Focus Area 3
Promote SEL for Students
Promoting SEL for all students requires more than a single program or professional learning. Students more deeply internalize SEL when there is systemic coordination of strategies across schools, classrooms, homes, and communities. This focus area helps districts ensure consistent opportunities for SEL, integrate SEL into key priorities, and develop deep family and community partnerships.
Key Activities
Key Activity
SEL Standards
Standards establish developmentally-appropriate and culturally-responsive benchmarks for SEL, and sends the message that SEL is a core part of students’ education.
Key Activity
Evidence-Based Programs and Practices
The adoption of evidence-based programs is key to providing consistent, high-quality SEL opportunities for all students.
Key Activity
Family and Community Partnerships
SEL is reinforced and sustained when districts, families, and community partners align and work together.
Key Activity
Integration
The systemic integration of SEL into district priorities ensures that it will come to be seen as a vital component of what makes the district, schools, and students successful.
Focus Area 3 Rubric
Engage in a full review of your current level of implementation and your district’s needs and resources. Use your responses to this rubric to inform your goals and implementation plan.
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