SEL
Workshops, Institutes, and Courses
Listed below are organizations (arranged alphabetically) that offer
professional development in various aspects of SEL. CASEL has not evaluated the quality or effectiveness of these workshops, and provides this listing just as a resource for school personnel
or individuals looking to deepen their understanding of SEL or EI
or to obtain credit hours.
Building Resilient Kids Web Course
As part of their Military Child Initiative,
the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins Center on School, Family and Community Partnerships have created a free Building Resilient Kids online course. The course is for school administrators, support staff and teachers to help all students meet life’s challenges with resilience, focusing primarily on students from military families. Several modules, including the ones on SEL, school connectedness, and promoting resilience, will be of interest to educators regardless of whether or not they have military children in their classroom. The course now also being offered for university credit through the University of Hawaii. To access the course, or to register, visit http://www.jhsph.edu/mci/training_course/ or http://www.outreach.hawaii.edu/myuh/quick_guide.asp. (Note: the online course title at the University of Hawaii is 'Field Studies in Educational Foundations, EDEF 469.)
Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning
Two-day and three-day Sustainable Schoolwide SEL Implementation Training for Principals
and School Teams
The two-day training is an orientation for schools on how to implement
and sustain schoolwide SEL. After completing the training, school
teams will have a clear understanding of SEL, the relationship to
high quality education, and connection to academic success. Teams
will develop a plan for the initial steps of SEL implementation,
identify strategies to translate that plan into action, consider
long-term sustainability factors, and begin SEL implementation.
The core document guiding this training is CASEL’s Sustainable,
Schoolwide SEL: Implementation Guide and Toolkit.
The three-day training includes a one-day advanced booster session a few months after the initial two-day workshop. During this advanced workshop, school teams have the opportunity to explore the concepts of SEL skills and climate more intensively. They also revisit the SEL implementation plans they made during the two-day workshop, revising and updating accordingly.
Next two-day training: June 24-25, 2010. Chicago, IL. Contact Tona Gamboa at tgamboa@casel.org or 312.226.3770 x 352 for more information.
Caine Learning
Offers workshops focusing on the role of emotions in learning and
teaching. Participants become familiar with three separate mind
states. They become proficient at identifying the mind states of
their learners and mastering appropriate teaching strategies.
To learn about this and other campus workshop opportunities by
Caine Learning, please click
here.
Center for the 4th and 5th Rs
NY. Summer Institutes in Character Education. For more information or
to register, visit the SUNY Cortland web
site.
Center for Peaceable Schools: Summer Institutes
The Center for Peaceable Schools at Lesley University in Cambridge,
MA offers yearly summer institutes for teachers, administrators,
clinicians, community workers and parents with an interest in comprehensive
school change. Topics include: the components and principles of
a Peaceable School; the roots of violence; personal responses to
conflict and difference; hands-on conflict resolution skills; leadership
development; pro-social learning environments; proven curricula
which meet state standards. For more information or to register,
visit the Center
for Peaceable Schools Web site.
Center for Social and Emotional Education
CSEE offers a variety of professional development programs and services
to help schools leaders, educators, schools, districts, and states
to support sustained school improvement. Specific services include:
- Awareness Workshops (2-3 hrs) for conference days, faculty meetings,
board or committee presentations;
- One day introductory workshops;
- Professional Study Group facilitation
- Long-range professional development and curriculum writing projects
(3-6 days per year and/or summer plus on-going coaching support;
- School climate/whole school improvement leadership team coaching
- Annual Summer Institutes
See the CSEE
web site for more information.
Character Education Partnership
CEP Institutes and Seminars are designed to enable schools
to transform their culture, supporting students' growth academically
and ethically. CEP has a comprehensive framework in the Eleven
Principles, developed by leading character education experts. The
Eleven Principles framework allows flexibility to schools and
districts, guiding their actions based on identified priorities
and needs. To learn more about CEP's professional development
opportunities, visit their web
site.
Cooperative Learning Center Training
The Cooperative Learning Center is a Research and Training Center
at the University of Minnesota directed by the world-renown experts
in cooperative learning, Roger T. Johnson and David W. Johnson.
It focuses on how students should interact with each other as they
learn and the skills needed to interact effectively. The Johnsons
have reviewed more than 800 studies dating back to the late 1800's
and have contributed more than 80 research studies of their own
to clarify the issue of student-to-student interaction and learning.
Their training includes instructors from pre-school through college
in all subject areas. The training has concentrated on North America,
but interest is growing around the world.
For a schedule of their summer training institutes, click
here.
Department of Education, Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools
The Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools has created several free online course on various prevention-related topics, including: enhancing school connectedness; bullying; underage drinking; gangs; and truancy. Additional modules cover program selection, implementation, and evaluation. To access the courses or see other topics in the series, click here.
Drake University
Video-based long distance learning course entitled, "Responsibility,
Respect and Relationships: Creating Emotionally Safe Classrooms."
Based on Dr. Bluestein's new book Creating Emotionally Safe
Schools. For more information or to order, visit the Drake
University Web site
Educators for Social Responsibility
ESR is holding ten one-day institutes and two five-day institutes for school and district teams of elementary educators. The purpose of the institutes is to introduce participants to the new curriculum, Connected and Respected: Lessons from the Resolving Conflict Creatively Program, and RCCP classroom strategies. The program is designed to be the foundation of a comprehensive approach to SEL and charater development in the classroom. For more information or to register, visit http://www.esrnational.org/
Emotionally Intelligent Schools
Emotionally Intelligent Schools (EIS) is dedicated to enhancing
the professional and personal lives of school administrators, teachers,
and students by providing evidence-based and field-tested training
programs to schools. The Emotionally Intelligent Teacher (EIT)
and the Emotionally Intelligent Administrator are innovative
full-day workshop based on a hard science approach to what has historically
been called soft skills. Primary and secondary school teachers learn
how emotions impact student learning and performance, decision making,
relationships, and work performance, and how they can harness the
wisdom of emotions to become more effective teachers. School administrators
learn both how emotions impact individuals, teams, and organizations,
and how they can harness the wisdom of emotions to become more effective
leaders.
For more information, see the Emotionally
Intelligent Schools Web site
Equilibrium Dynamics
This California-based non-profit organization teaches emotional competence skills to adults and children, targeting low income, minority and other underserved groups. The organization's aim is to teach adults and children how to build a life in which feelings empower - rather than sabotage- responsible relationships,activities, education and careers. They collaborate with other organizations, schools and colleges in and around the Bay Area to give emotional competence workshops and also free public workshops. To learn more, visit http://www.eqdynamics.org.
Garrison Institute Teacher Summer Retreat
The Institute will be hosting a teacher retreat, Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE) Training, on August 8-13, 2009 in Garrison, NY. The Garrison Institute’s Initiative on Contemplation and Education offers this innovative training for teachers introducing an evidence-based set of practical skills. These skills will help you reduce stress, improve your mental concentration and emotional awareness and facilitate responsiveness. You will be able to apply these in the classroom so you can consistently be the caring, compassionate teacher you are. Studies show that helping teachers cope with such stress effectively does more than reduce burnout: it allows them to be role models for healthy social and emotional behavior and improves educational outcomes for students. http://www.garrisoninstitute.org/programs.php?type=contemplation_education
GroupWORKS for Education
Provides training for administrators, teachers, counselors, and parent coordinators with less than 5 years of experience in their position. The program focuses on small group dynamics, classroom leadership, emotional literacy and education, prevention and intervention services, and the integration of academic, social, and emotional development in the classroom. The organization offers a variety of programs in New York City and Queens throughout the Spring and Summer of 2008, including, "meeting the challenges of hidden dynamics in school group to improve learning and cooperation," "using literature to understand and address issues of middle adolescence," "understanding and working with aggression in the school setting," and "using the teacher's and couselor's feelings to promote learning and cooperation in school groups."
For more information, visit http://www.groupswork.org/
Origins Institute
The Institute offers a number of options for teachers and administrators interested in the Responsive Classroom, Developmental Designs for Middle School and Building Academic Communities Through the Arts approaches. Training is available in various locations throughout the year. Additionally, there are a variety of services offered on-site in your school or district, including the One-day Overview and weeklong workshops. http://www.originsonline.org/pd_workshops.php
PassageWorks Institute Workshops and Courses
The Foundation Course (Level I)
Experience renewal, reflection and practical strategies for your work with K-12 students at this institute for teachers, counselors, administrators and parents where we focus on building heart, spirit and community in the classroom. Based on the model developed by PassageWorks founder, Rachael Kessler, and featured in The Soul of Education (ASCD 2000), this course will explore:
The theory of social and emotional learning (SEL);
How to create a caring classroom environment in which students will increase focus and motivation to learn and develop empathy and compassion;
Stages of group development and methods appropriate to each grade level; and
Ways to integrate this work into your teaching.
Dates: April 9-11, 2010; June 24 27, 2010
Location:: Boulder, CO 80303
Teaching Presence (Level II)
Beyond methodology and content, the most effective teaching includes a more elusive quality that profoundly affects the learning that is possible what we have called the teaching presence. Most teachers have experienced this powerful presence on certain occasions. But how can we cultivate and sustain this capacity? This course will explore:
Exploring obstacles and opportunities for becoming present in the classroom;
Holding respectful discipline setting boundaries with compassion;
Developing emotional rangegrowing comfort with a full range of emotions in ourselves and our students: joy, grief, anger, exuberance, fear, love, and vulnerability.
Dates: June 11 13, 2010
Times: Friday 5:00 pm 9:00 pm; Saturday 9:00 am 8:00 pm, Sunday 9:00 am 4:00 pm
Location: Boulder, CO 80303
For more information, visit the PassageWorks website at www.passageworks.org.
Positive Discipline
Workshops offered throughout the year in various locations. Two-day workshop on Positive Discipline in the Classroom,
which is based on the work of psychologist Alfred Adler. (from Web
site) "Daniel Goleman identified Emotional Intelligence, or
EQ. Research has discovered EQ to be vastly important to success
in life. Participants will learn how students develop competencies,
skills, and personal qualities through the class-meeting process
and other Positive Discipline methods." For more information,
dates and locations, or to register, visit the Positive
Discipline Web site
Public Conversations Project
The mission of Public Conversations Project (PCP) is to foster a
more inclusive, empathic and collaborative society by promoting
constructive conversations and relationships among those who have
differing values, world views, and positions about divisive public
issues. Various Dates and Locations monthly in 2009-2010. In the midst of conflict,
PCP 's dialogues open hearts and minds to new possibilities for
feeling, thinking, and acting. PCP workshops equip participants
with the tools to transform stuck situations in their communities
and organizations. Join us for a workshop. CE credits available.
See the Public
Conversations web site for more information.
Responsive Classroom Summer Institutes
The Responsive Classroom offers week-long teacher institutes throughout the summer, at various locations around the country. All week-long institutes focus on helping elementary educators learn how to use the classroom practices at the heart of the Responsive Classroom approach. The Responsive Classroom approach is based on the premise that children learn best when they have both academic and social-emotional skills. The approach therefore consists of classroom and schoolwide practices for deliberately helping children build academic and social-emotional competencies.http://www.responsiveclassroom.org/prodevelop/weeklongdates.html
Rutgers University Online Courses in SEL and Character Development
Rutgers University, in partnership with the National SECD Credentialing Council, is pleased to announce the implementation of a series of courses in social-emotional and character development (SECD) that can be taken individually or combined as part of a credentialing program. This unique program is intended to give all educational staff and mental health professionals working with schools or in after-school programs the opportunity to enhance their professional development skills in the field of social-emotional and character development and to earn a credential in Social-Emotional and Character Development. Next courses start January 18, 2010. http://www.teachsecd.com/launch/launchTeachSECD.html
School-Connect Summer Institutes
School-Connect: Optimizing the High School Experience is a 40-lesson curriculum designed to boost social, emotional, and academic skills in students (grades 9-12). It is especially designed to help incoming freshmen develop supportive relationships and prepare for the academic rigor of high school. School-Connect will be hosting regional trainings for educators, counselors, and administrators interested in implementing School-Connect and in-servicing school staff in social-emotional learning strategies. See www.school-connect.net for more information.
Social and Emotional Learning Teacher Training Institute
The Social and Emotional Learning Teacher Training Institute will provide participants with the inspiration, rationale, and ideas to bring SEL into their communities. Each session blends theory with practice and will empower attendees to educate with student well-being and cooperation as core principles. The Institute is held at the Nueva School in Hillsborough, CA.
http://www.nuevaschool.org/welcome-to-the-sel-institute
Universal Class
Universal Class, a source of on-line college-level courses in many
topics, offers a course titled Social and Emotional Learning. This
course is for teachers and parents particularly, but will also be
useful to anyone involved in supporting young people. The course
covers the basics of Social and Emotional Learning- what it is;
why it is important in parenting and teaching. It also provides
information on the concept of Emotional Intelligence and how it
affects behavior and learning. Participants will understand the
connection between emotions and learning and therefore how to remove
the emotional blocks to learning in their students. This combines
some basic aspects of counseling in the classroom, but it goes beyond
that. Focus will be on creating a supportive, nurturing , non-threatening
environment in the home and the classroom to manage behavior and
enhance learning. Visit Universal
Class.com.
Workable Peace Training Institutes
Workable Peace is a nonprofit curriculum and professional development
project for high school social studies. Our innovative history and
social studies curriculum teaches social emotional, civic, and conflict
resolution skills, infused into hands-on social studies content.
Designed to be integrated into World History, US History and other
social studies courses, the Workable Peace curriculum supports State
and National History and Social Science curriculum framework, and
includes historically accurate case study simulations on ancient
Greece, the Middle East, Latin America, Africa, Northern Ireland
and selected American History topics. The Workable Peace curriculum
promotes academic achievement and civic skills by uniting the examination
of conflict, the study of history and the practice of conflict management.
For more information on Workable Peace, please visit our Web site
at www.workablepeace.org.
2010 Conferences
Sociology of Education Association annual meeting: "Social relationships, schools, and student outcomes"
February 19-21, Monterey, CA
http://isber.ucsb.edu/sea/10_conference/index.htm
National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) Annual Convention
March 2–6, Chicago, IL
http://www.nasponline.org
The 23rd Annual Children's Mental Health Research & Policy Conference
March 7-10, Tampa, FL
Http://rtckids.fmhi.usf.edu/cmhconference
Coalition For Community Schools National Forum 2010
April 7-9, Philadelphia, PA
http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?i=ba1db5ca-0f98-4f41-bd81-bcc15d027003
Evidence-Based Programs: Research-to-Practice Conference
April 7-9, San Antonio, TX
http://www.blueprintsconference.com
National School Social Work Conference
April 7-10, St. Louis, MO
http://www.sswaa.org/index.asp?page=82
3rd International Community Psychology Conference
June 3-5, Puebla, México
http://www.3iccp2010.org/
American School Counselor Association (ASCA) 2010 Annual Conference
July 3-6, Boston, MA
http://www.schoolcounselor.org/
International Conference on Learning
July 6-9, Hong Kong, China
http://thelearner.com/conference-2010/
Brain Development and Learning: Making Sense of Science of the Science
July 16-20, Vancouver, B.C.
http://www.interprofessional.ubc.ca/bdl.html
American Psychological Association (APA) Convention
August 12-15, San Diego, CA
http://www.apa.org/conf.html
Graduate Training Opportunities
UVa Doctoral Training
The Educational Psychology and Applied Developmental Science Program offers research-intensive, interdisciplinary doctoral training relevant to both practice and policy. Research focuses on schools, classrooms, and other youth development settings. (Contact Sara Rimm-Kaufman)
The Educational Policy Program prepares scholars with a disciplinary perspective (eg economics), rigorous methodology, and an understanding of schools, schooling, and tools of educational policy. (Contact Jim Wyckoff)
Both programs offer Virginia Education Science Training Fellowships funded by the US Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences (Contact Jen Mashburn)
The UVa Social Development Lab also has an opening for a research associate/assistant with experience working with large data sets, particularly in psychology or education.
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