SEL Professional Learning

Research recommends starting with building awareness, then building a SEL team and strengthening adult SEL prior to implementing instruction in SEL for students.

School teams should use this guide on the left from CASEL to help develop and assess their SEL journey.

Information on this page below provides information about professional learning in GCS by Tiers of support.

Section 1 -Tier 1 recommended PD sequence overview.

Section 2 -describes each of the SEL professional learning topic areas for Tier 1 and provides links to the PD Portal.

Section 3 - Tier 2 recommended PD for specific employees.

Section 1: Recommended PD Sequence and Actions Tier 1 SEL 101

Becoming Trauma-Informed with Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Trauma-Informed Practices (all staff 3 hour training).
SEL Foundations provided to your staff through your school counselor.
Create SEL team and lead ongoing SEL activities. ** You can use SEL Walkthrough and Assessments to guide your team at this point.
Mental Health Literacy (all staff) provided on site by Mental Health Counselor.
Behavior 101 (all staff).

Once your staff completes all four components, complete this self-assessment to determine additional PD needs.

Section 2: Determining SEL PD Needs

Description to each PD are below. Here is a link to a table of all recommended PDs and topics to print.

We recommend starting steps 1-3 above in the first year - start with a 3 hour ACEs and TIPs training for your entire staff and integrating SEL activities for staff throughout the year (coordinated through a school SEL team) and coordinate a Mental Health Literacy training with your Mental Health Counselor.

Behavior 101: Recommended for year 2 for schools with an ED class (provided by a behavior specialist). Also recommended in year 2 for schools with high behavior referrals (send Instructional Coaches to the Train the Trainer)

ACEs and Trauma Informed Practices

Trauma informed practices is intended for a full school faculty, building their understanding of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) and effective trauma-informed practices for overcoming ACES.

If your school is using Capturing Kids Hearts or Conscious Discipline, you do not need to attend the Part 2: Trauma-Informed Practices PD.

Combination: ACEs and TIPs registration (recommended)

In person
On school site
3 hours
Professional work days

Part 1: ACEs Registration

Virtual
1.5 hours
Summer Academy
Recommended for new staff whose schools received ACEs

Part 2: TIPs Registration (for schools who completed ACEs)

In person for entire staff
Option 2: new staff whose schools had Part 2 (registration)
1.5 hours
Recommended: professional workday

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SEL Foundations District Training.pptx

SEL Foundations

Social and Emotional (SEL) Foundations is a train the trainer series to understand the why, what, and how of integrating SEL into the academic day. Counselors are trained and provide the series to their staff over the course of a year.

Training in SEL Foundations was provided to Elementary and Middle Schools in 2019-20.

Contact your school counselor for High School SEL Foundations training.

Behavior 101

Behavior 101 provides training to your staff in the following 5 components (1 hour per component)

Structure
Expectations and Rules
Engagement Practices
Reinforcing Behaviors
Correcting Behaviors

This training is recommended after ACEs and TIPs PD.

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Section 3: Tier 2/3 (Some Staff) professional Learning

Conscious Discipline

Conscious Discipline embodies Trauma-Informed Practices through 4 main elements: Brain State Model, Conscious Adults, Creating the School Family, Seven Skills of Discipline. Specific schools are participating in the Conscious Discipline training through a cohort PLC approach. Schools will meet monthly through a facilitated PLC with the following schedule:

Mental Health First Aid

Mental Health First Aid is an 8 hour full day training that provides staff members with the warning signs of mental illness and substance abuse and ways to respond, based on student needs. Recommended for nurses, front office staff, behavior interventionists; however, all staff benefit from this training.

Zones of Regulation

Zones of Regulation provides Tier 2 or 3 (supplemental) instruction to students to teach skills to identify and regulate their emotions. This is intended for counselors and special education teachers.

Advanced Trauma-Informed Practices

Advanced Trauma-Informed Practices provides in-depth training to behavior interventionists to help prevent, and effectively respond to, challenging behaviors. This involves a Professional Learning Community series, starting with a full day workshop and subsequent meetings to problem-solve around challenging cases.

Social Thinking

Social Thinking provides training to teach students social pragmatics to increase their understanding and participation in the social world. This PD is intended for speech pathologists and special education teachers.

Restorative Practices

Restorative practices is intended for a targeted school team and emphasizes a support system to students, along with an alternative discipline approach, teaching students to reflect, repair harm, and restore relationships.

Completion of all of the SEL 101 Series and self-assessment are critical prior to beginning Restorative Practices.