The 3 Secrets to Integrating the ARTs with SEL
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Here’s what you get when you enroll today!
✔ Complete SEAL Foundations Course worth 10 PD hours
✔ Course Completion Plans
✔ SEAL Teacher Community
✔ Monthly Q&A Sessions
✔ Ticket to annual BTS Masterclass
✔ Unlisted SEAL Playlists
All for only $247 $97!
Fact: Kids don’t always come to school ready to learn…
…and some days, that means you have to sail some rough seas.
Have you been here before?
Aiden made another rukus on the bus, but somehow he made it into your classroom and is now all kinds of ramped up!
Mikayla had a fight with her mom this morning. She walks slowly into the room: head down, shoulders slumped. She’s in her seat, but you’re pretty sure she won’t lift her head off her desk.
Willow just got a disturbing text between classes and now she’s devastated and distracted. She may be looking at you from her seat, but she’s not listening.
It’s not that your students don’t want to learn.
It’s that if your students are stressed out, triggered, or coping with trauma…
they can’t learn.
Or prepare for state testing.
Or “behave” when your admin is in your room for an observation.
Or simply focus on their classwork!
Except…
you’re a teacher
not a therapist.
So when your students’ stress, triggers, or trauma turn into a 50 foot tidal wave in your classroom….
You find yourself:
Flying by the seat of your pants with every outburst.
Winging it when a student stonewalls or shuts down
And trying desperately to continue teaching the rest of the class at the same time!
Been there?
Here’s the thing:
For you, teaching is more than just a job.
You. Truly. Care.
Teaching is your calling.
You really want to see all your students succeed in school.
But these days, you struggle to find the patience to take on a new day. 😤
You’re not sure if you’re making a difference at all. 😟
Sometimes you even feel like a “bad” teacher. 😖
And you’re just not sure if you can do this for another 5, 10, or 15+ years! 😬
Now you CAN!
How?
through the
ARTS!
Time and again, studies prove that the ARTS help with Student Learning!
Sources: NEA Office of Research & Analysis (Catterall 2012); Arts Education Partnership (Deasy 2002); Americans for the Arts (Heath 1998); Missouri Alliance for Arts Education (Scheuler, 2010).
The arts are the magic ingredient for making social-emotional learning effective in any classroom.
Why? Because they give your students meaningful experiences and opportunities to
explore their feelings, express themselves, and connect with others.
It’s possible when you Teach using SEAL!
Social-Emotional Artistic Learning
The SEAL Foundations course is a professional development program that gives caring, creative teachers like YOU the tools, strategies & mindset
so that you can strengthen your students’ social-emotional well-being
in creative and artistic ways – that actually work!
Get the course that changes how you “DO” SEL!
With SEAL, you are:
- Proactively teaching social-emotional skills through the arts.
- Embedding creative experiences throughout your day. . . not just piling things on top!
- Creating opportunities for students to be ready for academic learning
- Helping students make meaningful connections to their peers and to you.
- Making your day more peaceful and enjoyable! #bonus
“SEAL is an excellent way to incorporate social emotional learning into your classroom without adding another ‘curriculum.’ It adapts to your students and your classroom environment.”
“SEAL goes far beyond what you already know about SEL, and provides strategies and lessons you can implement right away.”
“Lots of easily applicable concepts and skills.”
“I feel like I will be able to reach a majority of the students, who will then be better armed to deal with challenges and emotions.”
Presenting
SEAL FOUNDATIONS:
(A $300 Value)
A 10-hour professional development program designed specifically for
brave, bold, and big-hearted teachers
who want to strengthen their
students’ social-emotional skills in creative ways—
that actually work.
SEAL Foundations pulls together everything I’ve learned in my 20+ years of arts integration experience as a teacher, author, and consultant into a proven system that’s simple, powerful, and successful.
SEAL is not a prescriptive set of lessons and there are no scripts to read to your class (yay!) because those don’t really work anyway! Instead, you’ll learn all the essentials of SEAL so that you can apply them to any and all aspects of your daily classroom. This means you won’t add to your busy teacher day. You’ll understand how to integrate all of it.
You’ll learn a proactive approach to explicitly teach social emotional skills through the arts.
SEAL emphasizes building relationships and community in your classroom. Your students will stop melting down and start communicating about their feelings…all of which increases their readiness for learning.
Want to know what teaching SEAL looks like?
Press play to take a peek!
“Kids need an outlet for expressing themselves and their emotions, and the arts are the most effective way to do that. SEAL gave me a framework that’s flexible to use with all K-12 students. Even my non-verbal autistic students participate in SEAL activities and enjoy it.
The impact of SEAL on my students’ success each year has been huge. My students and I connect on a deeper level because of the artistic learning we do. They also connect with each other, which really does create that ‘caring community of empathetic learners’ that Elizabeth talks about.
If building social-emotional competencies is a priority for your district, you won’t find a more effective way to do it than SEAL.”
Grab your scuba gear—you’re about to take a deep dive into SEAL and how to use it in your classroom! You’ll be swimming like a SEAL in no time.
Module 1: Plan Your Dive (Introduction + Program Orientation)
In this module, you’ll:
- Take a moment to reflect on what you want to get out of this course.
- Get a tour of the course platform and how to use it.
- Set up a plan of action that works for your schedule.
You’ll swim away:
- Having the exact resources you need,
- Understanding where to ask questions and find support, and
- Knowing what you need to focus on so that you can get started!
Module 2: Put on Your Diving Suit (A Close Look Into SEAL)
Get ready to explore what makes SEAL a successful method for social-emotional learning!
In this module, you’ll:
- Understand the 4 principles of SEAL.
- Explore how the arts connect naturally with social-emotional learning.
- Discover how SEAL fits into what you’re already doing in your classroom!
There are no scripts, flashcards, or videos to tack onto your busy day.
Instead, you’ll “swim” away with lots of ideas for how to integrate SEAL easily into your existing curriculum so that you can implement SEAL right away!
Module 3: Check Your Oxygen (Wave One: SEAL Teacher Mindset)
YOU are the most important part of the SEAL equation. Not your students, not their parents, and not your admin. YOU!
Wave One of the SEAL Framework is based on the radical idea that teachers need to take care of themselves before they can take care of their students. This is a crucial step in your SEAL journey!
You’ll walk away:
- Able to start your day in a positive and affirming way,
- Appreciating even your toughest students for who they are, and
- Keeping your mindset in control so that you can teach your students.
Module 4: Take the Dive! (Wave Two: SEAL Teacher Methods)
It’s time to start using SEAL in your classroom with consistency! The best part? You’ll learn how to teach SEAL in a way that fits
Your Style,
Your Schedule, and
Your Students!
You’ll learn how to:
- Keep your students motivated and engaged in learning,
- Check in with students at any point during the school day.
- Consistently keep your students building relationships!!
It’s time to create the caring community of empathetic learners you’ve been wanting!
Module 5: Explore the Depths (Wave Three: SEAL Integrations)
The first 4 modules of SEAL Foundations will help you embed and build a consistent practice with SEAL. But what if you want to go deeper? What if your students need more?
In this module, you’ll get access to activities and lessons you can pull out to address specific needs.
Have a class in need of some socialization? There’s a lesson for that—in music, visual art, dance, and drama—take your pick!
You’ll swim away with your go-to resource of done-for-you lessons. Plus, you’ll understand how to transform any existing lesson into a SEAL lesson.
The opportunities will feel as exciting and endless as the ocean itself!
This is what you get when you enroll today
16 training videos
All are 20 minutes or less so that you can easily fit this into your schedule
12 months of access to the course so you can engage in the trainings and implement the strategies on your time
A 10-hour professional development certificate to acknowledge the extra steps you have taken to enhance your students’ well-being in the classroom
The SEAL Foundations Workbook to support your new learning
You also get these swanky bonuses!
(...and by swanky I mean, practical and useful!)
Course Completion Plans ($40)
SEAL Foundations is self-paced, which means you can take the course however you like during your 12 months of access. However, sometimes that open-endedness can lead to procrastination and inaction! (I may or may not have first-hand experience with this…)
The Course Completion Plan is a guide containing 3 different timeframe suggestions for taking the course. It takes into account the length of each module and breaks them up into manageable pieces.
12 months of access to the SEAL Teacher Facebook Community and Q&A Sessions ($350)
Building relationships and community is essential for your learning as well. That's why you'll have the support you need inside the private SEAL Teacher community. Inside you'll engage with other teachers who are committed to the same goals as you!
And each month we have Q&A sessions for the questions and unique situations that can pop up as you’re teaching SEAL. (We’ve heard them all!) You’ll be able to get clarity from Elizabeth (that’s me!) and fine-tune your SEAL practice as a result. These are like mini-workshops to deepen your understanding and practice of SEAL.
20 Done-for-You Lessons Bundle ($80)
This amazing resource is full of lessons and activities that you can use right away with minimal prep! Each lesson combines one art form with one social-emotional competency, leaving you with 20 lessons you can choose from so that you can target the needs of the students right in front of you!
FREE ticket to the annual BTS with SEAL Masterclass ($47)
This Back to School with SEAL Masterclass is mega-exclusive: only for those enrolled in a SEAL course! You’ll leave feeling psyched for the school year, equipped with the best ways to start a new year with SEAL!
Access to the Vault of Unlisted Playlists ($40)
You'll be able to effectively soundtrack your classroom with these carefully curated Spotify playlists! These collections will help motivate students, encourage kindness and community, and build resilience. Use them during class time...or just play them on your commute home after a tough day. (It happens!)
All together, the course + the bonuses add up to a value of $857
But instead, if you enroll today, you’ll get everything for only…
$247
Just one payment of
“What I love about SEAL is how it gives students multiple opportunities to have different sorts of experiences—and how teaching SEAL always feels empowering, motivating, and energizing.”
How do I take SEAL Foundations?
Enroll in the online course.
Watch the videos on your phone, tablet, or laptop.
Go through the course at your own pace.
Confidently teach SEAL!
Meet Your Instructor, Elizabeth Peterson
I’m the creator of SEAL, arts integration specialist, author, veteran teacher of 24 years (and counting!)…and I was once in your shoes.
You could say my desire to integrate the arts began at age 7, when I was teaching my stuffed animals the lyrics to “Shout”. (They all earned an A+ of course.) As I would discover later, teaching kids is much more rewarding…but not quite as easy!
Helping students and teachers increase their emotional resilience is close to my heart. 
Why?
Because I’ve been there.
How SEAL came to be: A play in 3 acts
10 years ago, I noticed an uptick in behavioral problems with my students. (You too?) Not realizing it at the time, I was playing whack-a-mole—just dealing with them one at a time. And it was taking a toll on my own mental health. More often than not, I was leaving work feeling exhausted and drained…and not even my favorite hard rock songs could restore me on the drive home.
Then one day I was sitting in the auditorium, listening to the assistant superintendent explain how we’d be implementing “social-emotional learning.” With every competency she mentioned…all I could think was: “The arts could address that competency.” Self-awareness? Let’s paint a watercolor of emotions. Self-management? Let’s have some movement and dance. Social awareness? A drum circle would be perfect!
But everything changed the day my son’s 2nd grade teacher called me to tell me he’d been acting up in class, which was out of character for him. What struck me was how much she cared about my son— and a switch flipped for me. I realized two things:
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- My children’s teachers play such an important role in their emotional well-being.
- I can have that same impact on my own students!
That was the day I started creating SEAL.
The caring, creative teacher in me KNEW that my students needed hands-on, artistic experiences to help them develop their social-emotional learning!
Fast forward to today, where I’ve built SEAL into a robust framework for social-emotional learning that’s helping thousands of teachers and students every year be ready to teach and learn.
This is why SEAL works:
SEAL puts the teacher in the driver’s seat.
You are the most important part of your classroom. And you know your students. With SEAL, you decide what strategies are going to work for your schedule, your content, your personality and, of course, your students.
You’re not reading a script that some person in an office wrote (who, let’s face it, probably hasn’t been in a classroom in years.) Instead, you are getting the training in effective strategies that will work in YOUR classroom.
Not to mention, inside SEAL we genuinely CARE for you, the teacher. So, we focus on how you can take care of yourself so that you can be the best for your students! Adult SEL isn’t an afterthough in SEAL, it’s at the core.
SEAL will help you say goodbye to teacher burnout and anxiety. Why? Because when caring, creative teachers feel empowered, they’re happier and more effective in the classroom.
And that means happier, more successful students too.
“SEAL affirms how I teach – it ensures one is professionally valid and agile! SEAL teaches students to explicitly love themselves, each other and the arts! SEAL also encourages meaningful reflection for educators . . .
Give yourself a refresh – a positive opportunity to integrate the joy of the Arts with the Social Emotional Competencies!”
How SEAL fits into Social-Emotional Learning Skills
SEAL combines the emotionally charged power of the arts
+ the high need of developing social-emotional competencies
With SEAL, you will learn strategies that help students develop their:
- Self-Awareness
- Self-Management
- Social Awareness
- Relationship Skills
- Responsible Decision Making
These 5 competencies are naturally addressed and practiced within SEAL’s artistic learning!
Artistic learning is inherently differentiating, highly engaging, and emotionally charged.
There is no better way for your students to learn, practice, and develop their emotional competencies!
“Do it! Elizabeth is kind, thoughtful, organized, and brilliant. You’ll come away buzzing with inspiration.“
Can SEAL reach all students? “Yes. All students have social emotional needs and can relate to at least one art: dancing, music, acting, painting, etc.”
“DO it for Yourself! You are worth it. If you put yourself first, that will carry over to the way you teach. Students know when we are not thriving just like we know when they are not thriving.”
“This is all about engaging students, building their social emotional skills and helping them develop a growth mindset. I have been working to integrate all of this into my classroom for the past several years, but I didn’t feel like it was seamless. SEAL makes it seamless.“
Do I have to be an artist in order to Teach SEAL? I’m not sure if I’m qualified.
My school already has an SEL curriculum. Can I still use SEAL? ...and is it worth it to do both?
Yes! You can teach SEAL alongside any other SEL curriculum. (And it can stand alone as well.) The amazing thing about SEAL is that it’s about transforming how things go in your classroom. You see, we believe that quality SEL instruction happens with the experiences you have in the classroom.
I don’t have much time in my day for “extra” stuff. Or, I’m not a classroom teacher and I only see students for short periods of time.
There’s no such thing as a teacher who has lots of time on their hands! 😆 I get it. That’s why I designed SEAL Foundations to not require extra time in your busy day.
As a branch of arts integration, SEAL is meant to integrate into your day—so there’s no need to “add” anything. SEAL is more about transforming your teaching rather than handing you a set of lessons to get through, or piling on extra stuff.
The truth is, you don’t need a lot of time to inspire and connect with your students. When you teach SEAL, you can make a difference without draining yourself dry.
How do I take the course? Is it taught live, is there homework? Give me the details please!
The course is taught completely online. All of the modules have been pre-recorded, so you can watch them whenever you want! The course is self-paced, so you can take it on your own time—and because it’s online (and nobody can see you), you don’t have to dress up for it!
As you’re taking the course, questions will inevitably pop up. That’s when you should pop into the SEAL Teacher Community on Facebook. You’ll find the support and encouragement you need. And remember, every month I’ll do a live Q&A there too.
Don’t forget, you’ll have 12 months of access to the course and the community once you purchase.
Do you accept POs?
YES! School districts may pay with a purchase order. Simply contact our support department at support@theinspiredclassroom.com and we’ll help you arrange for that.
What if I enroll, but I can’t start or finish the course right away?
Things happen, problems arise, sometimes you just need to go on a surprise vacation. It’s all good. We believe in no unnecessary stress. That’s why you have 12 months of access, go at your own pace. We are here for you!
Will I receive Professional Development credit for taking this course?
Yes! Once you complete all the course work, you will be awarded a certificate for 10 PD hours. Please check with your school administrator to see if this certificate will be accepted.
I’m interested in bringing SEAL to my entire school! Is that possible?
Absolutely! SEAL is powerful inside one classroom…imagine if the whole school was on board. All of the students and staff having creative and caring experiences, thanks to SEAL? Imagine what that would do for morale and community-building!
(I’m trying to imagine it right now and I just keep smiling!😁)
If you’re interested in bringing SEAL Foundations to your school or district, contact our support department at support@theinspiredclassroom.com and I (Elizabeth) will get in touch with you directly.
I need help talking to my principal about this!
Maybe it’s for reimbursement. Maybe it’s so you can get SEAL into your school. No matter what the reason, sometimes it’s helpful to tell your administrator about the ground-breaking work you are doing!
So, I went ahead and wrote this up for you! Feel free to copy, paste and send to your principal or whomever is in charge of your PD.
Dear _____,
I’ve learned about an online course that I am sure will help my students with their social-emotional learning. It’s called SEAL Foundations. It’s a 10 hour professional development program that’s designed to help teachers implement creative SEL strategies through the arts.
This sounds like a great opportunity! With all the work we are doing in SEL, I know learning this method of bringing in creative and artistic experiences to my students will really make a difference in my classroom.
Here’s some more information about the course:
- SEAL stands for Social-Emotional Artistic Learning and the SEAL Foundations course will teach me the essentials to bringing this ground-breaking work into my classroom.
- Everything inside the course can work with what we are already doing for SEL as a school.
- The course teaches how to embed the strategies so that I’m not taking time away from other content. Instead, these SEAL strategies will help our students be focused and ready for learning.
- There is a focus on creatively building relationships throughout the school year.
- All the content of the course aligns with CASEL’s 5 competencies. There are even ready-made lessons that integrate each competency with all the arts.
- There are no special materials needed to implement the activities aside from what I already have in my classroom.
- Teachers can earn 10 professional development hours once the course is completed.
- There’s a great community that’s included with the enrollment and every month, I can submit questions and get support as I continue to implement all the great ideas.
- There’s even a component to the program that focuses on the well-being of the teacher! I’ll learn more about what SEL is and what my role as the teacher should be when it comes to social-emotional learning.
As you can see, this is a great opportunity! I really want to help my students develop their social-emotional skills and I know that the hands-on, artistic experiences they will have as a result of me taking this course will be great!
You can read more about the SEAL Foundations course and register here: theinspiredclassroom.com/admin
If you have any questions, you can also email Elizabeth, who teaches the course, by emailing her here: elizabeth@theinspiredclassroom.com They do accept purchase orders as well as credit cards.
Thanks so much for considering this!
[Your Name]
Who this is/isn’t for
SEAL Foundations IS for you if
✓ You truly care about your students, and you want to do what it takes to help them be ready to learn.
✓ You believe you need to play a part in your students’ social-emotional learning.
✓ You’re creative, and you love promoting your students’ creativity….
✓ ….Or, you don’t know if you’d consider yourself “creative” but you’re willing to give it a shot! Anything for your students.
✓ You love being on the cutting edge of learning, and are excited about arts integration.
✓ You care about your own well-being and want to feel empowered in your job…
✓ …Or, you’re on the verge of burnout and need a major boost to your teaching.
✓ You’ve never shied away from taking the bull by the horns and doing what’s right for your students.
SEAL Foundations is NOT for you if
✘ You’ve cultivated a class of students who are well-behaved, calm and focused on learning.
✘ You believe that students don’t learn as much from creating, appreciating, or performing in the arts.
✘ You aren’t interested in innovative, creative ways to help students with their social-emotional learning.
✘ You don’t consider yourself creative, and you’re not willing to try.
✘ You feel the SEL program your school provides is working well for your students and you’re happy with its success.
✘ Your own well-being and job satisfaction are A+ already.
✘ You think SEL is just another edu-fad that will fizzle like last year’s grammar curriculum planning.
✘ You’ve already taken SEAL Teacher Training or SEAL Teacher Training VIP.
Risk-free guarantee
So, here’s the deal. I’m going to give you a “No Barnacles” Risk Free Guarantee. (No one likes those pesky crustaceans.)
Get inside the course and check it out for 7 days. Look at what you’ll learn, validate its use in your classroom and see all the key components to be able to teach SEAL.
If you don’t feel confident that these strategies are going to work for you and your students, simply reach out to me within the first 7 days of your purchase at support@theinspiredclassroom.com and I’ll refund you so you can put it toward a different SEL program.
By the end of the program, you will be able to:
Reach all of your students—no matter what their level of social-emotional needs may be. All of your kids will benefit from the SEAL approach!
Recognize when a 50’ tidal wave of emotional distress is brewing…and instead of throwing up your hands in frustration (or ducking for cover!) you feel confident you can face the storm.
Stop struggling with behavior issues…and use the time for teaching and learning instead!
Integrate the arts throughout the day so naturally, it feels like you were born doing it.
Feel good about your job again.
Have a system to put yourself first, caringly serve your students and still feel like you leave with a full cup!
Leave work every day with the feeling that you’ve made a difference.
Transform a classroom of randomly-assembled individuals into a connected community that cares and collaborates with each other in creative ways.
There’s just one question left to answer:
How do you want your school year to go?
✘ Do you want to keep trying the same ol’, same ol’—and keep feeling overwhelmed by trying to help your students?
~ OR ~
✓ Do you want to feel energized, motivated, and empowered to go to work each day—confident you can reach all of your students in creative, meaningful ways?
This is what you get when you enroll today
16 training videos
All are 20 minutes or less so that you can easily fit this into your schedule
12 months of access to the course so you can engage in the trainings and implement the strategies on your time
A 10-hour professional development certificate to acknowledge the extra steps you have taken to enhance your students’ well-being in the classroom
The SEAL Foundations Workbook to support your new learning
Plus all those swanky bonuses!
All together, the course + the bonuses add up to a value of $857
But instead, if you enroll today, you’ll get everything for only…
$247
Just one payment of
Why is Elizabeth the best person to guide you?
For years, I stood in the front of my classroom and saw students’ behavior change. From outbursts, to shut downs, to confusion, to lack of focus . . . and it was taking a toll on me as the joy I felt for teaching was dwindling fast.
It was obvious: if I was going to continue to feel good about the job I was doing in the classroom, something needed to change. And that’s when I started started implementing SEAL.
SEAL has allowed me and many other teachers to know what it is like to finally be able to feel passionate again about teaching.
I look around and see so many teachers struggling because they don’t like the state of education and they feel powerless in their classrooms.
This canNOT be the norm and this is why SEAL is so important for you right now.
Teaching shouldn’t suck the life out of you! You have the ability to transform yourself as a teacher.
SEAL is about reconnecting to your passion and to your students. It’s about creating a safe, learning environment that you and your students want to be part of. It’s about relishing the good days and knowing you can make it through the tough ones.
With the resources and support you get inside the SEAL Foundations course, you can make a lasting impact on the lives of your students, and that is something that will always be worth the effort.
Most of all, you will rekindle that joy that comes with making a difference every day.
Can’t wait to help you make this happen,
~Elizabeth
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