Leveraging Adult SEL: CASEL’s Top 3 Resources

Supporting adult social-emotional learning (SEL) is essential to creating healthy, connected school communities. To help leaders and educators strengthen this work, CASEL offers practical, easy-to-use resources that guide professional learning, collaboration, and everyday SEL modeling. Here are three worth exploring.

#1 LEARN: Create a Professional Learning Plan – A simple tool to organize a plan for staff learning and experiences in alignment with your top SEL priorities in your next leadership team meeting.

#2 CONNECT & COLLABORATE: Creating a Caring Culture Through SEL – An example that shows how Atlanta Public Schools responded to a crisis by investing in a culture of trust and support among staff, including an inspiring collaboration between the district’s SEL team, Safety and Security, and Human Resources.

#3 MODEL: Modeling SEL in Interactions With Students and Families – This 2-part all-staff professional learning activity guides reflection, storytelling, and simple next steps.