Classroom ManagementSchool CultureSEL

SEL Strategy: 2-Word Check In

Master the "2-Word Check-In" SEL strategy to enhance emotional awareness and build community. This CASEL-aligned practice helps students develop vital self-awareness skills.
By Ilana Nankin, Ph.D.
April 20, 2022

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By Ilana Nankin, Ph.D.

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Classroom ManagementSchool CultureSEL

Learn the social-emotional learning strategy “2-Word Check-In” in action with Dr. Ilana Nankin and a group of students! This practice supports the CASEL competency of Self Awareness; it enhances emotional awareness, promotes authenticity, builds community, and supports the integration of learning experiences.

2-Word Check In is one strategy to build Emotional Intelligence, one of the five layers of Human Intelligence. The more we understand, embody, and teach Human Intelligence, the more we co-create what education was always meant to be. If this vision resonates, explore how the Master’s Degree is helping educators nationwide integrate these capacities into daily teaching and leadership.

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Ilana Nankin, Ph.D.
Founder & Co-CEO

Dr. Ilana Nankin is the Founder and Co-CEO of Breathe for Change and an award-winning entrepreneur, teacher educator, and former public school teacher. She holds degrees from UC Berkeley and a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, with research demonstrating the link between educator well-being, SEL, and student learning. As a lead professor of the Human Intelligence course, Ilana weaves embodied awareness and systemic well-being into a clear theory of change: transform educators to transform classrooms.

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