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
When each staff member models social awareness by expressing their appreciation for their peers’ efforts, a culture of appreciation is created.
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Support staff in cultivating personal social and emotional competencies and fostering the competencies of peers and students.
Engage all members of the school community in foundational learning opportunities to help them understand their role in schoolwide SEL.
Support staff in modeling SEL competencies, mindsets, and skills throughout the school community.
Create meaningful partnership opportunities and two-way communication that invites families to understand, experience, inform, and support the social and emotional development of their students.
Build foundational support by establishing an SEL team, fostering SEL awareness, and developing a shared vision.
Develop a coordinated approach for supporting students’ social and emotional learning across the school, classrooms, homes, and communities.
Review your current level of implementation, identify needs and resources, set goals, and develop concrete action steps for SEL implementation.
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.