Foundational Learning

Engage all members of the school community in foundational learning opportunities to help them understand their role in schoolwide SEL.

Leading Together Session 4

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Needs and Resource Assessment

Review your current level of implementation, identify needs and resources, set goals, and develop concrete action steps for SEL implementation.

Model SEL with Students and Families

When staff model social and emotional competencies in their interactions with students and families, they intentionally embody SEL and set the stage for trusting relationships that catalyze learning and partnership.

Focus Area 3

Develop a coordinated approach for supporting students’ social and emotional learning across the school, classrooms, homes, and communities.

Focus Area 1A

Build foundational support by establishing an SEL team, fostering SEL awareness, and developing a shared vision.

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.

Private: Integrating SEL into Staff and Grade-Level Meetings

SEL practices help improve collaboration and can be embedded into any meeting where staff comes together to help build collaboration. Practices may include intentional opportunities to connect personally, interact in meaningful ways, share appreciations, or take time for reflection.

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.

Focus Area 4

Establish a structured, ongoing process to collect, reflect on, and use implementation and outcome data to inform school-level decisions and drive improvements to SEL implementation.