Social and Emotional Learning SPACE

Program description

This full-day program gives teaching staff the skills and confidence to incorporate social and emotional learning (SEL) in the classroom. The program supports teachers to build a whole-school SEL curriculum to promote social skills and emotional regulation capabilities in primary school students.

Intended outcomes

Increased teacher knowledge and confidence to:

• build connected relationships with students that support emotional regulation and social competence
• incorporate social and emotional learning into the classroom.

Program details

Implementation considerations

• Target population: Teaching staff in all primary settings.
• Program adaptability: Australian Childhood Foundation can contextualise programs for specific cohorts or geographical areas and can work with schools to adapt the program. The program can be adapted for diverse cohorts including:
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students
  • asylum seeker and refugee students
  • culturally and linguistically diverse students
  • LGBTIQA+ students
  • neurodivergent students
  • out-of-home-care students
  • students with a disability.
• Staffing: Schools will not need backfill if session is held on a non-teaching day. If schools do the session on a teaching day, backfill may be required. The Menu provider and its personnel must not be alone with any school student or group of school students in the classroom or in any other place at the school’s premises without another educator, teacher or teacher’s aide present at all times.
• Training requirements: It is useful if schools have information technology equipment to display a PowerPoint presentation. Training takes 5–6 hours based on school’s needs and context.
• Factors to consider: No need for schools to do anything before program implementation. No minimum number of participants required. The Australian Childhood Foundation can support schools with further implementation support at an additional cost negotiated based on the needs of the school.
• Australian context: This program has been developed and applied in Australia.

Cost

Minimum cost

$2,000+

Detailed cost

The cost for the 5 to 6-hour Social and Emotional Learning SPACE is either $4,356 (incl. GST) for under 100 participants or $5,566 (incl. GST) for over 100 participants, plus travel costs. This includes:

• program delivery by one facilitator for groups of under 100 participants or 2 facilitators for groups of over 100 participants
• program resources including a PPT presentation and examples of practical activities that can be used in the classroom.

Note that travel costs are not included in the above program pricing and will be charged at actual cost to the school.