Family partnerships (Authentic Family Partnerships): Regular and meaningful opportunities for families and school staff to build relationships and collaborate to support students’ social, emotional, and academic development. CASEL - Indicators of Schoolwide SEL
Develop a coordinated approach for supporting students’ social and emotional learning across the school, classrooms, homes, and communities.
Build on Strengths and Experience
Schools, like the greater society, are becoming increasingly more diverse in culture, ethnicity, race, language, values, and beliefs. This diversity has countless positive benefits, but it can also present challenges.
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.
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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.
Set goals and action steps to promote SEL for students
The core of SEL implementation is promoting students’ social and emotional learning throughout the school day and in partnership with families and communities. Because student learning is influenced by their interactions across many relationships and environments, promoting student SEL requires thoughtful coordination of strategies across the settings where students live and learn.
Connect and Collaborate Among Staff
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Foster a Supportive School Climate
Schoolwide norms help operationalize how all staff and students will contribute to a school culture that achieves their shared vision.
Foster supportive classroom environments that engage in explicit SEL and integrate SEL throughout instruction.
Aligning SEL and Academic Objectives
As your SEL team works with teachers to align SEL and academic objectives, it’s also important to consider how the content is delivered so that it supports the practice of social and emotional competencies.