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.
Also, see the resources section for Adult SEL and Cultural Competence.
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SEL Trends: Strengthening Adult SEL CASEL profiles Oakland USD, Sacramento City USD, and Tulsa Public Schools and shares key resources in this SEL Trends issue devoted to districts' focus on adult SEL needs. SOURCE: CASEL |
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SEL 3 Signature Practices introductory video – Adult SEL Video describing the SEL 3 signature practices (welcoming inclusion activity, engaging practices, and optimistic closure) and how to use them in settings with adults, such as a meeting or professional learning. SOURCE: CASEL |
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Districts in Action – Strengthen Adult SEL Competencies and Capacity This brief spotlights three different approaches to adult SEL from SEL leaders in school districts in Olympia, Buffalo, and Des Moines. Visit https://casel.org/series/sel-fellows-briefs/ for more briefs from SEL Fellows. SOURCE: CASEL |
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Minneapolis Public Schools developed a set of posters describing how adults exercise social and emotional skills in 5 core areas. SOURCE: Minneapolis Public Schools |
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Webinar: Adult SEL and Cultural Competence Dr. Marisha Humphries, Associate Professor in the department of Educational Psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, joined CASEL partners for a webinar to discuss the importance of social and emotional competence for educators, ways to support adults in strengthening SEL skills, and strategies to become more self aware and reflective about our own social identity, culturally informed emotional expression, and social behaviors and how they impact our relationships and our work in education. See the webinar recording and transcript at http://bit.ly/CASELwebinar21820 SOURCE: CASEL |
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Oakland PK-Adult SEL Standards Oakland's SEL standards, which have been enhanced to prioritize equity and respect for diversity. SOURCE: Oakland Unified School District |
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District SEL Best Practices: Cultivating Shared Leadership for Schoolwide SEL A district SEL leader from Austin, TX describes their leadership structure and approach to supporting SEL implementation through district SEL specialists who provide coaching and training for cohorts of school-based SEL leaders who in turn work with an SEL steering committee that is representative of the broader school community. This model has been shown to significantly improve implementation. SOURCE: Austin Independent School District |
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Teacher Interview: How Do SEL Skills Come Into Play for You as an Adult? (video) Interview with a teacher in Anchorage reflecting on her own social and emotional development and how she models for her students. SOURCE: Anchorage Public Schools |
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SEL Central Office Professional Learning Community Agenda An agenda from Sacramento's SEL professional learning community for central office staff to better align district departments to improve adult practices and student SEL outcomes. SOURCE: Sacramento City Unified School District |
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Washoe County School District SEL Data Information Site Washoe's data webpage shares their SEL standards, their formal and informal approaches to measuring SEL growth, and rich, easy to read displays of data. SOURCE: Washoe County School District |