Gale Launches New SEL and Career Readiness Platform to Prepare Students for Life After Graduation
October 20, 2021 at 09:57 am EDT
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Gale, part of Cengage Group, announced the launch of Gale Presents: Imago, an online social and emotional learning (SEL) and career readiness platform available to K-12 schools. In partnership with IMAGO, the offering allows schools to infuse video-based SEL content into 5th-12th grade curriculums to improve students' emotional intelligence in the classroom to help them thrive in their life and careers after graduation. Now school districts can provide an engaging curriculum to support students' social and emotional development and the building of soft skills needed for 21st century careers. As students move into careers, social emotional competencies continue to play an essential role. A CareerBuilder survey found that 71% of employers value emotional intelligence over IQ. Gale Presents: Imago will help schools shift to help students develop these critical skills and explore new paths that align with their interests and abilities to achieve their professional goals. Gale Presents: Imago provides digital lessons in three critical areas: SEL, career readiness, and soft skills. The program includes short snippets of videos and study guides designed to promote conversation, making it an engaging platform for students. Its video-based curriculum can be easily instilled into any subject to educate, entertain and engage students while helping them unlock their full potential. Additionally, teachers act as facilitators and don't have to plan a lesson for each topic, reducing program fatigue and prep time. Key features and capabilities include: Self-study or teacher/student-led lessons. Both can be delivered in-person or distance learning.
Turn-key lessons. Each SEL lesson come complete with facilitator guides with activities, think ahead questions and additional content to facilitate a lesson. Engaging and entertaining. Lessons are video-based, built for the Snapchat society and are designed to encourage and facilitate conversation. More than 225 researched-based digital lessons covering career exploration, life skills (eye contact, body language, etc.), work skills and SEL. Family Wellness lessons that are free to the public on topics such as anger, loneliness and navigating grief.
Accessible 24/7 on any device from anywhere. The lessons available in Gale Presents: Imago also help schools foster a culture of diversity and inclusion. For example, lessons on empathy, adaptability, and diverse perspectives help students develop the social awareness and relationship skills they need to be part of a diverse school community that promotes belonging and acceptance for all.
Cengage Learning Holdings II, Inc. is a global education technology company. The Company is organized into three core business units: Cengage Academic business, Cengage Work business, and Cengage Select. In the Cengage Academic business unit, the Company integrates U.S. Higher Education, International Higher Education and Secondary Education in order to leverage synergies across these businesses that share content, technology platforms and support services. The Cengage Work business unit services the workforce skills market and includes the Companyâs ed2go and Infosec businesses that leverage all the Companyâs relationships, content, and data to drive growth. The Companyâs third core business unit, Cengage Select, consists of four businesses, English language teaching (ELT), Research and Other (Australia K-12 and Milady), each serving select markets and customers. The Company serves the higher education, secondary education, workforce skills, ELT, and research markets around the world.