8.4 SEL Concerns
From Reading Teachers Lounge by Shannon Betts and Mary Saghafi
November 16, 2025 · 43 min · Season 8 · Episode 4
About this episode
Erin Waters discusses the importance of Social-Emotional Learning in supporting literacy and the whole child.
Educator and author Erin Waters joins Shannon and Mary to discuss supporting the whole child through Social-Emotional Learning (SEL). Erin shares her teaching journey and highlights the crucial connection between SEL & literacy development—because our students aren’t just learning to read; they’re learning who they are. They explore what SEL looks like in real classrooms: morning meetings that build community, read-alouds that spark emotional awareness, and simple coping strategies that h...
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Hosts: Shannon Betts, Mary Saghafi
Guest: Erin Waters
Topics covered
- Social-Emotional Learning
- literacy development
- whole child support
- classroom strategies
- community building
Keywords
- SEL
- literacy
- education
- emotional awareness
- teaching strategies
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