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Teacher Professional Development
Teacher Professional Development
It is important that leadership and staff regularly model social, emotional, and cultural competencies in their language and interactions with other staff, students, families, and community partners. School leaders and the SEL team have built supportive relationships with staff and regularly acknowledge staff efforts and contributions. To expect children to adopt SEL practices, this must first be modelled by adults in the school environment.
Learn more about modelling SEL to students in the school using the CASEL website: https://schoolguide.casel.org/resource/modeling-sel-as-a-staff/
SEL is a lifelong process in that social and emotional skills that can get better no matter how emotionally aware and socially conscientious a person is-- there is always room to grow. For this reason, professional development relating to social and emotional skills in the classroom should be a lifelong pursuit for any teacher. Required professional development sessions should occur on a regular basis in the school.
Parent Involvement
Parent Involvement
Parents have a right to be involved in the holistic education of their child: not just their academic achievements. Also, because SEL is a cultural phenomenon as much as it is an individual practice, the whole family must be involved to truly implement and permeate SEL practices among students in the school. As key stakeholders, parents offer an alternative perspective to that of the school administration and students, diversifying the voices that are part of the conversation.
Student Voice
Student Voice
To really implement SEL, students must feel respected and integrally involved in the decisions that impact their day to day lives and their education. Students should be asked for regular feedback in the form of surveys and group.
Click here to view CASEL's SEL data reflection protocol that you can use in your school with students.
Teachers can gradually incorporate more student involvement in their classrooms and in the school using the ladder of meaningful student involvement.
Additional Page Sources
Additional Page Sources
Click here to view CASEL's student voice and engagement
Tips on family engagement from the Harvard Graduate School of Education
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