Community Partnerships (Aligned Community Partnerships): Schools and community partners aligning on common language, strategies, and communication around all SEL-related efforts and initiatives, including out-of-school time. CASEL - Indicators of Schoolwide SEL
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Review your current level of implementation, identify needs and resources, set goals, and develop concrete action steps for SEL implementation.
Support staff in cultivating personal social and emotional competencies and fostering the competencies of peers and students.
Explicit SEL instruction refers to consistent opportunities for students to cultivate, practice, and reflect on social and emotional competencies in ways that are developmentally appropriate and culturally responsive.
Focus Area 1A: Continuous Improvement Connections
The SEL team has an important role in leading schoolwide SEL. The team can be strengthened over time using continuous improvement techniques.
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.
Just as it’s important to model SEL for students in the classroom, it’s also important for adults to consistently model social-emotional competencies with each other.
This process helps schools create an environment that supports students in developing the academic, social, and emotional competencies that they need to navigate the world.
The CASEL Guide to Schoolwide SEL provides an intentional and collaborative implementation process. Find out where to begin.