Help Young Learners, and Your Teachers, Develop Emotional Intelligence
With the online, self-paced begin to ECSEL® Beginnings teacher training, early childhood educators learn to strengthen and role-model emotional health and well-being and more effectively teach students birth to age 8 to identify, understand, and manage their emotions.
The result? Less-stressed teachers, more productive learning environments, and children more able to learn.
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Impactful
Proven by 3 peer-reviewed research studies and nearly 40 years in the classroom
Flexible
8 online, self-paced courses accommodate educators' busy schedules
Affordable
Affordable pricing for centers or schools for up to 20 teachers
Invest in Your Team’s Professional
Growth & Well-Being
67% of early childhood educators report moderate to high levels of stress1 and 20%2 are considering leaving the profession. Educators urgently need emotional and mental health skills that help them both in the classroom and in their daily lives.
Emotional intelligence is key to transforming the learning experience for students and teachers.
Begin to ECSEL Beginnings puts a classroom-tested approach to teaching emotional intelligence in an affordable, self-paced professional learning package that goes far beyond a bin of posters and lesson plans.
With begin to ECSEL Beginnings, your teaching team will:
- Improve their ability to manage classroom stress and dysregulated behavior
- Learn proven strategies to develop children's emotional intelligence, cognition, and social skills
- Be equipped to manage their own emotions, stress, and anxiety
Kids are struggling with:
- Stress and anxiety
- Post-COVID challenges and delays
- Mental health issues
The begin to ECSEL approach helps young learners recognize, understand, express, and regulate their emotions, giving them a strong foundation to grow from.
Children with teachers who have participated in begin to ECSEL Beginnings significantly outperform their peers in key measures of emotional competence, self-regulation, empathy, and executive functioning.
28%
21%
Teachers benefit, too...
Educators report significant improvement in their ability to manage their own emotions and in their classroom management skills.
85% of administrators feel their staff benefit from begin to ECSEL Beginnings
Teachers are more able to calmly address overwhelming situations
Teachers report greater job satisfaction benefits in other aspects of their lives
— Childcare Center Director in Virginia
— Childcare Center Director in New Jersey
“The program prompted self-reflection, leading to increased calmness with staff and, in turn, positively affecting the children. The introduction of new strategies and tools has brought about a transformative change, offering a renewed approach to emotional regulation in the classroom."
— Childcare Center Director in Virginia
"This proactive approach allowed staff to effectively communicate and understand the emotions of both verbal and non-verbal children, creating a more inclusive and emotionally supportive environment."
— Head Start Program Director in Alabama
"_Begin to ECSEL _has had a positive impact on young learners who now exhibit an enhanced ability to recognize and express their emotions. The use of mirroring techniques has contributed to their understanding, allowing them to articulate their feelings and engage in conversations about emotions with their peers. The program has fostered a more expressive and emotionally aware environment among the children."
— Childcare Center Director in Florida
What Your Subscription Includes
Up to 20 teachers and staff members within a childcare or school setting get a year of unlimited access to 8 self-paced online courses that address the emotional, cognitive, and social development of children starting at infancy through age 8.
Each course includes 3 digestible, 30-minute modules with:
- A skill overview, including a real-life video example so teachers can see the skill in action
- Video lessons that provide easy-to-understand instruction on proven, research-backed strategies
- Directed opportunities and prompts for self-reflection
- Access to a robust online community of other early childhood educators from across the country to get advice from and brainstorm with
- The opportunity to receive IACET CEUs
Course Overview
- Intro begin to ECSEL
- Your Own Emotionality
- Getting to Know Emotion
- Emotion in the Heat of the Moment
- Connection Emotion to Early Learning
- Empathy, Inclusivity & Prosocial Behaviors
- begin to ECSEL Tools & Techniques
- begin to ECSEL in the Everyday Classroom
What is included with a begin to ECSEL Beginnings subscription?
How old are the children the begin to ECSEL approach is designed for?
begin to ECSEL was designed and has been used in classrooms with children from birth to age 8 for nearly 40 years.
What outcomes can I expect?
- Build their knowledge of how to use ECSEL language, techniques, and tools in their classroom to promote emotional intelligence of children at different developmental stages.
- Learn to effectively role-model emotional awareness and self-regulation for their students and become more aware of their own emotions and how to manage them.
- Increase their confidence in discussing feelings (their own and those of others) building a stronger foundation of knowledge around emotional, cognitive, and social learning.
- Acquire strategies to help them communicate with children, families, and co-workers and be able to look inward and self-reflect, and outwardly demonstrate empathy and problem-solve as they respond to children's emotional outbursts and the stressors of everyday life.
These skills will help learners both professionally and personally.
Students with teachers who have participated in begin to ECSEL Beginnings significantly outperform their peers in key measures of emotional competence, self-regulation, empathy, and executive functioning:
- 28% increase in emotion regulation and empathy after one school year
- 21% decrease in disruptive expressions of negative emotions
How has begin to ECSEL Beginnings been evaluated?
- Early Child Development and Care
- International Journal of Emotional Education
- The International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy
What if our site has more than 20 teachers? Can I license additional seats?
begin to ECSEL Beginnings is designed to support small early childhood learning programs. If you have more than 20 teachers at a site or multiple sites, you may be interested in begin to ECSEL Mastery Program. This completely customized, comprehensive training program provides highly personalized, ongoing support for your entire organization to implement begin to ECSEL curricula and practices. Please contact us to learn more.
What is the renewal process?
Can I cancel my subscription?
Can I pay for begin to ECSEL Beginnings with a purchase order?
What is the cost of begin to ECSEL Beginnings?
begin to ECSEL Beginnings is a subscription program. The introductory price is $1,495 per site, billed annually, or $149 per site, billed monthly. The subscription includes access to the 8 begin to ECSEL Beginnings courses for up to 20 teachers in a building.
"By providing strategies and guidance, the program facilitates constructive conflict resolution, fostering independence in older children and continual guidance for the younger ones. The focus on addressing moments that cause sadness and teaching collaborative problem solving underscores the program's positive impact on social-emotional development."
— Childcare Center Director in Florida
