SEL & Mindset
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is the deliberate commitment to including a framework of essential skills and dispositions that complement academics but historically have not been a part of curricular design. Learners acquire and effectively apply the skills necessary for self-regulation or managing and talking about emotions, forming relationships, setting goals and demonstrating empathy during their learning.
Creating Reliable Hope in the Face of Rural Poverty
ForwARd Arkansas is taking on learning inequity challenges in rural areas of the state by convening and supporting a group of school districts with the goal of helping every Arkansas student graduate prepared for success in college and the workplace.
An Integrated Approach to Academic and Social Supports
In our latest publication, Tom Vander Ark and Mary Ryerse make the case for college readiness, relay the story of the academic and social-support-driven AVID program, and illustrate how partnerships can enhance college, career and life readiness initiatives.
Supporting Student Agency of SEL
By: Jessica Berlinski. Let's support students in owning their own SEL by providing them with the tools they need to develop agency. Here are two unique programs that represent powerful methods for building SEL agency for future career and life success.
Infographic | Academic and Social Supports Matter for College Readiness
Of today’s high school graduates, data shows many are inadequately prepared for college. College-ready transcripts and college enrollment numbers are declining. In this infographic, we take a deeper look, and examine one successful strategy that has helped.
10 Strategies for Strengthening Academic and Social Support
The College Readiness Initiative launched through College Spark Washington has shown promising and informative results. An evaluation of the program suggests these 10 lessons for improving college readiness.
What’s Really Better: Workforce Training or Four-Year College?
By: Stuart Udell. Today's Career Technical Education (CTE) model delivers a vastly different set of pathways for students than in the past, leading to high school graduation and meaningful, skilled 21st-century jobs.
How to Promote College Readiness: A Washington State Case Study
Since 2005, College Spark Washington has awarded more than $50 million to college readiness and degree completion programs. Learn more about how this innovative program is exponentially improving students' college, career and life readiness.
Infographic | Every Student Deserves a Champion
Even though high school graduation rates continue to steadily increase, research shows that college readiness and enrollment are on the decline. Here, we look at evidence that personalized guidance programming has the power to combat and reverse this trend.
Partnering with Parents on Social-Emotional Learning
Because SEL is grounded in the understanding that the best learning emerges in the context of supportive relationships, partnering with parents and helping them understand the importance of SEL can have a dramatic impact on the development of our students.
A Personalized and Integrated Approach to College, Career and Life Readiness
In the first of a two-part series, this publication illuminates the need for readiness, narrates the story of the high-impact Career Guidance Washington program and illustrates how partnerships can enhance college, career and life readiness initiatives.