Social Emotional Learning Classroom Workbook – Grade 12 (2nd Edition)

What Is the 12th Grade Social Emotional Learning Classroom Workbook?

The Social Emotional Learning Classroom Workbook – Grade 12, 2nd Edition is a 152-page, spiral-bound student workbook from Seltrove Education. It gives seniors (ages 17–18) a full school year of social and emotional learning focused on the transition to college, careers and adult life. Organized into four 10-week themes, Identity & Mindset, Courage & Kindness, A Place to Belong, and A Healthy Well-Being, its weekly lessons help students sharpen their self-perception, build self-efficacy, plan their move to college or a career, write personal statements, practice interview skills, communicate with teachers, advocate for themselves, set boundaries, break stereotypes, manage stress, budget, understand debt and create a personal safety plan. Each theme closes with a Review Week, students set senior year goals and check in on them every theme, and the year ends with a resume builder, a look back on senior year and a page about the future. “Your Superpowers” assessments at the start, middle and end of the year show each student’s growth. It completes the K–12 series and the durable skills in your district’s Portrait of a Graduate.

Why Do Twelfth Grade Teachers Choose This SEL Workbook?

• A full school year: four 10-week themes with a lesson for every week
• Built for the senior transition: Transitioning to College & a Career, Self-Advocacy, Your Future and Senior Year: A Look Back
• Application ready: Review Weeks on Personal Statements and Interview Skills, plus a Resume Builder
• Financial literacy included: Financial Literacy: Budgeting and Financial Literacy: Debt
• Adult life skills: Navigating Stress, Life-Balance Challenge and Safe & Sound: Creating a Safety Plan
• Real senior issues: peer pressure, boundaries and consent, relationships, stereotypes and jealousy
• Creative Expression: a creative page in every theme
• Goal-setting built in: Senior Year Goals and a Goal Check-In at the end of every theme
• Measurable growth: Your Superpowers pre-assessment, mid-term assessment and post-assessment
• The final step of a K–12 series: the same four themes students have built on since kindergarten

How Does This Workbook Build Portrait of a Graduate Competencies?

Social-emotional skills are durable skills, the transferable abilities students carry into college, careers and their communities. In twelfth grade, students put every Portrait of a Graduate competency to work as they prepare to graduate:

• Career Readiness (CAR): Transitioning to College & a Career, Interview Skills, Personal Statements and the Resume Builder
• Finances (FIN): Financial Literacy: Budgeting and Financial Literacy: Debt
• Agency (AGY): Building Self-Efficacy, Self-Advocacy, Identity Detective and Senior Year Goals
• Personal Responsibility & Work Ethic (PRW): Being a Leader, Study Habits, The Power of Perseverance and Safe & Sound: Creating a Safety Plan
• Communication (COM): Healthy & Clear Communication, Communicating with Teachers, Engage & Connect with Active Listening and Boundaries & Consent
• Citizenship (CIT): Building Cultural Competency Skills, Breaking Stereotypes and Service Learning
• Empathy (EMP): Empathy in Practice, Improving Perspective-Taking and the Social Awareness Review Week
• Adaptability (ADP): Discovering Resilience, Navigating Stress: Strategies for Success and the Life-Balance Challenge
• Collaboration (COL): Friendship Foundations, Creating New Friendships and Exploring the Maze of Relationships
• Critical Thinking & Problem Solving (CT): Resolving Conflict Respectfully, Making Healthy Decisions and Seeing Clearly: Self-Perception
• Creativity (CRE): Creative Expression pages in every theme and Your Future

What’s Inside the 12th Grade SEL Workbook?

Getting started: My Information, An Introduction to Me, Using This Workbook, Your Superpowers: A Pre-Assessment, My Class Schedule, My Responsibilities, Senior Year Goals, Study Habits

Theme 1: Identity and Mindset

Identity Detective; Seeing Clearly: Self-Perception; A Spectrum of Emotions; Managing Emotions; Building Self-Efficacy; Creative Expression; Developing a Growth Mindset; A Positive Mindset; The Power of Perseverance; Transitioning to College & a Career; Review Week: Personal Statements; Goal Check-In; Making Connections; Notes Pages

Theme 2: Courage and Kindness

Friendship Foundations; Healthy & Clear Communication; Communicating with Teachers; Rising Above Peer Pressure; Boundaries & Consent; Creative Expression; Empathy in Practice; Being a Leader; Discovering Resilience; Self-Advocacy; Review Week: Interview Skills; Goal Check-In; Making Connections; Notes Pages; Your Superpowers: A Mid-Term Assessment

Theme 3: A Place to Belong

Building Cultural Competency Skills; Improving Perspective-Taking; Breaking Stereotypes; Resolving Conflict Respectfully; Creating New Friendships; Creative Expression; Exploring the Maze of Relationships; Engage & Connect with Active Listening; Coping with Jealousy; Kindness Challenge; Review Week: Social Awareness; Goal Check-In; Making Connections; Notes Pages

Theme 4: A Healthy Well-Being

Mindfulness; Navigating Stress: Strategies for Success; Mental Wellness; Making Healthy Decisions; Financial Literacy: Budgeting; Creative Expression; Financial Literacy: Debt; Life-Balance Challenge; Safe & Sound: Creating a Safety Plan; Practicing Gratitude; Gratitude Journal; Review Week: Reflections & Celebrations; Goal Check-In; Making Connections; Notes Pages; Your Superpowers: A Post-Assessment

End-of-year resources: Senior Year: A Look Back, Resume Builder, Service Learning, Your Future, Read a Book This Summer, SEL Resources, Final Reflection Pages

Who Is This 12th Grade SEL Workbook For?

Twelfth grade teachers, senior seminar and advisory leaders, college and career counselors, school counselors, CTE and career readiness instructors, health educators, Tier 2 and Tier 3 intervention groups, homeschool families and parents. It’s designed for weekly SEL or advisory time, senior seminars, college and career readiness, financial literacy, interview and application preparation, service learning and Portrait of a Graduate capstone work.

What Comes in the 12th Grade SEL Workbook?

• Grade level: Grade 12 (ages 17–18)
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Format: Spiral-bound print workbook
• Length: 152 pages
• Includes: 4 themes with weekly lessons, 4 Review Weeks, Creative Expression pages, Your Superpowers pre-, mid-term and post-assessments, Senior Year Goals and Goal Check-Ins, Making Connections pages, notes pages, a Gratitude Journal, a Resume Builder, Service Learning, a Your Future page and end-of-year resources
• Publisher: Seltrove Education, an imprint of IB Source
• ISBN: 9781954760325
• Custom editions: available for orders of 1,000 or more

Frequently Asked Questions About the 12th Grade SEL Workbook

What does the 12th grade SEL workbook teach?

It covers four themes: Identity & Mindset (self-perception, emotions, self-efficacy, growth mindset, perseverance, college and career transition), Courage & Kindness (friendships, communication, peer pressure, boundaries and consent, leadership, resilience, self-advocacy), A Place to Belong (cultural competency, perspective-taking, stereotypes, conflict, relationships, active listening, jealousy) and A Healthy Well-Being (mindfulness, stress, mental wellness, decisions, budgeting, debt, life balance, safety and gratitude).

Does it prepare seniors for college and careers?

Yes. Students plan their transition to college or a career, write personal statements, practice interview skills, build a resume and reflect on their future.

Does it teach financial literacy?

Yes. Financial Literacy: Budgeting and Financial Literacy: Debt teach seniors practical money skills, including how debt works, before they live on their own.

What is self-advocacy, and why does it matter for seniors?

Self-advocacy is the ability to speak up for your own needs, such as asking a professor for help, requesting accommodations or negotiating at work. The Self-Advocacy and Communicating with Teachers lessons help seniors practice these skills before they leave high school.

Does it address stress and safety?

Yes. Navigating Stress, Mental Wellness and the Life-Balance Challenge help seniors manage pressure, and Safe & Sound: Creating a Safety Plan helps them plan for their safety as they become more independent.

How is the 12th grade workbook different from 11th grade?

Both use the same four themes, but Grade 12 focuses on the final transition out of high school, adding self-advocacy, debt, a personal safety plan, cultural competency and a “Your Future” reflection.

Does it include assessments?

Yes. Your Superpowers assessments at the start, middle and end of the year show each student’s growth.

How does SEL connect to a Portrait of a Graduate?

A Portrait of a Graduate describes the competencies students should have when they graduate: communication, collaboration, agency, adaptability, career readiness, financial literacy and more. The Grade 12 workbook builds and reflects on all of them in the final year.

Is there a free sample?

Yes. Download the free K–12 SEL Workbook Sampler to preview lessons from every grade level.