Page 11 – CASEL District Resource Guide

Title	Document Type
DRC Resources
Boston Public Schools Essentials for Instructional Equity Outlines 4 adult competencies for facilitating learning for diverse students, and includes an appendix of culturally and linguistically sustaining practices, a learning experience design template, and a parent guide. SOURCE: Boston Public Schools TAGS cultural competence anti-bias reading lists - staff equity culturally responsive college and career readiness instructional practices integrate with district priorities
Guiding Questions for Educators: Promote Equity Using SEL in your District When social and emotional learning (SEL) is implemented with a culturally responsive lens, educators can use SEL to cultivate equitable learning opportunities, responsive relationships, and inclusive practices. This resources features reflection questions for district-level educators to explore the CASEL core competencies through an equity lens. See also: Guiding Questions for Educators: Promote Equity Using SEL in your School SOURCE: CASEL TAGS cultural competence Adult SEL equity culturally responsive
Video: 7 Tips for Remote Teaching Larry Ferlazzo, a high school teacher in Sacramento City Unified School District, summarizes recommendations that he and other teachers made during an 11 part blog series on distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic for Education Week. SOURCE: Education Week TAGS COVID-19 distance learning coronavirus
Newsletter Archive: July 2020 Registered users of the District Resource Center and the Guide to Schoolwide SEL receive quarterly newsletters from CASEL with featured tools and learning opportunities. This issue focuses on returning to learning in the fall during the coronavirus pandemic. TAGS newsletter
SEL 101: What are the core competencies and key settings? (video) How can you bring social and emotional learning to your community? CASEL's framework for social and emotional learning (SEL) takes a systemic approach, identifying five core competence areas and four key settings. SOURCE: CASEL TAGS videos SEL overview professional learning
Guiding Questions for Educators: Promoting Equity Using SEL in your School When social and emotional learning (SEL) is implemented with a culturally responsive lens, educators can use SEL to cultivate equitable learning opportunities, responsive relationships, and inclusive practices. This resources features reflection questions for school-level educators to explore the CASEL core competencies through an equity lens. See also: Guiding Questions for Educators: Promote Equity Using SEL in your District SOURCE: CASEL TAGS cultural competence Adult SEL equity culturally responsive
School Climate Survey Compendia The National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments maintains this list of valid and reliable surveys, assessments, and scales of school climate. SOURCE: National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments TAGS define SEL metrics assessment continuous improvement PK-12 implementation evaluation
Nashville’s Strategic Plan for High Schools Nashville's 3 year plan for high schools includes strategies, action steps, and yearly goals for leadership, teaching, and curriculum with highlighted connections to social and emotional learning throughout. SOURCE: Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools TAGS student leadership implementation plan restorative practices high school grades college and career readiness planning integrate with district priorities
Classroom Guide for using the SEL Competencies Posters Oakland produced a set of classroom posters featuring the 5 SEL competencies, and provided this guide for teachers to build learning experiences around each poster. SOURCE: Oakland Unified School District TAGS lesson planning teacher tool social awareness self awareness self management relationship skills responsible decision making SEL competence SEL overview advisory/homeroom communications instructional practices classroom level
SEL Coordinator Job Description Job description and requirements for an SEL Coordinator role that works closely with the Department of Teaching and Learning. SOURCE: Atlanta Public Schools TAGS job descriptions hiring practices implementation support human and financial resource alignment SEL leadership

Boston Public Schools Essentials for Instructional Equity

Outlines 4 adult competencies for facilitating learning for diverse students, and includes an appendix of culturally and linguistically sustaining practices, a learning experience design template, and a parent guide.

SOURCE: Boston Public Schools

TAGS cultural competence anti-bias reading lists - staff equity culturally responsive college and career readiness instructional practices integrate with district priorities

Guiding Questions for Educators: Promote Equity Using SEL in your District

When social and emotional learning (SEL) is implemented with a culturally responsive lens, educators can use SEL to cultivate equitable learning opportunities, responsive relationships, and inclusive practices. This resources features reflection questions for district-level educators to explore the CASEL core competencies through an equity lens.

See also: Guiding Questions for Educators: Promote Equity Using SEL in your School

SOURCE: CASEL

TAGS cultural competence Adult SEL equity culturally responsive

Video: 7 Tips for Remote Teaching

Larry Ferlazzo, a high school teacher in Sacramento City Unified School District, summarizes recommendations that he and other teachers made during an 11 part blog series on distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic for Education Week.

SOURCE: Education Week

TAGS COVID-19 distance learning coronavirus

Newsletter Archive: July 2020

Registered users of the District Resource Center and the Guide to Schoolwide SEL receive quarterly newsletters from CASEL with featured tools and learning opportunities. This issue focuses on returning to learning in the fall during the coronavirus pandemic.

TAGS newsletter

SEL 101: What are the core competencies and key settings? (video)

How can you bring social and emotional learning to your community? CASEL's framework for social and emotional learning (SEL) takes a systemic approach, identifying five core competence areas and four key settings.

SOURCE: CASEL

TAGS videos SEL overview professional learning

Guiding Questions for Educators: Promoting Equity Using SEL in your School

When social and emotional learning (SEL) is implemented with a culturally responsive lens, educators can use SEL to cultivate equitable learning opportunities, responsive relationships, and inclusive practices. This resources features reflection questions for school-level educators to explore the CASEL core competencies through an equity lens.

See also: Guiding Questions for Educators: Promote Equity Using SEL in your District

SOURCE: CASEL

TAGS cultural competence Adult SEL equity culturally responsive

School Climate Survey Compendia

The National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments maintains this list of valid and reliable surveys, assessments, and scales of school climate.

SOURCE: National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments

TAGS define SEL metrics assessment continuous improvement PK-12 implementation evaluation

Nashville’s Strategic Plan for High Schools

Nashville's 3 year plan for high schools includes strategies, action steps, and yearly goals for leadership, teaching, and curriculum with highlighted connections to social and emotional learning throughout.

SOURCE: Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools

TAGS student leadership implementation plan restorative practices high school grades college and career readiness planning integrate with district priorities

Classroom Guide for using the SEL Competencies Posters

Oakland produced a set of classroom posters featuring the 5 SEL competencies, and provided this guide for teachers to build learning experiences around each poster.

SOURCE: Oakland Unified School District

TAGS lesson planning teacher tool social awareness self awareness self management relationship skills responsible decision making SEL competence SEL overview advisory/homeroom communications instructional practices classroom level

SEL Coordinator Job Description

Job description and requirements for an SEL Coordinator role that works closely with the Department of Teaching and Learning.

SOURCE: Atlanta Public Schools

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

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