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If you want to learn more about the topic of social-emotional learning, we recommend the following resources:
*Reintegrating Students to In-Person Learning with SEL*
- Resources for Reopening Schools (Learning Policy Institute)
- The Role of SEL in Reintegrating to In-Person Learning: 6 Tenets to Guide Your Transition Plan
- FAQs About Returning to School for Parents and Guardians
- COVID-19 Resources for Schools, Students, and Families
- CASEL’s Reopening Roadmap
- Morning Meetings: Creating a Culture of Safety and Care
- Returning to In-Person Learning: A Look Inside K-12 Reopening Plans for the Spring and Fall of 2021
SEL 101:
- 20+ Leading SEL Programs
- Building Social-Emotional Skills With Technology: How to Use SEL to Cultivate Digital Wellness
- CASEL’s New Definitions of SEL (2020)
- Collaborative for Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
- Committee for Children (CFC) Blog
- Education Week Blog: Learning is Social & Emotional
- Edutopia: Social and Emotional Learning
- Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley
- Panorama Education Blog
- Resources for Social and Emotional Learning from The New York Times
- Sanford Harmony Blog
- Social Emotional Learning Alliance for the United States
- Systemic SEL: A Comprehensive Guide
- The Aspen Institute: National Commission on SEAD
- Transformative SEL
Adult SEL:
- Panorama Education’s Comprehensive Guide to Adult SEL
- Personal Assessment and Reflection Tool
- Modeling SEL for Students
- Building Students’ Resilience on the Bus
- Teaching the Whole Child
- Adult SEL Skills Self Assessment
- Adult SEL Posters
- Self-Assessing Social and Emotional Instruction and Competencies
- Teaching Self-Regulation by Modeling
- My Well-Being
- Capacitar Emergency Response Toolkit
- What About You? A Workbook for Those Who Work with Others
Circles and Restorative Practices:
- 3 Restorative Practices to Implement in 2021
- Teaching Restorative Practices with Classroom Circles
- Chicago Public Schools Restorative Practices Guide and Toolkit
- Cleveland Classroom Meetings
- Morning Meetings From Pre-K to 12th Grade
Coaching SEL:
- SEL Learning Walk Protocol
- SEL Coaching Toolkit
- Indicators of Schoolwide SEL
- Social and Emotional Learning in the Daily Life of Classroom
Continuous Improvement:
- SEL Data Reflection Protocol
- Data Sources to Analyze SEL Implementation and Outcomes
- Making Use of Existing Outcome Data
Creating Safe and Supportive Schools:
- 2×10 Relationship Building: How to Do It (and Why it Works!)
- Check-In Check-Out (CICO): Intervention Tips and Guidance (Panorama Education)
- SEL: Creating Safe & Supportive Learning Environments
- Social and Emotional Learning in the Daily Life of Classrooms
- Metro Nashville Public Schools SEL Walkthrough Rubric
- Calming Areas Overview and Ideas
- Rose, Bud, Thorn Activity and Worksheet for School-wide Implementation
- Student Relationship-Mapping 101
Explicit SEL Instruction:
- Explicit SEL Instruction
- Positive School Relationships
- Greater Good in Education
- Student Well-Being
- Classroom Self-Assessment
- Social and Emotional Learning in Practice: Toolkit of Practical Strategies and Resources
- TeachableMoment Lessons
- Resources and Sample Strategies for SEL and School Culture & Climate
- Guiding Questions for Educators: Promote Equity Using SEL
Evidence-Based Approaches to SEL:
- Evidence-Based Programs
- Navigating Social and Emotional Learning from the Inside Out
- The Principal’s Role in SEL
Equity-Centered SEL:
- 5 Keys to Challenging Implicit Bias
- 3 Engaging Activities for Teaching Culturally Responsive SEL
- Equity & Social and Emotional Learning: A Cultural Analysis
- Four Ways Teachers Can Reduce Implicit Bias
- Four Tools for Interrupting Implicit Bias
- Learning Recovery Toolkit from Panorama Education
- SEL is Systemic Equity: Leadership Beliefs Inventory
- The Art of SEL Cards: Reflections with an Equity Lens
Family & Community Engagement:
- Family Engagement in Schools: A Comprehensive Guide
- Confident Parents Confident Kids
- Confident Parents, Confident Kids: Raising Emotional Intelligence in Ourselves and Our Kids
- How to Use Empathy Interviews to Build Family Engagement
- Strategies for Establishing School-Family Partnerships in Support of SEL
- Coordinating SEL Work with Community Partners
- SEL Toolkit: Family Engagement
- Social and Emotional Learning: Strategies for Parents
- Family Engagement and SEL
- SEL Discussion Series for Parents and Caregivers
- SEL 101 for Parents
Hiring for SEL:
Mindfulness:
MTSS/PBIS:
Professional Development Toolkits (from Transforming Education):
Professional Learning Tools:
- How to Create a Professional Learning Community
- Creating Staff Shared Agreements
- Planning Engaging, SEL-Infused Professional Learning
- Creating Positive and Supportive Spaces for Adult Learning
Selecting and Evaluating Programs:
- Effective Social and Emotional Learning Programs
- Selecting an Evidence-Based Program
- What does SEL look like in elementary, middle, and high school?
SEL Science:
- The Case for SEL
- Students with Strong Social Skills in Kindergarten More Likely To Thrive As Adults
- The Neuroscience of SEL
SEL Skill Assessment:
- SEL Practices Readiness Inventory
- SEL Assessment Guide
- SEL Landscape
- Decision Tree,
- Tools Index
- How CASEL Partner Districts Use Social and Emotional Learning Measurement
- Improving Student Outcomes with SEL Measurement
- Tools to Assess Social and Emotional Learning in Schools
Vision and Goal Setting for Schoolwide SEL:
- Assembling an SEL Team
- Vision Planning Worksheet
- Developing Goals for Schoolwide SEL
- Developing Schoolwide Norms
- Social Contracts Foster Community in the Classroom
- 5 Ways to Incorporate SEL in Middle School
- Prosocial Academic Instruction
- Social and Emotional Learning in High School English Language Arts Instruction
- SEL 3 Signature Practices
- SEL Integrated Lesson Planning Checklist
- Inclusive Practice Tool: Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Planning Tool
Other SEL-Related Resources:
- Hub For Helpers
- Portrait of a Graduate
- SEL at Home: Top Resources to Share with Families
- SEL for Teachers
- SEL Choice Boards
- SEL Online Course (Washington State Superintendent’s Office)
- SEL Practices
- Trauma-Informed SEL
- A Guide to School Climate Surveys
- Guide to Schoolwide Social and Emotional Learning
- Districtwide SEL Essentials for Superintendents
- District Resource Center
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