Social-Emotional Learning
From On Edge To On Track: Elements of Trauma Sensitive Schools
In order to better support students growing up in adverse circumstances, it is important to develop an understanding of the impact of trauma on brain function.
Why SEL is More Important Than Ever: Meeting SEL Needs Virtually
Rachelle Dene Poth shares ideas for promoting SEL in distance learning.
How Schools Can Help Cultivate Learner Identity and Agency
The Brooklyn Laboratory Charter Schools team shares how educators can cultivate opportunities to develop a strong sense of identity and agency.
Redefining Pre-Service Learning In The Virtual Age
Whether it’s modeling better virtual instruction, as well as increased emphasis on social-emotional learning, school leaders and professional learning facilitators are having to rethink how to prepare teachers for the school year.
Supporting District Change Through Learner-Centered Leadership
By: Devin Vodicka and Tom Vander Ark. In times of uncertainty and rapid change, Devin and Tom outline a leadership style that places students at the center of your planning and re-opening work.
Why Every K-12 District Should Invest in Social and Emotional Learning
By: Juan Cabrera and Ray Lozano. EPISD has instituted an emphasis on social and emotional learning (SEL) and believes it can be a defining factor in success for other districts as well.
Focusing on Learners and SEL: Looping Strategies to Welcome Learners Back
As social-emotional learning becomes more integrated into our systems of learning, we must consider a specific structure to tend to the whole child returning to some form of schooling in the fall, looping.
Data-driven SEL: How It Can Help Meet Your Students’ Needs
By: Matt Smith and Travita Godfrey. Texas’s Humble ISD uses a data-driven, district-wide approach to SEL programming and intervention strategies to develop SEL competencies and help ensure students get the support they need.
SEL in the Era of COVID-19
By: Lori Jackson. During this time of school closure and distance learning, SEL is more important than ever. Everyone—parents, teachers, and students—can practice identifying, understanding, and managing their emotions.
Making All Things New: The Work of Reconciliation
We enter this season of reconciliation with new humility, a sense of individual and communal fragility and turn to the wisdom that came before.