Creating a Self-Directed Learning Environment: Standards-Based and Social-Emotional Learning

Educate the whole child—improve the whole school.

Implementing new teaching practices can feel like juggling. This book shows you how to balance standards-based learning, social-emotional learning, and cognitive development and build realistic plans for success. With a flexible, three-tiered, visual framework designed for schoolwide collaboration, it helps you build on your school's strengths and the potential of existing programs.

It also offers:
• An integrated philosophy focused on self-directed learning and the whole child
• Attention to academic inclusion, behavior intervention, and classroom management
• Research sourced from CASEL and state programs and initiatives
• Numerous illustrations, tables, and graphics
• Tools and supplemental resources for implementation