Shaping Impactful Classrooms for a Changing World

Key Points

• What does it truly mean to be future ready? How can social and emotional learning (SEL) help? Explore these questions in CASEL’s final webinar in our three-part series “Thriving in Tomorrow’s World.”
• This final webinar in the series takes a look at SEL in the classroom and how at all grade bands it can help students begin to imagine and prepare for their lives as adults.
• Key themes include how systems can build a broader view of “future readiness,” the importance of attending to the learning of both adults and students, and the importance of families and communities in nurturing future-ready students.

Thriving in Tomorrow’s World Three-Part Webinar Series: Part 3 Recap

How do we prepare a generation for a world that is more complex, globally connected, and technologically advanced than we have ever experienced?

CASEL’s three-part webinar series, Thriving in Tomorrow’s World: Learning Spaces for a Future-Ready Generation, dives into this critical question. Leading researchers, practitioners, and policymakers explore the vital role of SEL in future-readiness, along with systems-level approaches and classroom strategies that can equip students with the skills they need for success in a rapidly shifting world.

In this third installment, Sherrie Raven, Director of SEL Implementation at CASEL, was joined by a panel of experts to discuss how to create classrooms designed to meet the needs of students in a changing world.

• Mark W. Wells, Student Services Specialist, New Castle County Vocational Technical School District (DE)
• Michael Leasure, Middle and High School Principal, River Valley School (PA)
• Ed Hidalgo, Master Trainer & Education Consultant, Educators Cooperative

Check out the key takeaways and our favorite video highlights, as well as the full webinar recording.

Key Takeaways

Sherrie Raven, moderator:

“There are a lot of ways to look at future readiness, with graduate profiles, youth voice, school climate, SEL, and academic instruction. All of those things are important.

We have to build the skills of the educators as well as the students, helping educators see how all of these things go together so that it’s not 15 different spinning plates that they’re trying to deal with.

And we’ve got to involve our families and community partners. They’re integral. They are our children’s first best teachers, and they have a stake in what happens in having their kids be future ready.”

Our Favorite Moments

The boy who dreams of NASCAR
Ed Hidalgo

Leaping over personal hurdles to success
Mark Wells

Families point the way to career options in rural Pennsylvania
Michael Leasure

Watch the full webinar:

Related Posts:

• Webinar 1: Designing Learning Spaces for Future-Ready Students
• Webinar 2: Creating Systems for Future Readiness
• How Can States Prepare Students for the Future? The “Portrait of the Graduate” Helps Set the Vision

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