Page 4 – CASEL District Resource Guide

Title	Document Type
DRC Guidance Pages
Promote Staff Trust, Community, and Efficacy Resources When district staff feels a sense of community and shared purpose, they can engage more deeply in social and emotional learning (SEL). View resources here.
Focus Area 2 – Strengthen Adult SEL Competencies and Capacity This focus area of the CASEL District Resource Center helps school districts strengthen staff expertise and skills to lead social and emotional learning (SEL) initiatives, as well as cultivate adults’ social, emotional and cultural competencies.
Make Improvements to the Action Plan Process Sharing about progress and what is learned with district stakeholders helps raise awareness about what the SEL team is achieving, highlights successes that can be celebrated, and maintains commitment and buy-in among those key stakeholders. View process information here.
Equity considerations for SEL Implementation When social and emotional learning (SEL) implementation is centered around equity, it can be a key strategy for promoting understanding, examining biases, addressing racism, building cross-cultural relationships, closing opportunity gaps, and creating more inclusive schools.
SEL as a Lever for Equity and Excellence Social and emotional learning (SEL) can be a powerful lever for creating caring, just, inclusive, and healthy communities that support all individuals in reaching their fullest potential.
Communication Process Clear, ongoing communication helps build awareness, promotes social and emotional learning (SEL) in classrooms and schools, and makes the case for investing in SEL. View process information here.
Focus Area 2 – Strengthen Adult SEL Competencies and Capacity – Rubric Monitoring and reflecting on your district’s progress in promoting district-wide social and emotional learning (SEL) is an important part of a quality implementation. Here are tools for Focus Area 2 – Strengthen Adult SEL Competencies and Capacity that can help.
What is SEL Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.
Align Resources Resources Dedicated, long-term funding and staff are key for sustaining social and emotional learning (SEL) implementation and send a strong message that SEL is a priority. View resources here.
Professional Learning Resources Effective professional learning ensures that district staff understand social and emotional learning (SEL) and how to support systemic implementation. View resources here.

Promote Staff Trust, Community, and Efficacy Resources

When district staff feels a sense of community and shared purpose, they can engage more deeply in social and emotional learning (SEL). View resources here.

Focus Area 2 – Strengthen Adult SEL Competencies and Capacity

This focus area of the CASEL District Resource Center helps school districts strengthen staff expertise and skills to lead social and emotional learning (SEL) initiatives, as well as cultivate adults’ social, emotional and cultural competencies.

Make Improvements to the Action Plan Process

Sharing about progress and what is learned with district stakeholders helps raise awareness about what the SEL team is achieving, highlights successes that can be celebrated, and maintains commitment and buy-in among those key stakeholders. View process information here.

Equity considerations for SEL Implementation

When social and emotional learning (SEL) implementation is centered around equity, it can be a key strategy for promoting understanding, examining biases, addressing racism, building cross-cultural relationships, closing opportunity gaps, and creating more inclusive schools.

SEL as a Lever for Equity and Excellence

Social and emotional learning (SEL) can be a powerful lever for creating caring, just, inclusive, and healthy communities that support all individuals in reaching their fullest potential.

Communication Process

Clear, ongoing communication helps build awareness, promotes social and emotional learning (SEL) in classrooms and schools, and makes the case for investing in SEL. View process information here.

Focus Area 2 – Strengthen Adult SEL Competencies and Capacity – Rubric

Monitoring and reflecting on your district’s progress in promoting district-wide social and emotional learning (SEL) is an important part of a quality implementation. Here are tools for Focus Area 2 – Strengthen Adult SEL Competencies and Capacity that can help.

What is SEL

Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.

Align Resources Resources

Dedicated, long-term funding and staff are key for sustaining social and emotional learning (SEL) implementation and send a strong message that SEL is a priority. View resources here.

Professional Learning Resources

Effective professional learning ensures that district staff understand social and emotional learning (SEL) and how to support systemic implementation. View resources here.

DRC Guidance Pages