Focus Area 2

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.

Make a plan to evaluate progress

With clear goals in place, determine what data you’ll need to collect throughout the year to measure progress and continuously improve your implementation plan.  Consider these questions when planning how to evaluate your SEL efforts: What type of data will help us understand if we are making progress toward our goals?  Who will be in […]

SEL Team

Establish a highly-functioning SEL team that’s representative of the school community and includes students, families, and community groups in decision-making processes.

Connect and Collaborate With Students

Professional learning communities provide an important opportunity to integrate SEL into existing practices, work collaboratively on the goals of schoolwide SEL, and cultivate their own social and emotional competencies.

Family Partnerships

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.

Focus Area 1B

Assess needs and resources to develop an SEL implementation plan with clear goals, action steps, and assigned ownership.

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.

Action Plan

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

Budget

Create a stable budget for SEL resources, professional learning, and staffing to support the sustainability of SEL efforts.

Connect and Collaborate

Expand adult learning through structures such as professional learning communities and mentoring opportunities.