Choose to Be Better: Responsibility

Description

How can we help students understand the true meaning of responsibility? What strategies can teachers use to empower students to make decisions that positively impact themselves and others? Research shows that teaching responsibility as a social-emotional skill increases students' self-awareness, decision-making skills, and overall well-being. As teens navigate personal, social, and digital worlds, their understanding of responsibility shapes their behavior and future success. Join Kelsey Brown for this impactful session and learn how to guide students in understanding the differences between personal, social, and digital responsibilities and why each matter in their daily lives. Explore practical approaches to address maladaptive behaviors stemming from poor decision-making and discover actionable strategies to support students in becoming responsible, thoughtful members of their communities. Kelsey's expertise in school counseling will provide you with ready-to-use tools to seamlessly integrate social and emotional development into your classroom and empower students to choose responsibility every day.

Objectives

1. Identify key concepts related to personal, social, and digital responsibilities.
2. Explain how responsibility impacts students' quality of life and well-being.
3. Implement classroom activities that promote responsible decision-making among students.
4. Examine the effects of students' decisions on themselves, their peers, and their communities.
5. Assess current instructional practices for addressing responsibility and decision-making.
6. Design a lesson or activity that integrates responsibility education into daily classroom routines.

Key Take Aways

• Understand the differences between personal, social, and digital responsibilities in students' lives.
• Implement the Choose to be Better: Responsibility lesson to foster positive decision-making.
• Promote student reflection on the impact of their choices on themselves, others, and society.
• Incorporate practical strategies to build responsibility as a core part of social-emotional learning.