The North Country Partnership for SEL Practices (NCP4SEL) is a coordinated effort focused on social and emotional learning (SEL) using a multi-tiered system framework. In the spring of 2018, Shelli Roberts, then principal of Bethlehem Elementary School (BES), connected with Lori Langlois, the Executive Director of North Country Education Services to convene a regional group of principals and other school personnel who were concerned about trauma-informed practices to share BES' Project GROW experience. Kelly Dussault, who was serving as SAU 36’s System of Care Grant Coordinator at that time, joined shortly thereafter to co-facilitate the group. Recognizing  that  impacting SEL practices in the region spanned beyond K-12, the collaboration quickly expanded to include partners of the Coos Coalition for Young Children and Families and additional stakeholders. 

In 2025, the Advisory Team for North Country Partnership for SEL Practices merged with the Professional Development Workgroup for the Coos Coalition for Young Children and Families. 

Learn more about the founding members and current advisory team members.