Explicit SEL: Students having consistent opportunities to cultivate, practice, and reflect on social and emotional competencies in ways that are developmentally and culturally responsive. CASEL - Indicators of Schoolwide SEL
Engage all members of the school community in foundational learning opportunities to help them understand their role in schoolwide SEL.
By building an SEL team that reflects the school community and incorporates many points of view, the school will be better able to meet its needs and build commitment to SEL.
Expand adult learning through structures such as professional learning communities and mentoring opportunities.
Connect and Collaborate With Families
Mentoring programs can help teachers improve their professional relationships while enhancing their SEL and instructional practice.
Private: Integrating SEL into Staff and Grade-Level Meetings
SEL practices help improve collaboration and can be embedded into any meeting where staff comes together to help build collaboration. Practices may include intentional opportunities to connect personally, interact in meaningful ways, share appreciations, or take time for reflection.
Students have a unique perspective on how high-level decisions impact the day-to-day life of the school, and their voices are critical to quality schoolwide SEL implementation. By listening to students, schools can make informed decisions about the changes that will best support all learners.
Social and emotional learning is essential to every child’s education.
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.
The Rubric can be completed separately in five sections as you work through each Focus Area, or all five sections can be completed together for a full implementation review. After completing the rubric, you can set goals and create a plan.