School Climate: The "quality and character of school life" based on how members of the school community experience school and the school's "norms, goals, values, interpersonal relationships, teaching, learning and leadership practices, and organizational structures" (Reference: National School Climate Council). National School Climate Council
| Title | Document Type | Save |
|---|---|---|
|
This tool provides readings, individual and group reflection questions, and activities for small groups to discuss and support each other to implement practices that strengthen learning environments. Use this as a source to strengthen collaboration, relationships, knowledge and skills over the course of the school year. |
||
|
Guiding Questions for Educators: Promote Equity using SEL in your School When social and emotional learning (SEL) is implemented with a culturally responsive lens, educators can use SEL to cultivate equitable learning opportunities, responsive relationships, and inclusive practices. This resource features reflection questions for school-level educators to explore the CASEL core competencies through an equity lens. |
||
|
Develop a Shared Vision for Schoolwide SEL This tool provides a model for structuring a conversation about developing a shared vision for SEL or integrating SEL into your school’s existing shared vision. |
||
|
Plan SEL Foundational Learning for the School Community This tool is designed to help SEL leaders prepare a broad plan and access resources to support foundational learning about SEL. It should be used in the early stages of schoolwide SEL implementation |
||
|
Schoolwide SEL Program and Initiative Inventory This tool is designed to help the SEL team learn about past and present SEL-related work that has occurred in the school. It includes an interview protocol and guidance for analyzing information from interviews or surveys to decide what SEL-related work should be built upon or reinstated. |
||
|
Indicators of Schoolwide SEL Walkthrough Protocol (Spanish version) Invite your broader school community to participate in data collection, reflection, and learning by joining an SEL Walkthrough (this version translated into Spanish). |
||
|
Community Partner Inventory on Schoolwide SEL Implementation Includes sample letter and 12 items to learn to what extent community partners are aware of and included in SEL implementation at the school. |
||
|
A National Teacher Survey on how Social and Emotional Learning can empower children and transform schools |
||
|
Private: Continuous Improvement Connection: School Climate This tool shows how the continuous improvement template can be used to create a plan for improving relationships among teachers at different grade levels as part of Focus Area 3. |
||
|
Strategies for Establishing School-Family Partnerships in Support of SEL This tool suggests ways that the SEL team can further engage families in learning about, supporting, and promoting SEL. |