As part of our holistic education, geniuses engage in explicit social-emotional learning experiences twice per week. Social-emotional learning is the practice of using specific skills, habits and mindsets needed to foster healthy personal and interpersonal connections. These social-emotional skills are an essential part of learning about oneself, maintaining holistic wellbeing and achieving the Kindezi Graduate Profile Aims that will support our geniuses in meeting the opportunities and challenges of high school, college, and the world.
K-2: During teacher facilitated experiences, geniuses connect with the content, each other and their teachers as they build new social-emotional skills. Geniuses engage with a variety of media, activities and interactive components.The SEL curriculum focuses on growth mindset & goal-setting, emotion management, empathy and kindness and problem solving.
3-5: During facilitated learning experiences, geniuses have the opportunity to engage in the Presentation/Discussion, an Insight Activity, and Reflective Practice. This model assists our geniuses in moving from received knowledge to embodied understanding.
The SEL curriculum builds upon previously acquired skills and supports the development of emotional, social, and ethical intelligence for geniuses and teachers alike. The curriculum enhances social emotional programming with the key additional components of compassion and ethical discernment, attention training and systems thinking.
