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Romanian Guidance Activities for Developing the

Socio-emotional Skills of Students

The first collection of Romanian school guidance counsellors’ practices, revised by a team of experts
and organized according to a recognized theoretical framework has been published online.

The Unit for Education Research, under the Romanian Education Ministry, has developed a guide targeted
at school counsellors and teachers which contains guidance and counselling programmes and activities
aimed at the development of social and emotional skills. The theoretical background is the CASEL
framework and the practices were collected from school counsellors and revised by researchers.

A number of 268 contributions were received, from which 132 were selected. All of the examples explicitly
mentioned the CASEL competencies i.e.: self-awareness, self-management, responsible decision making,
relationships skills or social awareness. Most of the programmes and activities tackled more than just one
area of CASEL competencies. Some examples of topics that were addressed: the sense of self, self-efficacy,
personal values, emotional regulation, anxiety control, resilience, stress management, planning and time
management, communication, relationships, etc. From all the examples, 40 can be implemented online or in
a blended manner. The methods are diverse, but they all have the active involvement of the students in
common. Also, most of the contributions show collaboration of various educational actors: school counsellor,
head teacher, other teachers, parents and the community at large.

The guide, which is divided into three volumes: primary school, middle school and high school & VET, was
released at the start of the 2020 school year and is published free on the official website of the Ministry of
Education and Research from Romania.

GUIDE FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL GUIDE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL GUIDE FOR HIGH SCHOOL&VET

Delia Goia

Unit for Education Research, Romania