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Social Emotional Learning Programming
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is the process that helps people develop healthy identities, manage emotions, feel empathy for others, maintain supportive relationships with friends or family members as well as make responsible decisions.
SEL encompasses everything from goal setting to stress management, which provides both children and adults with tools they can use to express themselves authentically appropriately.
Implementing SEL leads students to acquire techniques for processing & managing emotions as well as essential social skills.
SEL teaches students how to be more socially and emotionally aware - helping them to build healthy relationships, communicate effectively, and live a meaningful life.
Social Emotional Learning is the Foundation for all Learning.
Teen Connection Project
Grades 8th-12th
The Teen Connection project, an evidence-based program is a highly engaging, social emotional learning program for high school aged youth, focused on building healthy relationships and connections. TCP was developed through a research to practice partnership between Dr. Joseph Allen at The University of Virginia and Wyman. TCP is a 12-14 week program for 8th through 12th graders, offered in a variety of settings including high schools, afterschool, and community-based settings. Teens meet in small groups weekly and use a guided curriculum to interact and share in ways that improve their connections with others. Teens leave TCP with new social emotional skills that they can apply to their relationships at home, school, and within the community.
Lions Quest
Grades K-12th
Lions Quest is a comprehensive and universal, evidence-based social and emotional learning program. SEL is a process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish positive relationships, and make responsible decisions. The Lions Quest Programs are comprehensive, appropriate for K-12 levels of cognitive and social development, and based on a positive youth development approach.
Students you know could benefit from ICS’s social-emotional learning (SEL) Teen Connection Project and/or Lion’s Quest. Point an educator that you know in our direction to learn more about how our organization can help uplift the youth.
Restorative Practices Trainings
Restorative practices are a step forward in teaching all students how to resolve conflicts, develop personal accountability, and practice empathy and forgiveness.
Restorative practice benefits are not limited to students, but also extends to the administration, teachers, staff and parents of students. This practice is utilized to foster equitable school culture for all.
Why Restorative Practices? Research continues to demonstrate the beneficial outcomes of using restorative practice techniques in schools, rather than traditional punitive approaches, in response to student misbehavior.
Restorative Practices decreases student delinquency, leads to better academic outcomes, and improves overall school climate.
What are Restorative Practices?
Relationships First
Disruption of School-to-Prison Pipeline
The school-to-prison pipeline is a metaphor used to describe the increasing patterns of contact that students have with the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems as a result of the traditional punitive practices implemented by educational institutions.
Restorative Practices reduce the disproportionality high disciplinary referrals, suspensions and expulsions of children of color and; therefore, reduce the odds that students will subsequently become involved in the juvenile justice system.
Relationships First Trainings
Our trainings are always customizable and built on the specific needs of the school or organization to create a sustainable Restorative Practices culture. To schedule a training at your institution please contact our Restorative Practices Coordinator at 610.563.7928 or mmccline@impactcommunitysupports.org,
101 Introduction to Restorative Practices: Presenting a Culture of Care
201: Implementing Restorative Circles in Your School
211: Tier 1 Community Meeting Circles
212: Tier 2 Harm and Conflict Circles
213: Tier 3 COSA Circle of Support and Accountability
301: Sustaining a Restorative School Culture
401: Customized Trainings
Do you want to know how to implement these practices at your school?
Reach out to us and we will be glad to teach you more about our program.
Michael McCline
Lead Facilitator
Michael McCline, MEDL earned his graduate degree from Delaware State University. He is an urban education expert who currently serves as a Principal of a Specialized Therapeutic Day School in the Philadelphia region. Michael has been a K-12 administrator for over 9 years, he focuses on the intersections of student social-emotional skill development, interest-centered learning, and academic growth. His passion and belief in whole child teaching methodology inspired him to form Impact Community Supports, a Non-Profit 501c3 Organization. that delivers Social Emotional Learning and Restorative Practices experiences to individuals. Michael began his career as a foster care social worker in Philadelphia before transitioning to teaching and leading marginalized populations along the northeast U.S. corridor. Within this region, he has led numerous culture and climate initiatives at the classroom, school, and district levels.
Meet the Team
Jasmyn Wright
Facilitator
Matthew Williams
Facilitator
Partnerships
Contact Us
Feel free to reach out with any program or training questions and pricing inquiries.
Email
mmccline@impactcommunitysupports.org
Phone
(610) 563-7928
