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It Takes a Village:

SYSTEMIC SEL
IMPLEMENTATION

How community stakeholders influence the social and


emotional development of students, with resources to
support SEL in districts, schools, classrooms, and
throughout the community.
Table of Contents

03 Introduction
04 What is Systemic SEL?
05 The Role of the District
07 The Role of the School
10 The Role of the Classroom
12 The Role of the Community
14 Appendix

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Introduction
Social emotional learning provides schools with a tangible, defined framework
through which equitable, positive, and supportive learning conditions can be
created to foster the development and growth of all children. From the home to
the classroom, all stakeholders in a child’s life and learning experience play a
critical role in fostering social emotional learning and creating an environment
where children can thrive.

It truly takes a village, and a systemic approach to implementing social emotional


learning empowers all stakeholders to maximize their impact on creating the
learning conditions that children need in order to grow. According to the
Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, “Systemic SEL is an
approach to create equitable learning conditions that actively involve all Pre-K to
Grade 12 students in learning and practicing social, emotional, and academic
competencies. These conditions require aligned policies, resources, and actions
at the state and district levels that encourage local schools and communities to
build the personal and professional capacities of adults to: implement and
continuously improve evidence-based programs and practices; create an
inclusive culture that fosters caring relationships and youth voice, agency, and
character; and support coordinated school-family-community partnerships to
enhance student development.” 1

Educators are becoming more familiar


with the well-known CASEL wheel, a
helpful graphic depicting CASEL’s
systemic SEL framework. The core
competencies are listed in the middle,
surrounded by rings of influence that
describe various stakeholders and their
role creating conditions for social
emotional learning - and all learning - to
thrive. Education leaders can play a
pivotal role in coordinating SEL across all
stakeholders, aligning efforts and
initiatives to strengthen SEL for students.
www.casel.org

1 Mahoney, J. L., Weissberg, R. P., Greenberg, M. T., Dusenbury, L., Jagers, R. J., Niemi, K., Schlinger, M., Schlund, J., Shriver, T. P., VanAusdal, K., & Yoder, N. (2020, October 8). Systemic

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Social and Emotional Learning: Promoting Educational Success for All Preschool to High School Students. American Psychologist. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/
amp0000701
In this white paper, we break down what SEL implementation can look like
at each ring of CASEL’s framework, exploring concepts and actionable
strategies that can help all stakeholders contribute to creating equitable,
positive, and supportive learning conditions.

What is Systemic SEL?


In short, a systemic approach to SEL recalibrates the operating system of a
school district to prioritize social emotional development and wellbeing.
According to CASEL, “A systemic approach to social and emotional learning
(SEL) creates equitable learning conditions that actively involve all Pre-K to
Grade 12 students in developing social, emotional, and academic
competencies. Decades of research shows these competencies lead to
beneficial outcomes at school and in life. Creating these conditions
requires aligned policies, resources, and actions at state and district levels
to support a coordinated learning process through school-family-
community partnerships to enhance student development.”
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A systemic approach to SEL recognizes the developmental needs of


students and takes the weight of responsibility off of any single
stakeholder. Teachers alone are not responsible for the social emotional
wellbeing of students, and families alone are not responsible for the social
and emotional development that happens when students are in a
classroom with their peers. But teachers and families have powerful
influence over the conditions in which children live, learn, and grow, and
by working together to align interests, goals, and processes, teachers and
families can make a positive impact on children. “For example, building
foundational support for SEL at the district level can be facilitated and
sustained by the state-level provision of guidance and resources that
highlights the importance of SEL to student success. At the same time,
district-level support can provide the structure and resources needed for
schoolwide SEL to be implemented well, continuously improved, and
sustained over time.

2 Mahoney, J. L., Weissberg, R. P., Greenberg, M. T., Dusenbury, L., Jagers, R. J., Niemi, K., Schlinger, M., Schlund, J., Shriver, T. P., VanAusdal, K., & Yoder, N. (2020, October 8). Systemic
Social and Emotional Learning: Promoting Educational Success for All Preschool to High School Students. American Psychologist. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/
amp0000701
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Thus, SEL programming is most likely to be successful when school,
district, and state-level priorities are aligned.” 3

Schools leaders, districts, and state agencies may not directly interact with
children to facilitate social emotional learning experiences on a daily basis,
but their decision-making influences the capacity, resources, and priorities
inside of classrooms. Whether providing professional development for
educators, creating time and space for SEL, providing resources to allow
for explicit instruction and regular practice, putting tools in place to
evaluate student needs, coordinating communication to families, or
designing policies or guidelines that promote evidence-based social
emotional development - there are dozens of ways that education leaders
can impact - or hinder - social emotional learning.

The Role of the District


School leaders and educators rely on school districts (including charter
school networks) to provide the resources, policies, and guidance to create
conditions where teaching and learning can thrive, and where all students,
staff, and families feel safe. While SEL, conceptually, has always been a
core part of classroom practices - encouraging teamwork, fostering
confidence, teaching how to ask for help - districts can help educators
more deeply understand the needs of students and provide the tools and
frameworks so that teachers can offer even more support.

Beyond providing guidance and resources, districts can prioritize and


promote social emotional learning by bringing all stakeholders into the
decision-making process when it comes to understanding needs, choosing
curricula, or designing how SEL lives in school buildings.

3 Mahoney, J. L., Weissberg, R. P., Greenberg, M. T., Dusenbury, L., Jagers, R. J., Niemi, K., Schlinger, M., Schlund, J., Shriver, T. P., VanAusdal, K., & Yoder, N. (2020, October 8). Systemic
Social and Emotional Learning: Promoting Educational Success for All Preschool to High School Students. American Psychologist. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/
amp0000701
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“Our emotions saturate everything we do! While they’ve historically
been placed in opposition to ‘rational’ learning, we understand more
every day that they are, in fact, integral to learning. It only makes
sense that we give students (and ourselves) opportunities to scaffold
and build our feeling muscles so that they can support every other
aspect of healthy development."
-Dr. Chris Soto, Social Emotional Learning & Mental Health Coordinator
at Durham Public Schools, North Carolina

In Durham Public Schools in North Carolina, district leaders strategically


included all stakeholders in the process to evaluate and select SEL
programs. They discussed this process in a Move This World webinar in
January 2020, sharing the rubrics, templates, and surveys they used to
engage school counselors, principals, parents, and teachers in the process
of selecting SEL programs. From utilizing the perspective of educators to
identify potential program solutions to leveraging the expertise of
counselors and social workers to evaluate the validity of potential
programs to gathering strategic feedback from principals, a district-led
initiative engaged all stakeholders in the prioritization of SEL from the
earliest planning days. Additionally, the adoption of an SEL program was
not mandatory in the first couple of years of implementation. Giving
school leaders choice over what materials to bring into their schools (and
when) helped ensure that when SEL programming was adopted, it was
implemented with more buy-in and fidelity instead of viewed as ‘just
another thing on teachers’ plates.’ 4

“Our expectation for SEL at Belle Plaine High School is to equip our
students with the social and emotional skills necessary to help them
get through the minor and major challenges in life.”
-Mindy Chevalier, Principal at Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High School
in Belle Plaine Public Schools, Minnesota

4 Move This World. 2022. Webinar: Evaluating & Selecting SEL Programs - Move This World. [online] Available at: <https://www.movethisworld.com/webinars-presentations/webinar-
evaluating-selecting-sel-programs/> [Accessed 16 February 2022].

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In addition to facilitating processes that engage other stakeholders in SEL
decision-making, districts can coordinate community-wide resources to support
mental health. Beyond implementing SEL programming as a baseline level of
support for all students, Belle Plaine Public Schools in Minnesota is one of few
districts in the state to offer full time mental health therapists on site for
students, as well as community partnerships that offer more intensive off-site
mental health supports so they can refer students in crisis to the help they
need, right away. Designing tiers of support is one way of reminding the
community that daily, school wide social emotional practices are just the first
step in ensuring the mental, social, and emotional safety and wellbeing of
students. Belle Plaine High School Principal Mindy Chevalier explains, “Our
expectation for SEL at Belle Plaine High School is to equip our students with the
social and emotional skills necessary to help them get through the minor and
major challenges in life.” Beyond promoting child development, social emotional
learning gives schools the language and framework to build stronger
relationships, better understand the needs of students, and empower students
to advocate for themselves when they need additional mental health support. 5

Resources for Districts


In the appendix, you’ll find SEL Starter Kits for Early Elementary, Late
Elementary, Middle School, High School, and For Educators with resources to
engage all stakeholders in the community.

Read more about district-wide support for SEL at Lancaster ISD in Texas and
Distinctive Schools in Illinois and Michigan.

Download our full, free toolkit to support Evaluating & Selecting SEL Programs

The Role of the School


Schools build on the prioritization, resources, and guidance from the district to
design structures and practices that make SEL feasible on a daily basis. Whether
building time into the school schedule for regular school-wide SEL practice, or
providing teachers with a specific SEL curriculum, or designing assemblies or
school-wide events that focus on the importance of SEL skills, or providing

5 2022. [online] Available at: <http://www.belleplaineherald.com/community/student-support-in-belle-plaine-public-schools/article_e895bc02-f54e-11eb-9adc-6bd1dfd059ba.html>


[Accessed 16 February 2022].

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professional development for educators or informational sessions for families,
there are endless ways that schools can expand - or limit - the impact of SEL on
students. Principal Chevalier explains, “With SEL you get out of it what you put
into it. Our goal is to educate on why SEL is important to all students. Even if
you have good coping skills you can always strengthen them and add more tools
to your SEL toolkit. You may also learn something to help a friend or family
member.”

One of the biggest areas of concern for principals is ease of use for teachers,
cautioned against adding additional workload to teachers’ already-full plates.
But principals and school leaders also have an enormous opportunity to alleviate
that concern and thoughtfully incorporate SEL practices into their school in
ways that benefit educators as well as students. Principal Cherish Pipkins from
Rolling Hills Elementary in Lancaster ISD, Texas, explains, “The biggest challenge
for implementing SEL is finding time for it to fit. Educators balance academic
demands, administrative tasks, assessment data, parent communication and
more. At the onset, an SEL program can feel like one more thing. Our campus
decided that we could not continue to expect change without change. Thus,
Move This World is included in the daily routine of every classroom immediately
after announcements.”

“Our campus decided that we could not continue to


expect change without change.”
-Cherish Pipkins, Principal, Rolling Hills Elementary
in Lancaster ISD, Texas

Schools can improve the impact of SEL by integrating it into existing frameworks
of support, like PBIS, MTSS, or Zones of Regulation. Amie Hohenstein is the
Student Support Specialist and Chemical Health Counselor at Belle Plaine High
School and explains that “Belle Plaine Jr./Sr. High School prioritizes SEL for all
students by scheduling Move This World right into our daily schedule, twice
daily! In addition we integrate SEL into classroom lessons, into our positive
behavior intervention system and into student leadership opportunities.”

School support staff, like counselors and social workers, are able to better

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leverage their expertise to support students when social emotional learning is
integrated throughout a school community. Alex Armor, the counselor at
Mangum Elementary School in Durham Public Schools, North Carolina, explains,
“At Mangum, we prioritize SEL by making sure every single student gets the time
and space in their busy school day to pause, reflect and express their thoughts
and feelings in a safe environment where they can be heard and supported. That
time is between 7:45am and 7:55am during our daily move this world practice!
Starting each day with a comforting, familiar, and emotion focused routine
prepares students to do their very best at school.” This regular, school-wide
practice allows teachers to check in with students and better identify students
who may need more focused support from a counselor before behavioral
incidents occur.

In addition to supporting implementation of SEL, school leaders play a critical


role in evaluating the impact of SEL and continuously monitoring the needs of
students to ensure a safe, equitable, and supportive learning environment.
Principal Pipkins explains, “I measure the impact of SEL in both soft and hard
data. The amount of discipline referrals our administrative team receives has
declined. When I compare pre-Move This World to post MTW, our students have
a common language to express their emotions. At one time, students would
simply state they were mad. Now, I hear them using language such as frustrated,
disappointed, anxious, overwhelmed. And even better, they can communicate
ways to diffuse those emotions. Additionally, it is commonplace to hear our
students affirm each other and their teachers. The impact of SEL goes beyond
the classroom into your hallways and across the campus.”

Resources for Schools


In the appendix, you’ll find SEL Starter Kits for Early Elementary, Late
Elementary, Middle School, High School, and For Educators with resources to
engage all stakeholders in the community.

Read more about how Napier Elementary School from Metro Nashville Public
Schools in Tennessee has created a community of resilience with SEL.

Download our free white paper Building Equitable, Safe, and Supportive Schools:
Trauma and Culturally Sensitive Practices for Guidance to create a more
equitable, supportive, and safe school culture. 9
The Role of the Classroom
The classroom is where our students spend most of their time at school, and the
practices and procedures in classrooms have the biggest impact on students’
academic performance as well as feelings of safety and belonging. From the
relationships that are formed in classrooms to the ways students approach
learning, educators design how their classroom operates, and social emotional
learning should provide educators with more strategic and specific ways to
support students. Elementary school teacher Jaclyn Kowalchuk from Aiken
County Public School in South Carolina practices SEL in her classroom every
morning to start the day. She explains, “We use the Emogers (emotion managers)
and wording from Move this world when a child is too excited, angry or upset. I
say "take a breath, count to 10" or "tighten and release" or "get a drink of water".
We talk about when to look for help, especially on the playground. When I am
proud of them for their achievements I say ‘do you want a smile, hug or a fist
bump?’” (Breathe 5 Times, Count to 10, Tighten and Release, Drink a Glass of
Water, and Give A Smile, A Hug, or A Fist Bump are Move This World Emogers,
emotion managers that students learn and practice throughout SEL
programming.)

“Starting each day with a comforting, familiar, and emotion-


focused routine prepares students to do their very best at
school.”
-Alex Armor, Counselor at Mangum Elementary School
in Durham Public Schools, North Carolina

Educators also integrate SEL into academic content areas to help students apply
skills like perspective-taking in history, empathy in ELA, and problem-solving in
science. Being able to explicitly name these kinds of skills and provide additional
opportunities for students to practice them in non-academic settings helps
improve academic performance. Learning is social, yet any teacher knows that
students do not simply start collaborating because they’ve been placed in a
group together and given a project.

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Collaboration takes time and requires many SEL skills like active listening,
communication, goal-setting, and more. Meghan Camacho is a teacher at CICS
West Belden from Distinctive Schools in Illinois and explains how SEL skills show
up throughout the school day, “We the SEL skills taught every morning to start
our day, during conflicts at recess, when reminding ourselves how partner and
group work times should look and sound like, how we handle disagreements or
discussions at home, and how we can share our feelings with one another/with
staff/with parents/etc. and when we have big feelings to work through.”

As facilitators of social emotional learning, teachers should be empowered and


supported to allow for more application and practice of SEL skills authentically
throughout the day instead of expected to spend time putting together lessons
that focus on SEL in order to meet a vanity goal. SEL programs should build adult
capacity for SEL, offer feedback and coaching to provide specific support for
unique classroom needs, and provide educators with SEL tools to care for their
own wellbeing, too. Principal Chevalier focuses on the impact SEL can have on
educators in the school, explaining “We measure the impact of SEL in our school
in numerous ways. We look at the culture of our building, how our students act
and treat each other and staff everyday. We expect our staff and students to BE
RED - Respectful, Engaged and Dependable.”

Resources for Classrooms


In the appendix, you’ll find SEL Starter Kits for Early Elementary, Late
Elementary, Middle School, High School, and For Educators with resources to
engage all stakeholders in the community.

Read more about how keeping classrooms connected during remote learning
with SEL in this classroom spotlight: Teacher from Mariana Bracetti Academy
Connects Her Classroom with SEL.

Download our free toolkit with SEL Resources for Supporting Mental Health to
find classroom resources that promote SEL and integrate SEL into academic
content areas.

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The Role of the Community
Learning and development doesn’t end when a child leaves the school building
at the end of the day. The lessons, strategies, and ideas that were cultivated at
school go home with students, and they should be empowered to apply skills
authentically throughout their lives. This is the basic principle of homework -
providing students with structured practice at home in order to build on the
lessons learned at school and deepen understanding. SEL programs should
provide resources, tools, and support to strengthen SEL throughout the
community and at home.
There are many barriers to family engagement, and schools are likely aware of
the specific barriers that impact their community. These same barriers likely
apply to SEL, too - families may speak different languages, caretakers may work
hours that make it difficult to communicate with the school regularly, limited
use of email, limited access to WiFi at home, and more are all ways that families
may disengage from SEL practices they can implement at home to support their
child’s learning.

“We see our students using their SEL tools in other areas of
their life, for example breathing techniques before contests,
games, or performances.”
-Mindy Chevalier, Principal at Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High School
in Belle Plaine Public Schools, Minnesota

Families want their children to be successful at school and in life, by whatever


definition of success they subscribe to, and knowing that they can intentionally
promote social, emotional, and cognitive development at home is empowering.
Similarly to how SEL supports schools to design environments where learning
can thrive, SEL can support families to create optimal conditions for
development and learning at home, too. How a child starts their day, how they
resolve conflict with a sibling, their relationship with their caretaker all impact
the mental, social, and emotional development of children. Beyond impacting
how students show up to start their school day, the social and emotional life of
a child at home influences brain development.

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Families don’t need to be child psychologists to raise children, and they are
likely depending on the school to support academic learning and growth. By
better understanding the relationship between SEL and brain development,
families can become key partners in supporting and promoting the social and
emotional development of students by using a common language, tools, and
resources that reflect how students discuss and practice SEL at school.

Resources for the Community


In the appendix, you’ll find SEL Starter Kits for Early Elementary, Late
Elementary, Middle School, High School, and For Educators with resources to
engage all stakeholders in the community.

Explore free SEL podcasts from the Move This World Audio Network that
deepen understanding of SEL and allow for authentic, participatory practice for
families.

Download our free Family Engagement SEL Toolkit to design initiatives that
engage families in SEL.

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Appendix
Our SEL Starter Kits are designed to provide administrators, educators, and
families with a selection of free resources to promote SEL at every stage of
development. Move This World’s SEL programs are rooted in creative expression
and movement, and you’ll find examples of this approach to SEL in the exercises
included in our free SEL Starter Kits.

16 SEL Starter Kit for Early Elementary


18 SEL Starter Kit for Late Elementary
20 SEL Starter Kit for Middle School
22 SEL Starter Kit for High School
24 SEL Starter Kit for Educators

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SEL STARTER KIT
Early Elementary (PreK-2)

Thank you for downloading our free Early


Elementary SEL Starter Kit! You'll find resources for Create a classroom mural with
administrators, educators, and families to start reminders about how
CLASSROOM students can show kindness
exploring SEL rooted in creative expression.
RESOURCE: to one another.

Click here for English


If you find these resources impactful, our year-long Kindness Tree Click here for Spanish
SEL curriculum is evidence-based, individualized
by grade level, and provides new multimedia SEL
experiences every day of the school year. Please
contact us for more information. CLASSROOM Find several ideas to help
students calm down and bring
RESOURCE: more mindfulness to your
Our curriculum for grades PreK-2 is classroom.

developmentally appropriate for students at each Calm Down & Click here for English
grade level and aligned to CASEL (Collaborative for Mindfulness Click here for Spanish

Academic, Social and Emotional Learning) core SEL


Strategies
competencies:
Self-Awareness
Self-Management FAMILY This toolkit includes
information to help families
Social Awareness RESOURCE: understand what SEL is, as
Relationship Skills well as ideas for practicing
Family SEL at home.
Responsible Decision Making
Engagement Click here for English
Click here for Spanish
Our full Early Elementary curriculum guide is Toolkit
included in this starter kit!
Sample Video From Our Early Elementary Curriculum

Don't Look Now


Watch Here

SEL Competency: Self-Awareness, Self-Management


Skills: Communication, Listening, Self-Regulation

How to Use:
Share this video with educators to use in the classroom with students! Simply press play and follow along.
We encourage educators to participate with students!
Share this video with parents to use at home. Provide them with resources from the Family Engagement
Toolkit so they can better understand the skills that students are practicing in this participatory lesson.
Encourage educators and families to interact with this video again and invite students to reflect on how their
feelings change each day.
SEL STARTER KIT
Late Elementary (Grades 3-5)

Thank you for downloading our free Late


Elementary SEL Starter Kit! You'll find resources for
administrators, educators, and families to explore CLASSROOM Invite students to explore
their inner strength through
SEL rooted in creative expression. RESOURCE: drawing.
Click here for English
If you find these resources impactful, our year-long Draw Your
SEL curriculum is evidence-based, individualized Superhero
by grade level, and provides new multimedia SEL
experiences every day of the school year. Please
This resource supports
contact us for more information.
CLASSROOM students to make a plan to
overcome a current
Our curriculum for grades 3-5 is developmentally RESOURCE: challenge.

appropriate for students at each grade level and Click here for English
aligned to CASEL (Collaborative for Academic,
My Current Click here for Spanish

Social and Emotional Learning) core SEL Challenge


competencies:
Self-Awareness
Self-Management FAMILY This toolkit includes
information to help families
Social Awareness RESOURCE: understand what SEL is, as
Relationship Skills well as ideas for practicing
Family SEL at home.
Responsible Decision Making
Engagement Click here for English
Click here for Spanish
Our full Late Elementary curriculum guide is Toolkit
included in this starter kit!
Sample Video From Our Late Elementary Curriculum

X Marks the Spot


Watch Here

SEL Competency: Self-Awareness, Self-Management


Skills: Self Management

How to Use:
Share this video with educators to use in the classroom with students! Simply press play and follow along.
We encourage educators to participate with students!
Share this video with parents to use at home. Provide them with resources from the Family Engagement
Toolkit so they can better understand the skills that students are practicing in this participatory lesson.
Encourage educators and families to interact with this video again and invite students to reflect on how their
feelings change each day.
SEL STARTER KIT
Middle School (Grades 6-8)

Thank you for downloading our free Middle School


SEL Starter Kit! You'll find resources for Build a classroom playlist with
administrators, educators, and families to start CLASSROOM songs that connect with
students’ memories,
exploring SEL rooted in creative expression. RESOURCE: emotions, and more!

If you find these resources impactful, our year-long


Classroom Click Here to Download

SEL curriculum is evidence-based, individualized Mix Tapes


by grade level, and provides new multimedia SEL
experiences every day of the school year. Please
contact us for more information. CLASSROOM Challenge your students to
complete this fun BINGO
RESOURCE: game that prompts them to
Our curriculum for grades 6-8 is developmentally connect with the people

appropriate for students at each grade level and Social around them and practice
social skills.
aligned to CASEL (Collaborative for Academic, Connection
Click here for English
Social and Emotional Learning) core SEL
BINGO Click here for Spanish
competencies:
Self-Awareness
Self-Management FAMILY This toolkit includes
information to help families
Social Awareness RESOURCE: understand what SEL is, as
Relationship Skills well as ideas for practicing
Family SEL at home.
Responsible Decision Making
Engagement Click here for English
Click here for Spanish
Our full Middle School curriculum guide is included Toolkit
in this starter kit!
Sample Video From Our Middle School Curriculum

Label Fabels
Watch Here

SEL Competency: Social Awareness


Skills: Self Reflection, Social Awareness

How to Use:
Share this video with educators to use in the classroom with students! Simply press play and follow along.
We encourage educators to participate with students!
Share this video with parents to use at home. Provide them with resources from the Family Engagement
Toolkit so they can better understand the skills that students are practicing in this participatory lesson.
Encourage educators and families to interact with this video again and invite students to reflect on how their
feelings change each day.
SEL STARTER KIT
High School (Grades 9-12)

Thank you for downloading our free High School


SEL Starter Kit! You'll find resources for
administrators, educators, and families to start CLASSROOM Inspire students to explore
their passions and share them
exploring SEL rooted in creative expression. RESOURCE: with their peers!

If you find these resources impactful, our year-long


Passion Party Click Here to Download

SEL curriculum is evidence-based, individualized Presentation


by grade level, and provides new multimedia SEL
experiences every day of the school year. Please
contact us for more information.
CLASSROOM Invite students to reflect on
their accomplishments each
Our curriculum for grades 9-12 is developmentally RESOURCE: week, no matter how big or
small!
appropriate for students at each grade level and This Week's
Click Here to Download
aligned to CASEL (Collaborative for Academic,
Social and Emotional Learning) core SEL
Wins
competencies:
Self-Awareness
Self-Management FAMILY This toolkit includes
information to help families
Social Awareness RESOURCE: understand what SEL is, as
Relationship Skills well as ideas for practicing
Family SEL at home.
Responsible Decision Making
Engagement Click here for English
Click here for Spanish
Our full High School curriculum guide is included Toolkit
in this starter kit!
Sample Video From Our High School Curriculum

Re-Tweeting
Watch Here

SEL Competency: Relationship Skills


Skills: Communicating Effectively

How to Use:
Share this video with educators to use in the classroom with students! Simply press play and follow along.
We encourage educators to participate with students!
Share this video with parents to use at home. Provide them with resources from the Family Engagement
Toolkit so they can better understand the skills that students are practicing in this participatory lesson.
Encourage educators and families to interact with this video again and invite students to reflect on how their
feelings change each day.
SEL STARTER KIT
Professional Development for Educators

Thank you for downloading our free SEL for


Educators Starter Kit! Whether you want to build
educators’ capacity for SEL or provide support for FREE SEL This is an easy and relaxing
guide to calm and relax your
educator wellbeing, our programs for educators RESOURCE: body through gentle
can be tailored to your specific needs. movement.
Embodied
If you find these resources impactful, connect with Relaxation Click Here to Download

our team to learn about our programming for


educators. Our full Professional Development
Series Overview Guide is included in this starter kit.
FREE SEL Practice giving yourself quick
Please contact us for more information.
RESOURCE: go-to activities to restore your
happiness.
Additionally, our year-long PreK-12 SEL curriculum 3 Minutes of
is evidence-based, individualized by grade level, Click Here to Download

and provides new multimedia SEL experiences


Happiness
every day of the school year. Our curriculum for
students is developmentally appropriate for each
grade level and aligned to CASEL (Collaborative for FAMILY This toolkit includes
information to help families
Academic, Social and Emotional Learning) core SEL RESOURCE: understand what SEL is, as
competencies: well as ideas for practicing
Family SEL at home.
Self-Awareness
Self-Management Engagement Click here for English
Click here for Spanish
Social Awareness Toolkit
Relationship Skills
Responsible Decision Making
Watch: Professional Development for Educators

Overview Video
Watch Here

About our Professional Development Series:


Visioning Labs are designed to emotionally sustain and support your staff. When everyone approaches their
work from a place of emotional wellness, collaborative communication, and empathetic leadership, the
school becomes a community where everyone thrives.
Enrichment Workshops support your SEL goals with Move This World. These are designed to enhance buy-
in by the adults' in students lives.

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