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Preparing Students for Life Beyond the Classroom: Spotlighting Success in North Dakota — The benefits of social emotional learning (SEL) in two rural school districts

Ruthie Caparas; WestEd

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To support statewide adoption of social-emotional learning (SEL) and other whole-person strategies, the Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety at WestEd worked with the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction and North Dakota Regional Education Association to identify districts that had been experiencing success with using whole-person practices.

Using a mixed-method research approach, two districts rose to the top as SEL exemplars: Wilton School District and Richland #44 School District.

This case study explores each district’s successful strategies and some of the benefits they have offered to the district’s students, staff, and communities — beyond the evident student performance data.

SEL Exemplars case study

Published

August 10, 2021

Topic

Adult SEL Alignment and Coherence Getting Started Race & Equity School Safety Sustainable Implementation

Category

Professional Learning & Practice

Audience

Educators & Caregivers Local Leaders States & Policymakers

Resource Type

Knowledge/Articles

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