The BOOST approach
Helps schools organise and promote their work with social and emotional learning
Map and organise
Map and organise your schools work with social and emotional learning
BOOST school staff
Involve all school staff in shared learning
BOOST children
BOOST school children’s well-being, resilience and ability to learn
Principles of the BOOST approach
The BOOST approach is built on research based principles to support schools succeed with social and emotional learning.
Systematic and continuous
Facilitates progress and sustainable work with social and emotional learning over time.
Whole school approach
Involves all school staff. Facilitating social and emotional learning is more effective when all school staff to pull together.
Flexible
Adaptable to the context, needs and aspirations of your school.
Here you go!
The BOOST approach offers three guides to support schools in their work with social and emotional learning.
If your schools needs SEL resources to increase competence of school staff or practical tools for your social and emotional work, you can use the resources developed through this project, available through www.testversion.boostapproach.com.
Some of the material in the testverion has also been published in an open access book available in Polish and English. The book can be downloaded here: https://scholar.com.pl/pl/index.php?controller=attachment&id_attachment=1069 (English) and here: https://scholar.com.pl/pl/bezplatne-ebooki/8793-kompetencje-spoleczno-emocjonalne-uczniow-przewodnik-dla-nauczycieli.html (Polish).
There is also an abundance of SEL resources (including the BOOST approach) available through the European Toolkit for Schools: https://www.schooleducationgateway.eu/en/pub/resources/toolkitsforschools.htm.
Organise and promote social and emotional learning in your school
The 5 step process is a guide to organise and promote social and emotional learning in your school. You can use the steps to structure your work and boost your school staff.
Download pdf-version of the 5-steps here.
Guide to facilitate shared social and emotional learning
Download pdf-version of the guide here.
Guide to create and share tools
Download pdf-version of the guide here.
Download tool documentation template here (word file)