Training and Support

The following CASEL trainings are available at varied dates and locations during the year. Our next Sustainable Schoolwide SEL Implementation Training dates are:

• July 24-25, 2008. Chicago, IL. July Registration Flyer
• August 14-15, 2008. Chicago, IL. August Registration Flyer

Registration deadline: May 30, 2008. These trainings typically sell out, so please register your team soon.

For other questions about CASEL professional development, please contact Kristy Ogren.

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.

Upcoming training dates: July 24-25, 2008 (July Registration Flyer) & August 14-15, 2008 (August Registration Flyer), in Chicago, IL.

Administrator Academies
In partnership with state ROEs, CASEL offers a 6-hour Administrator Academy (AA) for administrators in order to help them interpret the Illinois Children’s Mental Health Act, explore the new social and emotional learning standards, and understand the implications of both for their students, schools, and district. This Administrator Academy is also intended to augment administrator knowledge of the research base and academic and work-skills impacts of SEL. The workshop is designed to provide administrators with an understanding of the crucial role they play in launching a schoolwide SEL initiative, as well as orient them to the steps involved in implementing SEL schoolwide.

Upcoming training dates: TBA

Training payment options:

Mail: Checks and P.O.s (payable to the University of Illinois at Chicago) for CASEL professional development can be mailed to CASEL at:

CASEL attn: Rachael Bandur
Department of Psychology (M/C 285)
University of Illinois at Chicago
1007 W. Harrison St.
Chicago, IL 60607-7137