SEL and Academic Integration:
The integration of SEL objectives into instructional content and teaching strategies for core content areas as well as music, art, and physical education. When done well, the integration of SEL promotes student voice and agency and a positive learner identity.
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Leading with SEL Advocacy Tools This site provides resources for SEL advocates, including toolkits for parents and school board members. There is guidance for conversations, communications, engaging media outlets, and reaching out to policymakers. SOURCE: CASEL |
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Create an SEL Communication Strategy From the CASEL Guide to Schoolwide SEL, school-based or district SEL teams can use this tool to plan communications so that all stakeholders are kept abreast of the work and how they can be involved. |
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Plan SEL Foundational Learning for your School District This tool can help SEL leaders prepare a broad plan to provide learning experiences for all stakeholders in the school district community, and access resources to support foundational learning about SEL. SOURCE: CASEL |
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Districts in Action – Promote SEL for Students This brief spotlights SEL leaders in California, Virginia, and Texas as they share their stories about how their approach to promoting SEL for students took shape and integrated with stakeholder needs related to inclusion, discipline, and tiered supports. SOURCE: CASEL |
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SEL Toolkit for Parent Champions A quick guide for parents and caregivers to share accurate information in support of SEL, including tools to ground conversations in facts and data, dispel misinformation, and advocate for high-quality SEL. SOURCE: CASEL |
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This example comes from a school division in southeastern Virginia. It provides 3 memorable key messages, succinct supporting details, and statistics to use as talking points or in written communication about SEL. |
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SEL Skills Continuum, Adult and PreK-12 This example from a school division in southeastern Virginia includes "I can" statements to describe skills within each of the 5 SEL competency areas. Separate lists for adults, PreK, K-1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-8, 9-10, and 11-12 show how social and emotional skills are developmental and are expressed differently over time. |
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SEL Communications Toolkit for School and District Leaders Extensive focus groups and surveys have shown that the more people know about SEL, the more supportive they become. This toolkit shares five clear actions for a proactive communications strategy for SEL, including examples of effective messages, cautions, and guidance for developing your own materials. SOURCE: CASEL |
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Families as Partners (FAP) is an Austin ISD initiative funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation with the goal of creating sustainable and effective school-family partnerships for academic success. The initiative is grounded in the principle that authentic engagement flourishes when families and faculty build trusting relationships and see each other as equal partners. SOURCE: Austin Independent School District |
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Austin’s MAPS Course for Freshmen (video) MAPS (Methods for Academic and Personal Success) is a credit-bearing course for freshmen at Austin High School and other district high schools to support the transition into high school by teaching students how to organize for success, manage their emotions, resolve conflicts, build and maintain positive relationships, and other critical social and emotional learning and student success skills. SOURCE: Austin Independent School District |
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