SEL | hsleaps

SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING
AT HSLEAPS

MISSION

The mission of the High School for Law Enforcement School Counseling Department is to provide a program that supports every student in becoming college and career ready, academically successful, and socially and emotionally strong. This will be accomplished through collaboration with the school community and various partners that will also introduce students to careers in law enforcement and public safety.

VISION

The High School for Law Enforcement and Public Safety School Counseling Program will empower all students to become career-ready citizens and leaders in their communities academically and socially. Students will be committed to pursuing excellence in themselves, their communities, and the world. Students will be prepared to pursue careers in law enforcement, public safety, and the judicial system, attend college, and/ or enter the workforce.

COMPETENCIES

Self-Awareness

I am…
Recognizing who I am, what I need, and how I feel relative to the world around me.

1A Students demonstrate awareness of their needs and emotions. (Adults around me model awareness of what they need and feel.)

1B Students demonstrate awareness of their personal traits. (Adults around me articulate what they do well and areas they are working on.)

1C Students demonstrate awareness of their external supports. (Adults in my life articulate the supports they have around them.)

1D Students have a sense of personal responsibility. (Adults in my life model awareness of their responsibilities.)

Self-Management

I can…
Manage my behavior in pro-social ways.

2A Students demonstrate the ability to manage their needs and emotions. (Adults in my life show me how to manage my emotions through their actions and words.)

2B Students are genuine and demonstrate honesty/integrity. (Adults around me act in a genuine and honest manner.)

2C Students use effective choice-making and decision-making skills. (Adults around me create opportunities for me to make good choices and decisions while providing feedback when I make mistakes.)

2D Students demonstrate increasing levels of independence and the ability to set and achieve goals. (Adults around me help me to set goals that show me that I have influence over my own motivation, behavior, and social environment.)

Social Awareness

I care…
Demonstrate an awareness of the role and values of others in the greater community.

3A Students demonstrate awareness of other people’s roles, their emotions and perspectives. (Adults around me demonstrate knowledge of other people’s roles and care about the feelings and viewpoints of others.)

3B Students demonstrate consideration for others and a desire to positively contribute to their community. (Adults around me show me how to care for others and how to contribute to bettering our community through their actions and the opportunities they provide me.)

3C Students demonstrate an awareness of cultural issues and a respect for human dignity and differences. (Adults around me show me how to care about and respect the individual differences of others through their actions and words.)

3D Students can respond to and read social or pertinent environmental cues. (Adults around me appropriately read and respond to my social cues, and interact with me in ways that can help me be successful.)

Social Management

I will…
Interact with others in meaningful and productive ways.

4A Students use positive communication and social skills to interact effectively with others. (Adults around me show me how to use my social skills to interact effectively with others through their actions and words.)

4B Students develop constructive relationships (Adults around me show me what constructive relationships look, sound, and feel like through their actions and words.)

4C Students demonstrate the ability to prevent, manage, and resolve interpersonal conflicts in constructive ways. (Adults around me show me how to solve problems in constructive ways through their actions and words.)

RESOURCES

To support our students in developing these essential skills, NYCDOE is implementing an SEL screener and intervention program that will help in providing targeted, highly responsive support to each individual student. We will build on each student's strengths while identifying skills they need to further develop.

SEL TEAM

School Social Worker: Mrs. Palgon

SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING AT HSLEAPS