How to Integrate SEL and Arts into Academics for 30 Minutes Every Week

Presented by Emily Aydt, Customer Success Manager, Livestream Learning Studio; John Schultz, Executive Director, Metro Educational Cooperative Services Unit; and Frank Maciel, Director of Video Production, Livestream Learning Studio

Sponsored by Livestream Learning Studio

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Social-emotional learning (SEL) is based on the understanding that the best learning emerges in the context of supportive relationships that make learning challenging, engaging, and meaningful. SEL and academics cannot be separated, so when one is ignored, we are building more gaps. This edWebinar provides engaging strategies to connect SEL and academics with arts integration. Educators learn:

• Why it is important/imperative to provide SEL lessons to your students for the entire school year
• How to execute 30-minute SEL lessons once a week into your school day using planning tools and resources
• Step-by-step instructions on how to deliver SEL and academic lessons integrating arts

Educators leave this session feeling empowered with the resources and approaches necessary for embedding SEL into academic curricula with arts integration—making learning fun!

This recorded edWebinar is of interest to K-12 teachers, school and district leaders, and curriculum coordinators.

About the Presenters

Emily Aydt has been an educator within the U.S. public school system for 13 years, with extensive experience in K-6 classrooms. Her passion to make a difference and positively impact the education world led Emily to her current position as Customer Success Manager for Livestream Learning Studio, an online learning platform that offers a year-long school subscription service, focusing on enrichment education and SEL strategies.

John Schultz served in Edina Public Schools from 2017 until 2021, leading the district through COVID mitigation and strategic planning. He has spent the majority of his more-than-30-year career in education in Hopkins Public Schools—first as a ninth-grade science teacher, then as a principal intern, a K-12 district science coordinator, the director of teaching and learning, and then the superintendent for 11 years. John holds several academic degrees, and brings a strong background in academic achievement, fiscal stewardship, facilities management, and equity leadership. His focus is on bringing collaborative leadership to planning and problem solving. He is always willing to work with communities to continue to grow academic excellence, equity and inclusion, social and emotional learning, leadership, and community engagement.

Frank Maciel is the creative director of Livestream Learning Studio, an educational livestream subscription service for upper elementary school students. He has worked with Ward Eames for over 20 years as a director, producer and curriculum writer for The National Theatre for Children, a staff writer for the educational TV series M@dAbout, and a writer and on-screen host for KiDSNEWS, an educational news and current events program. Prior to his work with Ward, Frank worked extensively with the Walt Disney Company in California, writing and directing stage productions for their theme parks and teaching students from all over the country through Disney Performing Arts, a program that focused on teaching creative, arts-related skills to students in grades K-12.

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Livestream Learning Studio is a year-long school subscription service that provides rigorous and meaningful academics using live online events with arts integration, rooted in the five core competencies of social-emotional learning: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills and responsible decision-making.