SHALL WE CO-CREATE COMPASSIONATE SCHOOLS?

What is

SEE Learning?

SEE Learning (Social, Emotional, and Ethical Learning), known as Educating the Heart & Mind, was developed by Emory University (Atlanta, USA) for basic education, with the objective of strengthening compassion, self-awareness, and social engagement among children and youth.

Educating the Heart & Mind represents an innovation in the field of Social-Emotional Learning (SEL). Beyond developing social-emotional skills, the program places special emphasis on training attention, cultivating compassion, strengthening systemic awareness, and expanding ethical engagement.

Why develop social-emotional skills?

Social, emotional, and ethical skills are the processes through which students and adults effectively acquire and apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to:

Understand and manage emotions;
Feel and show empathy for others;
Establish and achieve goals;
Develop and maintain healthy relationships;
Make responsible decisions.

Through this, we are able to navigate ourselves and our relationships with others in a balanced and ethical manner.

Social, emotional, and ethical learning skills provide important strategies so educators, students, families, and communities can better prepare for the "test of life, not a life of tests".

Why

SEE Learning?

Developed by world-leading experts in the field of social-emotional skills, including Dr. Thupten Jinpa, Dr. Robert Roeser, Dr. Daniel Goleman, Dr. Linda Lantieri, and Dr. Elaine Miller-Karas, within Emory University (Atlanta, USA).
Composed of a global community of over 7,000 educators and collaborators across 25 countries, operating as a non-profit program.
Enriches previous social-emotional skill programs, incorporating fundamental topics that were not previously addressed.
Provides free structured materials, tested and validated, to support teachers in their classroom practice.

And in Brazil?

The NGO Gaia+ (Primary Affiliate of SEE Learning in Brazil) has trained over 4,000 teachers since May 2021. We have conducted 46 courses, with certified teachers across 26 states (469 municipalities).

Participants rated the course with an average score of 9.65 (out of 10). More than 645,000 students are being impacted.

In a course evaluation survey, it was concluded that the classes:

Reduce stress (-63%) and frustration (-55%) among participants;
Increase motivation (+8%), attention (+10%), and well-being (+9%).

Impacts

156.459

teachers have engaged

645.997

students reached

Who can participate?

The course is offered to the entire public school community, including:

Teachers, coordinators, principals, school psychologists, student assistants;
Professionals from non-governmental organizations focused on education;
Undergraduate students in education and pedagogy;
Municipal and state departments of education.

What will you learn?

Self-care practices;
How to create a compassionate classroom;
How to cultivate attention;
How to cultivate self-compassion;
How to cultivate compassion for others;
How to cultivate relationship skills.

Main BNCC (National Common Curricular Base) topics covered:

Self-knowledge and Self-care;
Empathy and Cooperation;
Responsibility and Citizenship.

We offer continuing education, creating a support network for teaching social-emotional and ethical skills:

The Course & Registration

Educating the Heart & Mind

Duration: 2 months (1 synchronous meeting per week, 2 hours each, for 8 weeks).
Synchronous meetings are held via Zoom.
40-hour certificate upon course completion for those who fulfill all activities.
Structured material delivered for free.

For any questions or suggestions, please contact us via email: seelearning@gaiamais.org

Implementation:

Address:

Rua Dona Santina, 291 - São Luiz

Piracicaba, SP - Zip Code 13405-369

Contact:

SEE Learning Email: seelearning@gaiamais.org