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Wendy Turner Consulting

Educator. Author. Advocate.

Social Emotional Learning

Professional Development

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Purchase “Embracing Adult SEL” here

Meet Wendy Turner

Wendy is an author, teacher leader and experienced, passionate, award-winning educator, named the Delaware Teacher of the Year in 2017.

Wendy is an expert practitioner and skilled

at helping others understand SEL and

ignite effective SEL

in diverse classroom settings.

Wendy is effective at delivering authentic, powerful, professional development experiences that result in immediate changes in practice by participants.

Wendy is an SEL thought leader who often shares her passion, voice, and advocacy in podcasts, blogs, and articles.

From Routledge Publishing, Embracing Adult SEL is an Eye on Education Book. Social emotional learning (SEL) is frequently taught in schools, but how can educators embrace it in their own lives? In this helpful guidebook, Wendy demonstrates the importance of SEL being embraced, understood, and modeled by all members of the learning community. First, she offers tools to increase your self-awareness, including mindset, identity and culture, strengths, and core values. Second, she shows what self-management is and why it matters in helping everyone manage complex emotions in myriad ways. Then she explains what empathy is, and is not, and how it curious, connected, and active. Next, she discusses relationships—how we can foster successful relationships with everyday tools to ignite and support positive connections. Finally, she shows how to synthesize our skills, improving decision-making and modeling this for our students. Throughout each chapter, she provides creative, easy-to-implement ideas, stories, and reflection questions so you can make the ideas your own, enabling you to authentically grow and thrive on your personal and professional path.

Since 2019, Wendy has partnered with Kristin Souers and Pete Hall, the authors of the best-selling ASCD titles Fostering Resilient Learners and Relationship, Responsibility, and Regulation. In partnership with Kristin and Pete, Wendy delivers powerful professional development around the country including keynote speeches, full-day workshops, and engaging professional development sessions to meet client needs, both in person and virtually. Participants love her authenticity and positive, high-energy style.

Client Testimonials

"Our teachers have not stopped talking about the strategies they’ve learned!"

"I really enjoyed your workshop. I felt it was easy to follow. You gave us practical information that we can go back and implement in our classrooms. I thought the slide show, videos, and the interactions you provided us were engaging."

"I love how authentic and useful everything was today. I can't wait to bring it back to my classroom."

"Wendy knows her stuff! Everything was very applicable and the session was a great way to use the day!"

"Your presentation was incredibly thoughtful, impactful, and well-received and left our community feeling inspired and well-equipped to continue the work they do each day. Your heart for students is absolutely contagious, and we are excited to see how teachers bring their learning to life in the classroom."