Learning Climate: The "quality and character of school life" based on how members of the school community experience school and the school's "norms, goals, values, interpersonal relationships, teaching, learning and leadership practices, and organizational structures" (Reference: National School Climate Council). National School Climate Council
Schoolwide SEL is evidenced by indicators in the classroom, school, family, and community.
SEL is a powerful lever for creating caring, just, inclusive, and healthy communities that support all individuals in reaching their fullest potential.
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.
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.
Foster supportive classroom environments that engage in explicit SEL and integrate SEL throughout instruction.
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Share learning from this year and plan for next year
Use summative data to evaluate progress toward goals, report out on successes and challenges, reflect with staff, students, and families, and establish new or updated goals and action steps for the year to come.
Review your current level of implementation, identify needs and resources, set goals, and develop concrete action steps for SEL implementation.
Collaboratively develop a shared vision for schoolwide SEL that is communicated to the entire school community, informs planning and implementation, and is revisited regularly.
CASEL Schoolwide SEL Walkthrough
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