SEL Center

Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety

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Rooting Social and Emotional Well-Being Efforts in Equity: A Reflection GuideNew

In this tip sheet for educators, Natalie Walrond, Director of the national Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety at WestEd, offers several high level principles that educators can consider followed by nine self-reflection ... Professional Learning & Practice Adult SEL Race & Equity School Safety Educators & Caregivers Local Leaders Actionable Tools/Guides

Healing School Systems

This brief describes the experiences of three educational systems that are striving to address the adversity that affects their school communities. They are shifting away from reactive, student-level interventions and exclusion in response to ... Professional Learning & Practice Alignment and Coherence Mental Health Race & Equity School Safety Educators & Caregivers Local Leaders Actionable Tools/Guides Knowledge/Articles

Why Asset-Framing is Better Storytelling

This brief article from The Goodman Center calls on Trabian Shorters' work on asset-framing. According to Shorters, asset-framing is a "narrative model that defines people by their assets and aspirations before noting the challenges and deficits” ... Professional Learning & Practice Getting Started Race & Equity Educators & Caregivers Actionable Tools/Guides

Serving the Whole Person: Safety Through Collaboration – Ohio’s Comprehensive Approach to Student Well-Being

This piece will summarize the experience of an Ohio-based team in using Serving the Whole Person: An Alignment and Coherence Guide for State Education Agencies and share key insights that may benefit other SEA leaders as they consider their own ... Professional Learning & Practice Alignment and Coherence School Safety Sustainable Implementation Local Leaders States & Policymakers Knowledge/Articles

Strong and Sustainable Children’s Cabinets

This discussion document is intended to help state government leaders (governor’s office staff, state agency leaders, legislators, judges, etc.) identify the most appropriate actions for children’s cabinets for their context. It does not offer ... Professional Learning & Practice Alignment and Coherence Sustainable Implementation Local Leaders States & Policymakers Actionable Tools/Guides

The Toolkit Before the Toolkit: Centering Adaptive and Relational Elements of Restorative Practices for Implementation Success (Toolkit & Audiocast)

“Centering Adaptive and Relational Elements of Restorative Practices as Tools for Implementation Success” is a companion audiocast to “The Toolkit Before the Toolkit.” In conversation in the audiocast is Lauren Trout, the toolkit's author, ... Professional Learning & Practice Alignment and Coherence Race & Equity School Safety Sustainable Implementation Educators & Caregivers Local Leaders Actionable Tools/Guides Videos/Multimedia

Restorative Practices Guide

MHTTC’s Results from 2021 Needs Assessment

During 2021, the 10 MHTTC Regional Centers conducted a needs assessment survey of key stakeholders, mental health organizations and practitioners, and others in their regions. Professional Learning & Practice Data-Driven Cycles of Improvement Mental Health Race & Equity Local Leaders States & Policymakers Knowledge/Articles

Needs Assessment

Podcast: Let’s Talk Social and Emotional Learning

This three-episode podcast series looks at the history of SEL, its practice, some recent developments and its future. Evidence Base & Research Professional Learning & Practice Alignment and Coherence Getting Started Integration with Academics Race & Equity Educators & Caregivers Local Leaders Videos/Multimedia

Wallace Podcast