This is What The New Smart Looks Like

The 5 core competencies of socially and emotionally skilled children, according to the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning known as CASEL:

• They are self-aware. They are able to recognize their emotions, describe their interests and values, and accurately assess their strengths. They have a well-grounded sense of self-confidence and hope for the future.
• They are able to  regulate their emotions. They are able to manage stress, control impulses, and persevere in overcoming obstacles.  They can set and monitor progress toward the achievement of personal and academic goals  and express their emotions appropriately in a wide range of situations.
• They are socially aware. They are able to take the perspective of and empathize with others and recognize and appreciate individual and group similarities and differences. They are able to seek out and appropriately use family, school, and community resources.
• They have good relationship skills. They can establish and maintain healthy and rewarding relationships based on cooperation. They resist inappropriate social pressure; constructively prevent, manage, and resolve interpersonal conflict; and seek and provide help when needed.
• They demonstrate responsible decision-making at school, at home, in the community. In making decisions, they consider ethical standards, safety concerns, appropriate social  norms, respect for others, and the likely consequences of various courses of action. They  apply these decision-making skills in academic and social situations and are motivated to  contribute to the well-being of their schools and communities.