Tool: Promoting Equity Using SEL
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One key to promoting equity in schools is using a culturally responsive lens to implement instruction and assessments.
These guiding questions
from CASEL's newly enhanced District Resource Center will help you think through the process.
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Tool: FAQs on CASEL’s Schoolwide Guide to SEL
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Do you have questions about schoolwide SEL? We have
plenty of answers
in CASEL’s new resource,
an interactive website
that leads school-based teams through a process for systemic SEL implementation. The approach helps schools infuse SEL into every part of the educational experience and promotes equitable outcomes for all. (
PDF version.)
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NASBE Finds Strong Support for SEL, Some Concerns
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According to new
survey research
from the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE), influential stakeholders view SEL favorably. But they also express reservations about overburdening teachers and labeling students, the survey finds.
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2019 SEL Exchange registration opening next week
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Don’t miss early bird registration opening April 30 for the inaugural SEL conference in Chicago, Ill., October 2-4, 2019. More than 400 speakers from around the world will present on the global SEL movement, building a culture of equity through SEL, the future of work, and so much more. Keep checking our
website
and
sign up for conference emails
to learn more about the leading voices that are joining.
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Cross-Districts Meeting Brings Together 21 School Districts to Focus on SEL
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Nearly 200 education leaders came together April 9-11 in Sacramento, Calif., for CASEL’s eighth annual Cross-Districts Learning Event. The theme was “Interrupting Inequity and Achieving Academic Success Through SEL.”
More than 60 students, ages 6 to 18, participated in meaningful ways, reinforcing the importance of youth voice and participation in systemic SEL
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View a summary of the meeting
with links to tools and resources
.
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CASEL Announces Four New Board Members
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David Adams,
director of social-emotional learning at
The Urban Assembly
,
a nonprofit organization that creates and serves a group of New York City public secondary schools.
Marc Brackett, Ph.D.,
founding director of the
Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence
and professor in the
Child Study Center
at Yale University.
Janice K. Jackson, Ed.D.,
chief executive officer of
Chicago Public Schools, the third largest school district in the country.
Chi Kim,
chief executive officer of
Pure Edge, Inc., a foundation that advances strategies for educators and learners to support social, emotional, and academic development through mindful movement and rest.
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Download and Share: SEL Snapshot
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Worth Reading
This Month
How Do You Measure Social and Emotional Learning?
Hechinger Repor
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Collaborative Classrooms to Support Social and Emotional Learning.
ASCD Express
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Integrating Social, Emotional, and Academic Development (SEAD): An Action Guide for School Leadership Teams.
Aspen Institute.
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Key Takeaways from Education Week’s Summit on Social-Emotional Learning in Schools.
Education Week
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How Student SEL Competence Assessment Can Improve Teaching and Learning.
Measuring SEL
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Former Austin High Student Writes Bill to Give Kids the SEL Skills that Changed Her Life.
Austin360
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Mark Your Calendar
Tomorrow, April 24, 12 noon ET
Webinar
on CASEL's enhanced and expanded District Resource Center.
April 22-26; Recess Checkup
Join Playworks’ week-long event and hundreds of teachers and principals in taking the Recess Checkup—a three-minute quiz to assess recess.
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ake the Recess Checkup today
April 30, 8:30-11:30 a.m. ET:
Equity + Social, Emotional, and Academic Development = Supportive Schools.
A seminar in Washington, D.C. hosted by the Institute for Student Achievement.
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Learn more and register
May 1: SEL Summit: Lessons Learned & Opportunities for Massachusetts
A full-day conference hosted by Transforming Education, the Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy, and SEL4MA.
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Register here
June 24-25: CASEL Summer Institute –
SOLD OUT
Follow our newsletter and social media to be notified about future CASEL opportunities.
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Thank you to CASEL's sponsors
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The Allstate Foundation helps create more prosperous communities where people are empowered to fulfill their hopes and dreams. Through its Good Starts Young® program, The Allstate Foundation enables youth to build social and emotional learning skills and helps shape the next generation of leaders.
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LG is proud to partner with CASEL to advance SEL. The LG Experience Happiness platform is dedicated to bringing Sustainable Happiness Skills to youth across the country through collaboration, awareness and highly impactful SEL programming.
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