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Rebecca A. HinesUniversity of Central Florida

UCF Literacy Symposium, April 6, 2018

Literacy & Social Emotional Learning

We need to help supply ALL students with the confidence, composure, and skills to be successful at the next level whether it is

elementary to middlemiddle to high school

high school to college or career

Sample:

Literacy SEL

• Comprehension

• Listening

• Reading

• Vocabulary

• Oral Language

• Identifying feelings

• Empathy

• Perspective taking

• Problem solving

COMMUNICATIOn

• Increase interactions- Conferencing

• Goal setting

• Add Choice

• Focus on communication

Four Things we can do Right Now:

Communication

2a + 6b =

Studies find that we communicate in proportions:•55% visually,

through body language.

•38% tone of our voice.

•7% through the actual

spoken words.

Research suggests that non-verbal behavior accounts for more than 90 percent of our communication.

What Can we Do?Begin with the

Basics:

Eye contact

Body Language

Communication

Teach to their interest:Themselves!

Example:analyze videos &pictures of themselves

Talking to “our customers”Management’s view

From Marshall Cook’s, Effective CoachingEconomics & Business

https://casel.org/

https://gtlcenter.org/sites/default/files/TeachingtheWholeChild.pdf

http://lifehacker.com/top-10-ways-to-improve-your-communication-skills-1590488550