Welcome
Open Circle provides a unique, evidence-based social and emotional learning program for grades K-5. Working with administrators, educators, counselors, and staff from across the school, Open Circle aims to:
- Proactively develop children’s skills for recognizing and managing emotions, empathy, positive relationships and problem solving
- Help schools develop a community where students feel safe, cared for and engaged in learning.
Open Circle News
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Congratulations to Barbara Gogan, recipient of 2018 MSLA Super Librarian Award
The Massachusetts School Library Association named Barbara Gogan, school librarian at Peter Noyes Elementary School in Sudbury, as a recipient of the 2018 MSLA Massachusetts Super Librarian Award. Barbara organized the library and catalog for teachers to access Open Circle recommended literature....
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Are you utilizing Open Circle HomeLink letters?
New meta-analysis in AERA’s Review of Educational Research journal finds tighter Home-School Bonds Improve Students' Social and Emotional Skills (as Well as Academics). Read the article in EdWeek HomeLink letters can be found in the Open Circle Curriculum binders, at the back of each lesson. All...
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SEED teams with Open Circle for Tufts University Workshop on SEL and Equity
Open Circle and SEED co-facilitated a workshop on SEL and equity for the Tisch College SEL and Civic Engagement Faculty Fellows program. The workshop focused on SEL and equity interconnections, particularly in terms of difficult classroom conversations. Read...
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Did you know Open Circle curates SEL literature?
Peg Sawyer, Open Circle Trainer and Coach, reviews children's literature that relates to social and emotional learning. See our list of recommened children's literature
How We Help Schools & Communities
Open Circle’s whole-school approach:
- Unites schools with common vocabulary
- Improves school climate
- Increases students’ use of prosocial and critical thinking skills
- Reduces negative behaviors such as peer exclusion, bullying and fighting
- Strengthens educators' facilitation and SEL (social emotional learning) skills
- Frees up time for academics through proactive behavior management
