Focus Area 2

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Connect and Collaborate With Families

Mentoring programs can help teachers improve their professional relationships while enhancing their SEL and instructional practice.

School

Align schoolwide systems, policies, programs, and practices to promote SEL for students.

Classroom

Foster supportive classroom environments that engage in explicit SEL and integrate SEL throughout instruction.

Focus Area 4

Establish a structured, ongoing process to collect, reflect on, and use implementation and outcome data to inform school-level decisions and drive improvements to SEL implementation.

Set goals and action steps to cultivate SEL for adults

Supporting adults to engage in their own social and emotional learning, collaborating on strategies to promote SEL, and modeling SEL throughout the school is an essential part of schoolwide SEL.  More than just professional learning, the SEL team should also take steps to foster a supportive work environment where SEL is part of the way […]

Schoolwide SEL in International Settings

This page contains CASEL resources that have been particularly helpful for educators within an international context.

Action Plan

Review your current level of implementation, identify needs and resources, set goals, and develop concrete action steps for SEL implementation.

Using Interactive Pedagogy

When instructional practices actively involve students in making meaning of content, they are more deeply engaged in their learning and have meaningful opportunities to practice SEL skills.

Practices for School Leaders

An important part of building staff skills around SEL is modeling by school leaders. These strategies can provide ideas for administrators and leadership teams to build relationships and show staff they are cared for and appreciated.