REACH Charter School | Denver, CO

Social-Emotional Learning

Research indicates that social-emotional development in young children is critical for school readiness and that school-age children achieve greater academic success when a social-emotional learning (SEL) is taught in conjunction with the core academic curriculum.

Second Step’s program rooted in social-emotional learning (SEL) that helps transform schools into supportive, successful learning environments uniquely equipped to encourage children to thrive. More than just a classroom curriculum, Second Step’s holistic approach helps create a more empathetic society by providing education professionals, families, and the larger community with tools to enable them to take an active role in the social-emotional growth and safety of today’s children.

Second Step’s Bullying prevention focus provides students and staff with tools to prevent bullying, both in your school and in the community. Each unit teaches Kindergarten–Grade 5 students how to recognize, report, and refuse bullying. As students master these crucial skills, educators and school staff learn to recognize and respond appropriately when they observe bullying or receive a bullying report, all while gaining insight into teaching the unit to children.

Social-Emotional Learning curricula promote development of age-appropriate social and emotional skills, prevent development of emotional and behavioral problems, and facilitate early intervention when young children demonstrate challenging behavior or delays in social emotional development.

Positive Behavior Intervention And Supports

REACH is a Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports (PBIS) school.

PBIS is a systemic approach to proactively developing positive, school-wide behaviors among all students. It has been implemented in thousands of schools in more than 40 states and has shown dramatic reductions in disciplinary interventions and increases in academic achievement. PBIS applies evidence-based practices that decrease problem behavior and establish a positive school culture. Within the PBIS framework, faculty and staff develop clearly defined expectations and consequences for student behaviors that are consistent across the school. The expected  behaviors are explicitly taught, practiced, and reinforced.

The matrix of positive behaviors expected of all REACH students  is available here: REACH PBIS Matrix.