Social emotional and intercultural competencies for inclusive school environments across Europe – Relationships matter

Published as part of the HAND in HAND project

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ABSTRACT CHAPTER 4

Development of the social, emotional and intercultural learning programme for school staff

by Helle Jensen and Katinka Gøtzsche

The Danish Society for the Promotion of Life Wisdom in Children, Denmark

 

Keywords: relational competence, innate competencies, SEI competencies

This chapter describes the HAND in HAND programme for developing the social, emotional and intercultural (SEI) competencies of school staff. The chapter includes the background theory, describes how the theory is operationalised in exercises and put together in the manual, and a short overview of the core elements called the programme’s active ingredients. The framework of the HAND in HAND school staff programme is made up of the newly developed definitions of the core concepts presented by Kozina, Vidmar and Veldin (this publication), Scandinavian work with and understanding of relational competence as well as a Scandinavian version of how to work with awareness. The overriding point made in the chapter is that, in order to create a learning environment that fosters students’ well-being, learning and development, teachers must train to be aware of their own actions in the classroom and take responsibility for them.

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