Supportive Discipline: Discipline policies and practices that are instructive, restorative, developmentally appropriate, and equitably enforced. This approach maintains respectful relationships, teaches social and emotional skills, and promotes student agency.
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Planning Procedures for Supportive Environments Clear and consistent procedures set up routines that help all young people feel safe to interact and engage in learning. Use this tool to develop procedures for routines. |
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This tool provides readings, individual and group reflection questions, and activities for small groups to discuss and support each other to implement practices that strengthen learning environments. Use this as a source to strengthen collaboration, relationships, knowledge and skills over the course of the school year. |
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Restorative Practices and SEL Alignment This document describes how restorative practices can align to an approach to schoolwide SEL, how they are mutually supportive, and how to implement both in an integrated way. |
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SEL in the Classroom Self-Assessment This tool can be used to assess strengths and areas to develop for promoting SEL through explicit instruction, integration into academic instruction, and a supportive classroom climate. |
A Supportive Classroom Environment
A supportive and equitable environment in all classrooms serves as a platform for all academic, social and emotional learning. At the core of a supportive classroom is a caring, engaging teacher who establishes authentic trusting relationships with each student.
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.
Establish Discipline Policies that Promote SEL
When discipline policies and practices are supportive, developmentally-appropriate, and equitable, they reinforce SEL and support stronger relationships, student engagement, and equitable outcomes.
Schoolwide SEL is evidenced by indicators in the classroom, school, family, and community.
This collection of videos from CASEL, collaborating districts, and other producers are sorted by the Ten Indicators of Schoolwide SEL and other key categories to support you in visualizing, communicating, and generating discussion about SEL.
Foster supportive classroom environments that engage in explicit SEL and integrate SEL throughout instruction.