Adult Wellness

Relationships

Building and Sustaining Relationships - Teaching students strategies  (1)  that will help them be able to stay in good relationship even during disagreements, it’s also valuable for the adults in the building to think about our communication skills. These influence our interpersonal relationships and our ability to capture and keep the attention of our audience. It provides food for thought and opportunities for reflecting on the relationships between adults in your building, along with strategies that can transfer to classrooms. (Aperature Education)

Relationship Skills: Teacher Reflection and Action - Building and sustaining positive, warm relationships with our students is what constitutes the core of “classroom management.” Rules or agreements about classroom behaviors are only effective to the degree that the people involved are willing to abide by them. And that comes down to relationship. How do our students know how we feel about them? They listen to our words, yes, but they also read our body language and sense our emotional connection to them. (Aperature Education)

Social Emotional Learning (SEL)

Adult SEL Toolkit for District Leaders - The toolkit is aligned to CASEL’s Focus Area 2 for SEL implementation and includes with new adult SEL activities, protocols, and professional learning resources to help your district’s educators build community and foster resilience. (Panorama)

Explore Resources for Supporting Adult SEL - Measurement and professional development resources (Panorama) 

RULER - SEL Program RULER is an evidence-based approach to social and emotional learning (SEL) developed at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. RULER supports the entire school community in: understanding the value of emotions, building the skills of emotional intelligence, and creating and maintaining a positive school climate (Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence)

SEL for Educators Toolkit - The SEL for Educators Toolkit consists of a Professional Learning Presentation, Companion Guide, Snapshot, and Reference List. It is intended to be an accessible and actionable synthesis of the research on the social-emotional learning (SEL) of adults in school settings. It is designed to be flexible and adaptable; educators can review and use these tools in their entirety, or select one or more focus areas. It is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather a starting point on the what, the why, and the how of supporting educators' SEL. Due to the wealth of resources focused on system-level support, this toolkit focuses on what educators can do to support their individual growth. (Transforming Education) 

SEL Playbook for Superintendents - What is the single most effective "change management" strategy you've used to lead SEL in your district? (Panorama) 

SEL Resource Library - CASEL offers a comprehensive collection of high-quality social and emotional learning (SEL) tools and resources to inform and support educators, researchers, policymakers, and parents who are leading this work in the field. Resources have been selected by CASEL staff, consultants, school district partners, field collaborators, and others. (CASEL)

SEL Tools & Tips - Take action with SEL resources for students, educators, and families. (Aperture Education)

Social Emotional Learning Survey - By asking students and teachers to reflect on SEL through surveys, districts can gather actionable data to prioritize support. SEL Survey helps educators measure and improve SEL in four areas: 1. Student: Skills and Competencies, 2. Student: Supports and Environment, 3. Student: Well-Being, and 4. Teacher and Staff: Well-Being and Adult SEL. (Panorama)

Social Emotional Wellbeing - Social emotional health is the ability to understand and manage our emotions and to form social connections and relationships with the world around us. Strong social emotional health enables an individual to integrate their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors in a way that supports greater health and well-being in life. (Thriving Schools)

Teacher Resources

Provider Well Being Assessment - An assessment tool that individuals and organizations in the behavioral health community can use to assess their well-being and engage in continuous quality improvement to achieve optimal well-being. (Provider Well-being)

Self Care Starter Kit - Useful resources to maintain and enhance your well-being in all the important domains of your life. (University of Buffalo, School of Social Work)

Thriving Schools - an integrated approach to school health, curating the best thinking and guidance on how to keep students, staff, teachers, and families healthy across four dimensions of health.

WE Teachers Resources - WE Teachers ensures that every teacher in every school nationwide has access to the educational tools and training they need to set them and their students up for future success.

Well-being

Creating a Culture of Support and Well-Being - In this toolkit, learn how employers and people in leadership can develop or improve upon existing workplace policies that uplift workers, ensure that they are valued and heard, and improve the overall culture of well-being within an organization. Whether this is your first foray into considering mental health in the workplace or it’s been part of your playbook for years, you will find resources suited to your specific needs and interests. You will find in each section fact sheets, printable resources, checklists, drop-in articles, and more to help meet your needs.

Promote Mental Health and Well Being in Your School Staff:Part 1 - The US Surgeon General's office released: Framework of 5 Essential for the Workplace - Protect from Harm; Connection & Community; Mattering at Work; Work-Life Harmony and Opportunities for Growth. Each edition explores 1 of 5 Essentials in your school district's policies & practices that promote mental health & well-being.Part 1 shares ideas on how to create a culture & environment where your teachers feel physically & emotionally safe.

Promote Mental Health and Well Being in Your School Staff:Part 2 - Connection and Community ideas to help you build positive relationships among school staff.