress and trauma on student learning
  and social behavior
• Recognize the role of PSS in promoting student resilience in crisis contexts
• Distinguish different psychosocial support needs
• Classify needs and interventions according to the pyramid of PSS-SEL
  interventions
• Propose appropriate and applicable PSS interventions in your own context.

Click “Access Resource” to download the slideshow, presenter notes, and a handout of slides.

This material supports the Psychosocial Support section of the Introduction to Social and Emotional Learning Workshop, delivered by the Quality Holistic Learning Project. At the end of the presentation, participants will be able to:

• Recognize the effects of stress and trauma on student learning and social behavior
• Recognize the role of PSS in promoting student resilience in crisis contexts
• Distinguish different psychosocial support needs
• Classify needs and interventions according to the pyramid of PSS-SEL
  interventions
• Propose appropriate and applicable PSS interventions in your own context.

Click “Access Resource” to download the slideshow, presenter notes, and a handout of slides.

This material supports the SEL Competencies section of the Introduction to Social and Emotional Learning Workshop, delivered by the Quality Holistic Learning Project. At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:

• Identify desirable socio-emotional qualities and skills in the national or local context
• Adapt and apply simple activities that reinforce students’ social-emotional learning

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This material supports the Learning Spaces section of the Introduction to Social and Emotional Learning Workshop, delivered by the Quality Holistic Learning Project. At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:

• Discover and apply some practices to create a space conducive to quality holistic learning
• Make the connection between the proposed activities, the well-being of the students and the development of their SEL skills
• Justify the importance of the well-being of teachers and propose some actions to support and encourage it.

Click “Access Resource” to download the slideshow, presenter notes, and a handout of slides.