TRANSFORMATIVE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING

Salinas Union High School District: Youth Wellness. Youth Engagement: Through active participation, young people are empowered to play a vital role in their own development as well as in that of their communities, helping them to learn vital life-skills, develop knowledge on human rights and citizenship and to promote positive civic action. College, Career, & Community Readiness; Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion; Restorative Practices; PBIS; Adult Learning

Transformative Social Emotional Learning (T-SEL) is aimed at interrupting the reproduction of inequitable educational environments by attending to issues of identity, agency, belonging, and related issues such as power, privilege, prejudice, discrimination, social justice, empowerment, and self-determination. T-SEL is a form of SEL implementation that promotes school and civic engagement toward more just communities. Students have a unique perspective on how high-level decisions impact the day-to-day life of the school, and their voices are critical to quality schoolwide SEL implementation and fostering equitable learning environments. By listening to students, schools can make informed decisions about the changes that will best support all learners. Elevate student voice.


El Aprendizaje Emocional Social Transformador (T-SEL, por sus siglas en inglés) tiene como objetivo interrumpir la reproducción de entornos educativos inequitativos al atender cuestiones de identidad, agencia, pertenencia y cuestiones relacionadas como el poder, el privilegio, el prejuicio, la discriminación, la justicia social, el empoderamiento y la autoestima. -determinación. T-SEL es una forma de implementación de SEL que promueve el compromiso escolar y cívico hacia comunidades más justas. Los estudiantes tienen una perspectiva única sobre cómo las decisiones de alto nivel impactan la vida diaria de la escuela, y sus voces son críticas para la implementación de SEL de calidad en toda la escuela y el fomento de entornos de aprendizaje equitativos. Al escuchar a los estudiantes, las escuelas pueden tomar decisiones informadas sobre los cambios que mejor apoyarán a todos los estudiantes. Eleve la voz de los estudiantes.

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Radically Inclusive Discipline

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