FAQs on Schoolwide Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)

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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.

Model

Support staff in modeling SEL competencies, mindsets, and skills throughout the school community.

Focus Area 1A

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

Shared Vision

Collaboratively develop a shared vision for schoolwide SEL that is communicated to the entire school community, informs planning and implementation, and is revisited regularly.

Family Partnerships

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.

Equity and SEL

SEL is a powerful lever for creating caring, just, inclusive, and healthy communities that support all individuals in reaching their fullest potential.

Integration of SEL and Academics

Social and emotional competencies serve as a foundation for achieving academic goals, while academic instruction also provides a ripe opportunity for teaching and practicing SEL.

Fostering Academic Mindsets

Academic mindsets are beliefs or ways of perceiving oneself in relation to learning, and lay the groundwork for deep academic, social and emotional learning.

Professional Learning About SEL

As staff use shared agreements to guide their interactions, it’s essential that they also reflect on their own social and emotional growth.