Port Clinton Social Emotional Learning & Mental Wellness Symposium

Social-emotional learning (SEL) is critical for student success, yet educators often lack a clear, time-efficient path to integrate it into daily lessons. As a result, students may miss the chance to develop essential life skills, leading to lower emotional resilience and diminished academic growth. In this session, discover how to spot and strengthen the SEL already embedded in your teaching. You’ll gain practical insights for highlighting these hidden components, learn to combine strategies that calm classrooms and boost engagement, and receive access to over 200 evidence-based methods—each aligned to specific SEL competencies. Walk away prepared to build a thriving, supportive, and high-achieving learning environment.

Choooo... chooo... last train stop before high school students are out in the world! This is it, the last chance we have to empower, teach coping skills, build resilience, and discover community resources for our students. Oh, and let's make sure we check those house bill requirements. Kim will introduce how her students have been peer leaders in student wellness since 1998. Most recently, implementing Sources of Strength.  

The Leighton Leaders is a service group comprised of 5th grade students whose purpose is to support the school and community. Part student council, part service team, the group has traditionally read the morning announcements, done mail delivery, and provided opportunities for the school to participate in food drives, book drives, and the like.
This year's group of 36 students came in with a different focus...they wanted their service projects to directly improve our school environment and culture. This session is about how they have directed this change in the groups' purpose, how they have struggled and supported each other, and how the advisors have helped pave the way for their ideas. 

In a world where schools are often measured by numbers, where does the human factor fit? Teaching and learning is about people - the teachers, learners, and supporters. This session will explore strategies that promote emotional wellness for all stakeholders. It's all about connections, co-regulation, and care. When we make this a crucial part of the learning process, the possibilities are endless.

Join us for a time of collaboration between a university and an elementary classroom to see the outcome of the implementation of social emotional learning curriculum and interventions that have been tried in a lower elementary classroom. What worked and what didn't! Let's go beyond the classroom and discuss how to create a more positive school culture.