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The vision of the national Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety is that when all children are educated in places of equity, safety, and learning, and when they receive the integrated academic, social, and emotional supports that meet their individual needs, then they can achieve their greatest potential in K-12 education, as well as in college, career, and life.

Resources for Current Times

The Center has compiled resources to support states, districts, and schools as they serve students throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The Center has also compiled resources to support schools in advancing racial justice and creating more equitable systems, as well as to support educators in addressing the January 6 insurrection on the Capitol. These sets of resources can be found below.

COVID-19 Resources                     Race & Equity Resources                     Capitol Insurrection Resources

Our Work

The Center intends to expand the knowledge and capacity of the field to integrate evidence-based social and emotional learning (SEL) and school safety practices and programs to support students’ success throughout their K-12 experience and beyond. To do so, the Center will offer three-tiered technical assistance.
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Resources

In addition to the tools, resources, and publications that the SEL Center authors, we also review and curate the work of others who offer research-based approaches to social and emotional learning and school safety. Below, we offer a selection of resources to help the field identify and select evidence-based programs and practices.

Investing in Evidence-Based SEL report cover

Investing in Evidence-Based Social and Emotional Learning

Trauma Informed Distance Learning Brief

Strategies for Trauma-Informed Distance Learning

SEL Compendium Sept 2020

Integrating Social and Emotional Learning throughout the School System: A Compendium of Resources for District Leaders

Leveraging this Moment to Improve Schools and Systems web panel

Leveraging This Moment to Improve Schools and Systems through the Lenses of SEL, Trauma-Informed Practices, and Anti-Racist Education

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News

Well-Being and Equity Award

REQUEST FOR NOMINATIONS: Student and Community Well-being and Equity

December 3, 2020
Virtual collaboration

Peer-to-Peer State Collaboratives: August 2020 Convening

August 18, 2020

Webinar: Strategies for Educators to Support the Social and Emotional Needs of Students Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Demand for Racial Justice: Plans for Reopening Schools

July 9, 2020
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Events

The SEL Center and other content centers periodically hold events, webinars, and other learning opportunities.

Webinar on Race Equity Mindsets and SEL

Webinar: Seizing the Moment: Race Equity Mindsets, Social and Emotional Well-Being, and Outcomes for Students

October 30, 2020

NCSSLE & USDE

Addressing Human Trafficking: Supporting Vulnerable Populations and Effectively Reintegrating Students

January 25, 2021

NCSI Conversation Series

Webinar: Exploring the Intersection of Race and Disability in K-12 Education — Session on Stakeholder and Family Engagement

February 16, 2021

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State Profiles

The Center offers state profiles that include a mosaic of social and emotional learning, school safety, academic performance, and other student data.
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