Description
To better serve the whole child, look at the whole report card.
Although parents and teachers spend more time in conferences talking about behavior than they do about rubrics and test scores, too many teachers are still guessing when it comes to using outdated behavior ratings and comments to describe the whole child. With this book, you’ll take report cards to the next level, integrating social-emotional learning and character development into any grading system. Resources include
- Guided exercises for analyzing existing report cards
- Suggested report card designs
- Tips on improving teacher-parent communication
- Case studies
- Testimonials from teachers and students
Table of Contents
Introduction
Annotated Table of Contents
Process Overview and How this Guide can be Utilized
Chapter 1- Is it Realistic to Include SEL Skills and Character on Report Cards?
Chapter 2 - Methods Currently in Practice: Yours and Others’
Chapter 3 - Adapting Your Report Card Comments for SEL and/or Character
Chapter 4 - Implementation and Case Study Examples
Chapter 5 – Implementation with Case Study Examples for Schools with Current SEL or Character Programming
Chapter 6 – Most Frequent Challenges Addressed and Overcome: Reassuring and Involving Parents, Aligning to Early Childhood Education and Career and Technical Education Goals
Chapter 7 – Checklist of Important Considerations
Chapter 8 – Literature Review on Previous Studies Related to “The Other Side” of the Report Card
Chapter 9 - Guidelines and Resources for Social-Emotional and Character Development Programming in Schools
Essential Reference Tables
Table 1: The CASEL 5: Definitions and Skills Examples
Table 2 Character Strengths and Behavioral Indicators
Table 3 - Steps to Evaluating Current Report Card Comments in Your School
Table 4 - Common Characteristics of Student Behavior by Grade and the Overlap with SEL
Table 5 - Common Characteristics of Student Behavior by Grade and the Overlap with Character
Table 6 – Example: SEL Likert Rating System
Table 7 – Example: Character Likert Rating System
Table 8 – Example: SEL Rubric Rating System
Table 9 – Example: Character Rubric Rating System
Online Supplement - Developmentally Adapted SEL Likert Rating System With References
Online Supplement- SEL Skill Trajectory Grades 1-12
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