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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Planning for Professional Learning on Evidence-based Programs Use this tool to begin incorporating professional learning and other support activities into the existing schoolwide professional learning plan. |
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Selecting an Evidence-Based Program This tool offers guiding questions to determine whether an evidence-based program answers the needs of your students, families, teachers, school, and district. |
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Selecting an Evidence-Based Program (OST) This tool (OST version) offers guiding questions to determine whether an evidence-based program answers the needs of your young people, families, staff, and community. |
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Key Responsibilities of a Site-Based SEL Team Member (OST) Members of the SEL team (OST version) will model social and emotional competence throughout the community and work to advance the vision and mission of the SEL team. |
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Key Responsibilities of a Site-Based SEL Team Lead (OST) The SEL Team Lead (OST version) will model social and emotional competence while motivating, guiding, and keeping the SEL team organized and on task. |
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MTSS and PBIS Support Programs Some of the most common frameworks for organizing student supports are Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) and Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS). Adopting schoolwide SEL does not mean that a school must abandon these existing frameworks. Rather, schoolwide SEL offers an opportunity to enhance or refine existing systems of support. |
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Preparing SEL Team Agendas (OST) SEL Team Agenda (OST version) provides a template for planning what items will be discussed in meetings throughout the year, based on the community's SEL goals and implementation plan. |
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Social-Emotional Learning Assessment Measures for Middle School Youth The purpose of the current review is to identify valid, reliable, and useable school-wide assessments for social/emotional well-being of youth and to help schools and districts identify tools that could be useful in determining the success of the programs created to improve student social/emotional well-being. |
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CASEL staff presented this webinar in collaboration with NAESP to share recommendations for how principals can coordinate and build upon SEL practices and programs to create an environment that infuses SEL into every part of students’ educational experience and promotes equitable outcomes. You can view a summary and the full webinar at https://www.naesp.org/communicator-october-2019/principal-s-role-sel |
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TOOL: Staff, Family, and Community Partner Survey on SEL Implementation This tool is designed to support school-based SEL teams in collecting data on staff, family, and community partner perceptions of SEL implementation. These data are helpful for progress monitoring, planning, setting goals, and continuously improving schoolwide SEL implementation. |