The definitive work on social and emotional learning (SEL) research and practice is now in an extensively revised second edition, featuring all-new and thoroughly updated chapters. The world’s leading SEL scholars describe state-of-the-art interventions that build students' competencies for managing emotions, showing empathy for others, forming supportive relationships, and making responsible decisions.| Guilford Press
Review your current level of implementation, identify needs and resources, set goals, and develop concrete action steps for SEL implementation.| Casel Schoolguide
Background Plan–do–study–act (PDSA) cycles provide a structure for iterative testing of changes to improve quality of systems. The method is widely accepted in healthcare improvement; however there is little overarching evaluation of how the method is applied. This paper proposes a theoretical framework for assessing the quality of application of PDSA cycles and explores the consistency with which the method has been applied in peer-reviewed literature against this framework. Methods NH...| BMJ Quality & Safety
Key Points Back to top 1. Foundational Capabilities for Educators Back to top Culturally sustaining pedagogy is a strengths-based, student-centered approach to teaching and learning that celebrates students’ unique backgrounds, communities, and experiences. To meaningfully engage in culturally sustaining SEL, Meland and Brion-Meisel propose that educators must: Be reflective and aware of your behaviors, emotions, […]| CASEL
Key Points Back to top Cipriano and McCarthy explain that historically, marginalized and minoritized students (including by gender, race, ethnicity, language, or ability) have not shared equitably in the benefits of educational interventions and “best practices” in teaching. SEL programs have the potential to serve as a “pathway to educational equity,” but questions remain as […]| CASEL
How to Write for CASEL’s Blog We’re excited you’re interested in writing for CASEL’s blog, Constellations. We’re committed to storytelling from all over the SEL field, from leading researchers, school leaders and teachers, to students and their family members. So if you have a story to share ...| Google Docs
Key Points Back to top Article 1: We Will Build Together: Sowing the Seeds of SEL Statewide Back to top This article outlines a powerful approach to implementing SEL in public schools across California, showing how systemic change can occur at a large scale. The authors share the conditions that made this work possible, then […]| CASEL