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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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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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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These guiding questions support work with out-of-school time (OST) staff and planning for deepening OST partnerships as part of continuous improvement. |
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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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This professional learning activity can be used in an all-staff meeting or professional learning community to collectively discuss how school staff model social and emotional competencies in their interactions with the students and families they serve. |
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Using Grade-Level and Content Area Team Meetings to Support SEL This tool provides guidance for using grade-level team meetings to foster SEL among staff. |
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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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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 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. |
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.