SEL Standards:
Strong SEL standards or guidelines are comprehensive, developmentally appropriate, and culturally responsive, and include benchmarks for what all students should know and be able to do from PreK through grade 12. They establish common language in an area that may be less familiar than math or reading to many district personnel, students, and parents and allow districts to outline intersections of SEL with standards in academic content areas.
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| Successful districtwide social and emotional learning (SEL) implementation is more effective when districts also cultivate adults’ SEL and cultural competencies. View process information here. | ||
| Access to high-quality data can make or break an SEL effort. When your team documents the ongoing successes and challenges they encounter throughout the year, they’re equipped to problem solve in real-time. | ||
| 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. | ||
| This focus area of the CASEL District Resource Center helps districts collect and reflect on data, address challenges, and build upon successes to continuously improve social and emotional learning (SEL) implementation. | ||
| Access to high-quality data can make or break an SEL effort. When your team documents the ongoing successes and challenges they encounter throughout the year, they’re equipped to problem solve in real-time. View process information here. | ||
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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. |
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| This focus area of the CASEL District Resource Center helps districts ensure consistent opportunities for social and emotional learning (SEL), integrate SEL into key priorities, and develop deep family and community partnerships. | ||
| The CASEL 5 social and emotional learning (SEL) competencies are self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. They promote intrapersonal, interpersonal, and cognitive competence. | ||
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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. |
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| Adopting an evidence-based program is one of the key strategies for providing consistent social and emotional learning (SEL) opportunities for all students. View resources here. | ||