Social Emotional Learning at Home




Schools and families have essential roles to play in promoting children’s positive development and academic performance. When educators and parents work together as partners, they create important opportunities for children to develop social, emotional, and academic competencies. Families are a child’s first teacher and an essential partner in the cultivation of social and emotional competencies throughout a child’s life. In fact, research suggests that evidence-based SEL programs are more effective when they extend into the home (Albright & Weissberg, 2010). Families who understand and value SEL help provide consistent supports for young people across their school and home lives. We are excited to launch the Parent SEL Academy! We invite you to review the schedule and join us when we host for your school community.

SEL Parent Academy Sept FE Newsletter

Social Emotional Learning

Click on Interactive SEL competency wheels to view information on each competency

SEL Home Connections

Harmony at Home

Welcome to

Harmony at Home

Harmony SEL is a social and emotional learning program for PreK-6 grade students which fosters knowledge, skills, and attitudes boys and girls need to develop healthy identities, create meaningful relationships, and engage productively by providing SEL learning opportunities resources, tools, and strategies.





January Harmony Home Connection

Second Step at Home

Welcome to

Second Step at Home

Second Step Middle School is a first-of-its-kind social-emotional learning (SEL) curriculum that’s modern, web-based, and responsive to the needs of today’s students and educators. It’s underpinned by the latest research in adolescent brain development and social psychology. The result is a program that doesn’t just help kids do better in school—it helps them do better in life.

January Second Step

RethinkEd at Home

Welcome to

RethinkEd at Home

RethinkEd is a comprehensive, tiered, K-12 solution that promotes well-being, connectedness and success by focusing on the entire school community and promoting healthy and confident students and adults. The program includes curriculum to develop self-awareness, self-management, responsible decision-making, relationship skills and social awareness skills.

January rethinkEd Home Connections


NBC Parent Toolkit

NBC. (2016). Parent Toolkit. New York: Author. Retrieved from https://www.today.com/parenting-guides

Drawing from an experienced set of experts in a range of fields, including CASEL’s Roger Weissberg, this website provides developmental markers at each age/stage, with guidance for parents on how to support each aspect of development. The site provide resources in the areas of academic achievement, health and wellness, and social and emotional development. The site also enables parents to learn about a child’s specific milestones along with tips for support.

Family-Fun Ideas

Welcome! This section is intended to provide resources and ideas for engaging parents/caregivers and families with Social and Emotional Learning. While family bonding can and should happen all year long, this month's section includes indoor and outdoor activities for some winter time fun. For more information and support, please contact the SEL Family Outreach Coordinator, Angelica Paz with the Student and Family Empowerment Department via virtual office hours at the following link APaz Zoom Room Monday 8:00 am to 12:00 and APaz Zoom Room Thursday 12:30-4:30 pm. We enjoy collaborating with you!!

Click here to view previous Family Fun Ideas

SEL-Informed Literacy at Home

Reading books aloud to children stimulates their imagination and expands their understanding of the world. It helps them develop language and listening skills and prepares them to understand the written word. ... Even after children learn to read by themselves, it's still important for you to read aloud together. Click the Reading Rockets image to learn more about this great resource.

Social Emotional Learning (SEL) has a firm belief that how students feel about themselves and their lives directly impacts their ability to engage with school, and succeed academically. Young people desperately need tools to express and manage their feelings, develop self-confidence, analyze and respond to the social injustices they see in their communities, and cope with the challenges they face. The systemic implementation of SEL in our schools provides our students with the skills needed to thrive emotionally and academically. Strategies to build on their social skills are taught explicitly with evidence-based programs (EBP) at all levels such as Harmony, Second Step, and RethinkEd.

Teaching the SEL competencies is also done with literacy. Each month we will provide a library in the SEL-Informed Literacy in the Home section to support diverse, culturally-affirming literature to inspire our families and their children to engage with reading, accelerate their academic achievement, and develop life-changing social and emotional skills. This month's Diversity Library has many books that focus on Social Awareness. Social Awareness is understanding the perspectives of and empathizing with others, including those from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and contexts. We hope you take the time to view all of the English and Spanish titles provided.

To look and listen to any of the books in the library, scroll over the book of choice and click.

Winter Library

Winter Library

Competency Libraries

Reading lots of different books, silently or aloud with someone else, helps children build phonics skills and read fluently. And, talking about books, answering questions, and re-telling stories helps children develop their ability to understand language. Lead by example. Make reading a part of your home/bedtime routine. Click on any of the libraries below to access book videos.