SEL lead learners

Creating the Conditions That Lead to Equitable Outcomes for

All Students

For the past ten years, in partnership with Lead by Learning (formerly Mills Teacher Scholars), the SEL Lead Learner Inquiry Group has been guided by the simple premise that if we want all students to reach their learning goals and realize their potential, then teachers need to be supported in building their skills and capacities to deliver the learning experiences that all students need. This means authentically seeing and treating adults as learners, cultivating adult SEL in service of building students' social, emotional, and academic development, and continuously holding equity at the center of this work.

Monthly sessions are co-facilitated by the SEL Team and Lead by Learning. A safe, professional, and welcoming culture is created that promotes curiosity, belonging, and sense-making. Practitioners use data to make learners' experience visible as they supportively challenge themselves and colleagues' learning. Equity is centered in the learning by continually returning to the learning of the most vulnerable students, and practitioners questioning their own assumptions and those of their colleagues.

Lead by Learning is a professional learning organization of the Mills College School of Education. They partner with schools and districts to support educators to deeply collaborate in order to disrupt inequitable practices and improve student outcomes. To learn more about Lead by Learning, click here.