School 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
Foster supportive classroom environments that engage in explicit SEL and integrate SEL throughout instruction.
FAQs on Schoolwide Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)
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Expand adult learning through structures such as professional learning communities and mentoring opportunities.
Create a stable budget for SEL resources, professional learning, and staffing to support the sustainability of SEL efforts.
CASEL Schoolwide SEL Walkthrough
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Set goals and action steps to promote SEL for students
The core of SEL implementation is promoting students’ social and emotional learning throughout the school day and in partnership with families and communities. Because student learning is influenced by their interactions across many relationships and environments, promoting student SEL requires thoughtful coordination of strategies across the settings where students live and learn.
Belonging and Emotional Safety
When teachers build the structures that support belonging and emotional safety, they lay the groundwork for students to focus on learning (Sergiovanni, 1994 in Darling-Hammond et al., 2017).
Focus Area 3 Continuous Improvement Connections
There are a variety of data sources that can be used to continuously improve how SEL is implemented for students.
Schoolwide SEL is evidenced by indicators in the classroom, school, family, and community.