Research School Network: Interview with Michael Wigelsworth, a member of the SEL review team. Interview with Michael Wigelsworth, a member of the SEL review team.

This is the latest guidance report from the EEF and, like the others, it starts with a page of recommendations.

The recommendations are organised into 4 different categories:

Teaching Strategies
Curriculum
Whole-school
Implementation

The guidance report identifies 5 key skills that should be taught frequently, purposefully and explicitly in stand-alone PSHE lessons and also further integrated into the curriculum. The key skills are:

Self-Awareness
Self-Management
Social Awareness
Relationship Skills
Responsible Decision Making

This guidance report has created a lot of interest and, because of this, we went to interview Dr Michael Wigelsworth from Manchester University as he was a member of the Review Team. We asked him about the content of the report, how it was collated and the best ways for schools to use it. Watch the interview below.

Here are some useful links to some of the items that Michael spoke about.

You can download the report here https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/tools/guidance-reports/social-and-emotional-learning/

**Under supporting resources you will find the audit that Michael recommends schools use as a starting point**

The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) https://casel.org/

The Early Intervention Foundation https://www.eif.org.uk/why-it-matters/what-is-early-intervention/

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Future Events

Wednesday 4^th March 8:30 – 10am at Wilbraham Primary School, M147FB.

Michael Wigelsworth will be hosting our FREE Research Breakfast, for Heads and members of SLT. He will be talking more about the report and helping to guide schools through the audit. For more information, click here https://researchschool.org.uk/aspirer/event/social-and-emotional-learning-research-breakfast/

Thursday 26^th March 4 – 5:30pm at Wilbraham Primary School, M147FB.

There will also be a FREE Research Twilight on the SEL report where Sarah Ikin, the Inclusion Manager, will be guiding other colleagues through the report and the audit materials. For more information, click here https://researchschool.org.uk/aspirer/event/social-and-emotional-learning-twilight/

You can sign up to these FREE events by emailing rswann@​aet.​cheshire.​sch.​uk

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