SEL Resource Hub
The mission of the Burlington School District is to graduate students who value different cultures, engage with the community, communicate effectively, think creatively, skillfully solve problems, and achieve at their highest academic, intellectual, and personal potential. Our vision is to cultivate caring, creative, and courageous people.
As we all work to create supportive, inclusive, and safe learning environments that support the whole child, the Social-Emotional Learning Steering Committee at BSD is committed to providing bite-sized, easy-to-use resources for educators who are looking to explicitly teach SEL skills, integrate SEL within academic instruction, and reinforce restorative practices with SEL.
Explore this site to access our latest compendium of resources and please don't hesitate to contact us with any questions or ideas!
Managing Mental Wellness: Tools for Yourself, Your Students, and Your Classroom
This toolkit offers strategies to manage mental wellness in the context of school and personally, and it gives methods to assist students and families with learning and well-being. Each section includes tools that teachers can directly apply to their own experiences.
Download the toolkit here.
NEW RESOURCE: SEL VT
SEL VT is a free virtual platform from the Agency of Education that includes resources for understanding healthy social-emotional learning (SEL) and building SEL skills. The modules on SEL VT are designed to give educators useful, age-appropriate content to incorporate into their lesson planning in order to teach SEL skills with their students.
Learn more about this new resource and sign up for an account here.
NEW RESOURCE: Inner Explorer
Inner Explorer is a mindfulness-based SEL program that focuses on helping students build skills to manage stress and anxiety through daily 5-10 minutes mindfulness exercises (and shorter transition practices). Inner Explorer is available to any teacher, staff member, or caregiver across the district.
Learn more about this new tool and sign up for an account here.
