Evidence-based SEL program: Programs grounded in research and principles of child and adolescent development, and scientifically evaluated and shown to produce positive student outcomes. CASEL identifies high-quality evidence-based programs as those that are well-designed to systematically promote students’ social and emotional competence, provide opportunities for practice, offer multi-year programming, and provide high-quality training and ongoing implementation support. School Guide + Program Guide
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SEL Teaching Practices That Enhance Academic Learning and Engagement This chart guides educators as they think through two key questions: Which specific SEL practices would help my students be successful within the lessons and activities I have prepared? What will it look and sound like to integrate SEL as I teach my core subject? |
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Principals, administrators, SEL team members, staff members, and other adults can use this tool to assess personal strengths, think about how to model those strengths when interacting with others, and plan strategies to promote growth across areas of social competence. |
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SEL Integrated Lesson Planning Checklist This tool helps teachers identify where within lesson plans SEL practices are already present or where they might be included. |
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SEL-Integrated Sample Lesson Plans This tool helps teachers identify where within lesson plans SEL practices are already present, or where they might be included. |
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The SEL Team Checklist provides a list of key activities to assess and monitor to maximize team functioning and effectiveness. |
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Using Grade-Level and Content Area Team Meetings to Support SEL This tool provides guidance for using team meetings to connect and collaborate on SEL implementation. |
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This tool helps you identify potential SEL team members to recruit. |
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Private: Continuous Improvement Connection: Representativeness on the SEL Team This tool provides an example of how the continuous improvement template can be used to create a plan for addressing representation on the SEL team as part of Focus Area 1. |
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Partnering with Community Organizations to Support SEL This tool can help the SEL team identify ways to partner with community organizations toward a common goal of advancing social and emotional learning. |
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Private: Teacher Self-Assessment: Explicit SEL Instruction With this tool, teachers can periodically to monitor the level of SEL implementation in their classrooms. |