For Staff
It's not just "social emotional learning" and "academic learning". It's just LEARNING, they're interdependent.
Amy Fast, Principal
Edutopia
As a school or district leader, you may be concerned about potential barriers to bringing systemic social-emotional learning to your district. You may face challenges like teacher burnout, skill-building for SEL instruction, and gaining buy-in for SEL.
This guide is built on feedback from teachers, and shares how district and school leaders can support in creating the best social-emotional and academic learning opportunities for students.
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Self-Guided Learning
Courses on social-emotional learning (SEL), school climate, multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS), education leadership, and more.
Videos and Worksheets
Each course includes actionable templates, videos, worksheets, toolkits, and interviews with K-12 leaders to supplement your learning.
Certificates of Completion
Receive a certificate of completion when you pass a course. The certificate may be used for professional development hours.*
Visit author and educator, Suzanne Dailey's website to find free resources for you, your staff, and students for making every moment at school and in life HAPPIER! Also listen to her short weekly podcast for new ideas!
Practices for cultivating the social and emotional well-being of school staff members. According to the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional, Learning (CASEL), social-emotional learning (SEL) is “the process through which children and adults understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.”
Explore 8 effective interventions for social-emotional learning (SEL) with instructions for implementation from evidence-based SEL programs and curricula. Research shows that explicit SEL interventions are, indeed, effective in helping students develop social-emotional competencies—and can even boost academic achievement.
For Teachers and Everyone Who Work with Kids!
Even if you can't touch your toes, or don't have a yoga mat you can become a rockstar kids yoga and mindfulness teacher with Bari as your guide. Bari will also provide proven tools to help manage stress and boost well being in your own life.
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The MHTTC Network, in partnership with the National Center for School Mental Health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, has developed a FREE self-guided online course, a video library + resource collection and a website focused on educator mental health literacy. The 3-part training package, Classroom WISE (Well-Being Information and Strategies for Educators), is informed by and co-developed with educators from across the nation.
A companion course, Cultural Inclusiveness and Equity WISE, is coming soon!
Welcome to the seven-module series, Listening to Scientists and our Grandmothers: Taking Care of Human Beings. The series is part of a larger project titled, Creating Cultures of Staff Wellness and Care for our Schools and Community Partners. The videos in the series may be used selectively as independent learning modules in any sequence, or as a cohesive set.
- Adult Resilience and Well-Being
11 Books for Educators to Enhance Your Own Social-Emotional Learning
- Student Belonging, Relationships, and Well-Being
"We can’t always ask our students to take off the armor at home, or even on their way to school, because their emotional and physical safety may require self-protection. But what we can do, and what we are ethically called to do, is create a space in our schools and classrooms where all students can walk in and, for that day or hour, take off the crushing weight of their armor, hang it on a rack, and open their heart to truly being seen."