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Establish Norms for Data-Informed Conversations This tool includes ways for facilitators to establish a space for safe and productive collaboration and recommended norms to ensure that the conversation is inclusive of all voices and results in concrete next steps. SOURCE: CASEL |
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Playbook to Leverage the Power of Communities of Practice Developed with state policy teams, this resource is designed to support anyone who is working to build a community of practice across multiple schools or districts. Describes 6 steps for building a high quality CoP with tools and examples for each step. SOURCE: CASEL |
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Student SEL Data Reflection Protocol Student perspective is essential for understanding district data and making equitable, inclusive, and culturally responsive decisions. This tool presents a student-led, structured process for students to reflect on school and district data in partnership with adults, to observe trends and discuss ideas for improvement of SEL implementation. SOURCE: CASEL |
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Readiness Considerations for Schoolwide SEL This reflection tool outlines readiness considerations that could benefit a school community embarking on the process of building a schoolwide SEL effort, and can be useful to district leaders preparing to guide a cohort of schools with SEL implementation. Many of these readiness factors can be reinforced over time and/or built while the school community works towards systemic SEL. SOURCE: CASEL |
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Reflecting on Equity-Centered SEL Leadership Practices Use this tool as a personal reflection on your leadership habits. These prompts are intended to spark your curiosity about your current practices and how you can be intentional about developing equity-centered leadership skills. SOURCE: CASEL |
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Team Retreats: Centering SEL as You Plan, Facilitate, and Debrief Use this tool as you plan a half-day to multi-day retreat for your team, to integrate SEL into the way you design the agenda, share opportunities for leadership among team members, facilitate activities, and set up discussions for the team to make meaning of what they have learned and accomplished. SOURCE: CASEL |
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Systems-Wide Reflection: Indicators of Schoolwide and Districtwide SEL This chart sets CASEL’s Indicators of Districtwide SEL and Indicators of Schoolwide SEL side by side, with links to further information, suggested implementation processes, and examples. District leaders can use this tool to guide reflection, conversation, and planning about how social and emotional learning (SEL) is integrated throughout systems at the school level and at the district level. SOURCE: CASEL |
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Academic SEL and Mathematics Curriculum Materials From the University of Texas Charles A. Dana Center, this brief tool can help determine to what degree your district's math instructional materials and educator practices integrate SEL competencies. While focused on math, much can be applied to other core subjects. SOURCE: University/Nonprofit Research Institution |
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Developing Effective Social and Emotional Learning Communication Strategies for your District This guide from Collaborative Communications will help an SEL team plan a multi-media, 4 step communications outreach plan. SOURCE: Collaborative Communications |
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Resources for Identity Safe Classrooms Resource library accompaniment to the book Identity Safe Classrooms, including resources on stereotype threat and identity safety, relationships, cultivating diversity as a resource, child-centered teaching, and caring environments. SOURCE: External website |
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