SEL in Action: Tools to Help Students Learn and Grow (Jump Start Guide)

This guide gives educators a five-step framework to implement social-emotional learning (SEL) with their students to help them achieve success in school and life.

Not all educators teach in districts where training in SEL and related topics such as restorative justice, trauma-informed teaching and culturally responsive teaching is readily available. In this six-page guide, author and educator Jorge Valenzuela introduces educators to the Equity and SEL Integration Framework that will help them understand core SEL competencies and design lessons that activate SEL in their curriculum.

The guide features:

• Online videos that explain each element of the Equity and SEL Integration Framework.
• Clear explanation of SEL and the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning's (CASEL) five core competencies.
• Resources for understanding and addressing implicit bias.
• Links to templates for empathy maps and emotions planners.
• Information on edtech tools that can be used to integrate SEL.
• Additional resources for understanding SEL and developing an SEL integration plan.