Adult SEL: Regular opportunities for staff to cultivate their own social, emotional, and cultural competence, collaborate with one another, build trusting relationships, and maintain a strong community. CASEL - Indicators of Schoolwide SEL
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This powerpoint presentation provides a library of slides with research on social and emotional learning. Your school can use these slides to help introduce the importance of SEL to staff, community partners, families, potential funders, and other stakeholders. In the notes section, you’ll see talking points to help you plan a presentation. |
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SEL 101 Sample Introductory Presentation This presentation can be adapted and used to introduce SEL to staff, families, and community partners. It gives an overview of what is SEL, why it’s important, and the process for schoolwide SEL. Talking points are provided in the notes section. |
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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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Create a Professional Learning Plan (OST) Use this tool (OST version) to organize a customized professional learning plan for your staff that is clearly tied to SEL goals, can be assessed for effectiveness throughout the year, draws upon available resources, and includes intentional follow-up to ensure that new practices are sustained and supported over time. |
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SEL 101 Sample Introductory Presentation (OST) This presentation (OST version) can be adapted and used to introduce SEL to staff, families, and community partners. It gives an overview of what is SEL, why it’s important, and the process for sitewide SEL. Talking points are provided in the notes section. |
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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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A National Teacher Survey on how Social and Emotional Learning can empower children and transform schools |
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Strategies for Elevating Student Voice This tool offers examples of ways that staff can support and elevate a broad range of student perspectives and experiences as part of schoolwide SEL efforts. |
In addition to driving overall schoolwide SEL implementation, PDSA improvement cycles also provide a powerful structure for quickly testing specific innovative strategies to support SEL.
Cultivate a community of adults who engage in their own social and emotional learning, collaborate on strategies for promoting SEL, and model SEL throughout the school.