Page 11 – CASEL District Resource Guide

Title	Document Type
DRC Resources
Assistant Superintendent of SEL Job Description Job description for Assistant Superintendent of SEL and Wellness, which also oversees a range of student support services including health and counseling. SOURCE: Boston Public Schools TAGS job descriptions hiring practices implementation support human and financial resource alignment SEL leadership
Edutopia’s How Learning Happens Video Series Videos that combine the science of brain development and real examples of practices explicitly designed to integrate social & emotional skills in classrooms and schoolwide settings, including trauma-informed practices, co-developed class norms, Socratic circles, makerspaces, student-led conferences and more. SOURCE: Edutopia TAGS PLC videos SEL competence student leadership research brief culturally responsive teacher training model SEL schools PK-12 instructional practices classroom level culture and climate building community professional learning building buy-in for SEL youth voice
Youth Participatory Action Research Hub Youth Participatory Action Research is an approach that trains young people to conduct research to improve their community and the institutions designed to serve them. This hub, hosted by UC Berkeley, shares curriculum and resources to support YPAR projects. SOURCE: External website TAGS toolkit student leadership assessment conducting local SEL research continuous improvement youth voice
SEL Coach Job Description Job description for an SEL coach who leads SEL professional development and coaching for a portfolio of schools. TAGS job descriptions hiring practices implementation support SEL coaching for staff human and financial resource alignment SEL leadership
Partnering with Community Organizations to Support SEL This tool from CASEL's Guide to Schoolwide SEL describes 3 main ways schools can partner with community organizations: by bringing partners into the school, linking families with their resources, and organizing community-based experiences for students. SOURCE: CASEL TAGS community partnerships SEL partnerships toolkit MTSS SEL leadership
Guiding Questions for Building Strong Partnerships between School Day and Out-of-School Time Educators This tool from CASEL's Guide to Schoolwide SEL provides questions to help the SEL team think intentionally about how to fully partner with OST providers to promote SEL. SOURCE: CASEL TAGS community partnerships SEL partnerships community relations out of school SEL leadership family and community engagement
The In-School and Afterschool Social Emotional Learning Connection: A Planning Tool Tool for afterschool and in-school staff first to reflect independently on their goals for SEL and think about what is being done in each setting to support SEL, then to discuss how to work collaboratively toward a common goal. SOURCE: AIR TAGS community partnerships SEL partnerships building community MTSS out of school planning building buy-in for SEL SEL leadership

Assistant Superintendent of SEL Job Description

Job description for Assistant Superintendent of SEL and Wellness, which also oversees a range of student support services including health and counseling.

SOURCE: Boston Public Schools

TAGS job descriptions hiring practices implementation support human and financial resource alignment SEL leadership

Edutopia’s How Learning Happens Video Series

Videos that combine the science of brain development and real examples of practices explicitly designed to integrate social & emotional skills in classrooms and schoolwide settings, including trauma-informed practices, co-developed class norms, Socratic circles, makerspaces, student-led conferences and more.

SOURCE: Edutopia

TAGS PLC videos SEL competence student leadership research brief culturally responsive teacher training model SEL schools PK-12 instructional practices classroom level culture and climate building community professional learning building buy-in for SEL youth voice

Youth Participatory Action Research Hub

Youth Participatory Action Research is an approach that trains young people to conduct research to improve their community and the institutions designed to serve them. This hub, hosted by UC Berkeley, shares curriculum and resources to support YPAR projects.

SOURCE: External website

TAGS toolkit student leadership assessment conducting local SEL research continuous improvement youth voice

SEL Coach Job Description

Job description for an SEL coach who leads SEL professional development and coaching for a portfolio of schools.

TAGS job descriptions hiring practices implementation support SEL coaching for staff human and financial resource alignment SEL leadership

Partnering with Community Organizations to Support SEL

This tool from CASEL's Guide to Schoolwide SEL describes 3 main ways schools can partner with community organizations: by bringing partners into the school, linking families with their resources, and organizing community-based experiences for students.

SOURCE: CASEL

TAGS community partnerships SEL partnerships toolkit MTSS SEL leadership

Guiding Questions for Building Strong Partnerships between School Day and Out-of-School Time Educators

This tool from CASEL's Guide to Schoolwide SEL provides questions to help the SEL team think intentionally about how to fully partner with OST providers to promote SEL.

SOURCE: CASEL

TAGS community partnerships SEL partnerships community relations out of school SEL leadership family and community engagement

The In-School and Afterschool Social Emotional Learning Connection: A Planning Tool

Tool for afterschool and in-school staff first to reflect independently on their goals for SEL and think about what is being done in each setting to support SEL, then to discuss how to work collaboratively toward a common goal.

SOURCE: AIR

TAGS community partnerships SEL partnerships building community MTSS out of school planning building buy-in for SEL SEL leadership

DRC Resources