Page 14 – CASEL District Resource Guide

Title	Document Type
DRC Resources
Retreat to Improve District Support of SEL Practice – Agenda and Challenge Areas Cleveland hosted a retreat with support from AIR, CASEL, PATHS, and their teachers' union to address challenge areas and improve how SEL is integrated into district priorities. SOURCE: Cleveland Metropolitan School District TAGS implementation support SEL partnerships professional learning integrate with district priorities SEL leadership
Video: 7 Tips for Remote Teaching Larry Ferlazzo, a high school teacher in Sacramento City Unified School District, summarizes recommendations that he and other teachers made during an 11 part blog series on distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic for Education Week. SOURCE: Education Week TAGS COVID-19 distance learning coronavirus
SEL Coach Job Description Job description for an SEL coach who leads SEL professional development and coaching for a portfolio of schools. TAGS job descriptions hiring practices implementation support SEL coaching for staff human and financial resource alignment SEL leadership
Chicago Public Schools Student Code of Conduct Revisions, 2014 Presentation for the Chicago BOE summarizing the context, stakeholder engagement, and professional development plan surrounding the changes to the Student Code of Conduct. SOURCE: Chicago Public Schools TAGS classroom management alternatives to suspension school board anti-bias board policies equity restorative practices continuous improvement student discipline
El Paso Strategic Plan The El Paso Independent School District strategic plan highlights SEL within its strategic priorities ad learning goals, and as a key initiative within the umbrella of providing engaging and challenging learning. SOURCE: El Paso Independent School District TAGS communications community relations college and career readiness data dashboards
Affective Classroom Openings and Engagement Techniques Brief but powerful advice for facilitators of adult learning on leading engaging opening activities. Could easily be adapted for training for teachers who are learning to incorporate SEL structures into their lessons. SOURCE: CASEL TAGS PLC teacher training instructional practices youth voice
Boston Public Schools Essentials for Instructional Equity Outlines 4 adult competencies for facilitating learning for diverse students, and includes an appendix of culturally and linguistically sustaining practices, a learning experience design template, and a parent guide. SOURCE: Boston Public Schools TAGS cultural competence anti-bias reading lists - staff equity culturally responsive college and career readiness instructional practices integrate with district priorities
Guiding Questions for Educators: Promote Equity Using SEL Educators can use social and emotional learning (SEL) to promote the cultural assets that all students bring to their classrooms—if SEL instruction and assessments are implemented with a culturally responsive lens, according to a recent summary of the Assessment Work Group's Special Issues brief on SEL and equity. SOURCE: CASEL TAGS cultural competence Adult SEL equity culturally responsive
How Innovative Educators are Engaging Students Online Features the creative distance learning strategies of teachers who are focused on art, health & well-being, and relationships. SOURCE: National Education Association TAGS COVID-19 distance learning coronavirus
A Trauma-Informed Approach to Teaching Through Coronavirus Experts at the National Child Traumatic Stress Network respond to questions about trauma-informed practices to support students during school closure and distance learning. SOURCE: Teaching Tolerance TAGS COVID-19 distance learning coronavirus

Retreat to Improve District Support of SEL Practice – Agenda and Challenge Areas

Cleveland hosted a retreat with support from AIR, CASEL, PATHS, and their teachers' union to address challenge areas and improve how SEL is integrated into district priorities.

SOURCE: Cleveland Metropolitan School District

TAGS implementation support SEL partnerships professional learning integrate with district priorities SEL leadership

Video: 7 Tips for Remote Teaching

Larry Ferlazzo, a high school teacher in Sacramento City Unified School District, summarizes recommendations that he and other teachers made during an 11 part blog series on distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic for Education Week.

SOURCE: Education Week

TAGS COVID-19 distance learning coronavirus

SEL Coach Job Description

Job description for an SEL coach who leads SEL professional development and coaching for a portfolio of schools.

TAGS job descriptions hiring practices implementation support SEL coaching for staff human and financial resource alignment SEL leadership

Chicago Public Schools Student Code of Conduct Revisions, 2014

Presentation for the Chicago BOE summarizing the context, stakeholder engagement, and professional development plan surrounding the changes to the Student Code of Conduct.

SOURCE: Chicago Public Schools

TAGS classroom management alternatives to suspension school board anti-bias board policies equity restorative practices continuous improvement student discipline

El Paso Strategic Plan

The El Paso Independent School District strategic plan highlights SEL within its strategic priorities ad learning goals, and as a key initiative within the umbrella of providing engaging and challenging learning.

SOURCE: El Paso Independent School District

TAGS communications community relations college and career readiness data dashboards

Affective Classroom Openings and Engagement Techniques

Brief but powerful advice for facilitators of adult learning on leading engaging opening activities. Could easily be adapted for training for teachers who are learning to incorporate SEL structures into their lessons.

SOURCE: CASEL

TAGS PLC teacher training instructional practices youth voice

Boston Public Schools Essentials for Instructional Equity

Outlines 4 adult competencies for facilitating learning for diverse students, and includes an appendix of culturally and linguistically sustaining practices, a learning experience design template, and a parent guide.

SOURCE: Boston Public Schools

TAGS cultural competence anti-bias reading lists - staff equity culturally responsive college and career readiness instructional practices integrate with district priorities

Guiding Questions for Educators: Promote Equity Using SEL

Educators can use social and emotional learning (SEL) to promote the cultural assets that all students bring to their classrooms—if SEL instruction and assessments are implemented with a culturally responsive lens, according to a recent summary of the Assessment Work Group's Special Issues brief on SEL and equity.

SOURCE: CASEL

TAGS cultural competence Adult SEL equity culturally responsive

How Innovative Educators are Engaging Students Online

Features the creative distance learning strategies of teachers who are focused on art, health & well-being, and relationships.

SOURCE: National Education Association

TAGS COVID-19 distance learning coronavirus

A Trauma-Informed Approach to Teaching Through Coronavirus

Experts at the National Child Traumatic Stress Network respond to questions about trauma-informed practices to support students during school closure and distance learning.

SOURCE: Teaching Tolerance

TAGS COVID-19 distance learning coronavirus

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