Habitudes Curriculum for Social and Emotional Learning
High School Edition
As part of the Habitudes program, we’ve created a Social Emotional Learning (SEL) curriculum that will resonate with high school students.
Helping High School Students Learn Social Emotional Skills
Self-awareness, impulse control, empathy, teamwork, and responsible decision-making are just some of the social emotional skills that help students succeed in and out of school. Unfortunately, many students aren’t developing them. What if there was a straightforward way to teach students empathy and encourage emotional development? That’s why we created Habitudes for Social and Emotional Learning to teach social skills to middle and high school youths.
Practical Social Emotional Lesson Plans
The Habitudes for Social and Emotional Learning curriculum uses memorable imagery, real-life stories and practical experiences to teach timeless emotional skills in a way that is relevant to students today. Students are constantly using images to communicate via emojis, Instagram, and Snapchat. Why not utilize their favorite language to bridge the gap between learning and real-life application as part of your social emotional learning program?
- Develop habits of self-discipline and initiative
- Implement time management skills to do what really counts
- Plan for personal growth outside the classroom
- Identify their unique strengths and passions for a healthy self-image
- And many more social and emotional skills
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How Schools Have Used Habitudes SEL
The Habitudes social skills curriculum has been used in a variety of settings across 8,000 schools and organizations. Each social skill lesson plan can be taught in as little as 20 minutes. The most popular uses for the middle and high school curriculums include:
- Advisement or Homeroom Period
- Freshmen courses and programs
- After-school programs
- Senior capstone courses
What’s Included in Habitudes
Our social emotional learning curriculum includes access to the following teaching resources:
What Topics Are Covered
Habitudes for Social & Emotional Learning aligns with CASEL’s core competencies and covers topics such as:
List of All Topics
| Course 1 | Course 2 | Course 3 | Course 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Identifying Emotions | Self-Motivation | Empathy | Identifying Problems |
| Accurate Self-Perception | Goal Setting | Appreciating Diversity | Analyzing Situations |
| Recognizing Strengths | Organization Skills | Respect for Others | Solving Problems |
| Self-Efficacy | Impulse Control | Communication | Evaluating |
| Impulse Control | Stress Management | Social Engagement | Reflecting |
| Stress Management | Self-Discipline | Relationship Building | Ethical Responsibility |
| Self-Discipline | Identifying Emotions | Teamwork | Relationship Building |
| Perspective-Taking | Accurate Self-Perception | Perspective-Taking | Self-Motivation |
| Respect for Others | Recognizing Strengths | Impulse Control | |
| Social Engagement | Self-Confidence | Identifying Emotions | |
| Relationship Building | Self-Efficacy | ||
| Evaluating Decisions | |||
| Ethical Responsibility |
Endorsements
Habitudes has it all. It has the implementation of why we’re doing this and the why behind “you should have integrity.” We found something that the kids are hooked on immediately.
Julie Diaz
Principal of Travis High School
We are seeing students from all demographics engage in the Habitudes lessons and having conversations on how to prepare for their life ahead of them.
Billy Richardson
Asst. Principal, Kennesaw Mountain High School
One tangible outcome has been our hallways. I have seen more kids hold a door for those behind them. One kid asked me how I was doing before I asked him how he was doing. Habitudes is making a difference.
Marc Feuerbach
Principal, Cartersville High School
One of the biggest things that Habitudes has helped with is preparing our students to be career and college ready upon graduation. Habitudes helped each student become a better person and have a big picture perspective. The benefit to teachers has been significant as well. They consistently tell me they are having more conversations with students that are meaningful and have impact. Habitudes has been a game changer.
Jason Lane
Principal, Mill Creek High School
Habitudes has changed our students and our program. I find my students are now intrinsically motivated to do what they need to, such as completing their homework and pushing in their chair. Parents say their kids love our class, and the parents even thank us for teaching Habitudes.
Jason G.
Middle School STEM Teacher
After starting Habitudes, I now have almost no external motivators. In addition to not having to keep motivating my students, their quality of work is far better and the students are happier.
Bryan Q.
Secondary School Teacher
We believe in creating a culture of growth, character, and knowledge, and we believe our students can own their own character. We are in the process of minimizing external behavior controls over students and maximizing the student’s decision-making ability through good strong character traits that they would reference prior to making decisions and actions. Habitudes is helping us accomplish this.
Sheila Grimes
Principal, Freedom Middle School
Results Schools Have Seen While Using Habitudes
The following results have been reported by schools who have used the Habitudes social skills curriculum:
300% Increase in Student Leadership Team
45% increase in community service hours per students
400% increase in student-initiated clubs
11% decrease in disciplinary incidents
60% decrease in fights
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Explore Other Habitudes Programs
Growing Leaders offers multiple specialized programs for teaching middle and high school students valuable life skills. The practical lessons plans of our character education program teaches character development in a way that is relevant and engaging for today’s students. Develop critical leadership skills with the high school leadership program for students already exhibiting an interest in leadership, like those in student government, student ambassadors, and other leadership clubs. When graduation approaches, use our college and career lesson plans to equip young adults for the transition by developing critical skills like resilience and problem-solving.