Family partnerships (Authentic Family Partnerships): Regular and meaningful opportunities for families and school staff to build relationships and collaborate to support students’ social, emotional, and academic development. CASEL - Indicators of Schoolwide SEL
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12 Strategies for Adult SEL Facilitation Clear strategies for facilitating effective, SEL-infused professional learning. |
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Restorative Justice: A Mindset (New Root Learning Institute) This professional learning resource from a collaborating organization in Chicago, the New Root Learning Institute, includes a reflection exercise to understand the difference between a punitive and a restorative mindset and an activity to re-frame punitive statements toward students with restorative language and mindsets. (Shared with permission, see newroot.org for more) |
Adopt an Evidence-Based Program for SEL
Evidence-based SEL programs are grounded in research and principles of child and adolescent development, and scientifically evaluated and shown to produce positive student outcomes.
Review your current level of implementation, identify needs and resources, set goals, and develop concrete action steps for SEL implementation.
Professional Learning About SEL
As staff use shared agreements to guide their interactions, it’s essential that they also reflect on their own social and emotional growth.
Private: Professional Learning Plan
As the SEL team works to develop a schoolwide professional learning plan, staff can choose to take it one step further and develop their own personalized professional learning plan to support the school’s SEL goals.
A list of the written sources
Create a stable budget for SEL resources, professional learning, and staffing to support the sustainability of SEL efforts.
Cultivate a community of adults who engage in their own social and emotional learning, collaborate on strategies for promoting SEL, and model SEL throughout the school.
Create meaningful partnership opportunities and two-way communication that invites families to understand, experience, inform, and support the social and emotional development of their students.