CASEL Professional Services

CASEL’s free, self-paced online course can be completed in less than an hour, and is relevant for all staff members, parents and caregivers, or community partners. Participants who complete the course will earn a certificate of completion and will come away with a workbook of reflection activities to build on in a follow-up discussion with others who have taken the course. Within the course there is also a facilitation guide if you plan to use this course to facilitate an in-person learning experience, and three discussion guides to use after the course to keep learning relevant and at the forefront throughout the year.

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These virtual workshops are open to all and designed to give you hands-on, actionable techniques to build connection, strengthen social and emotional skills, and enhance learning environments. Whether you work with students or adults, join us to experience, discuss, and apply strategies for weaving SEL into your everyday practices.  You’ll leave with a set of practical tools to start making an immediate difference in your work.

Registration is open now, or contact us using the form below about providing this workshop for just your school district or region.

The SEL 3 Signature Practices 

Perfect for leaders, teachers, out-of-school time professionals, and professional learning facilitators, this workshop introduces easy, impactful ways to foster collaboration, engagement, and a sense of belonging.

The SEL 3 Signature Practices are a popular on-ramp for integrating SEL into classrooms, schools, and organizations. This two-hour virtual workshop is beneficial for anyone who wants to infuse simple but meaningful SEL practices more effectively into their work with young people or adults. You’ll learn directly from the educators who developed the SEL 3 Signature Practices framework and Playbook, and gain advanced strategies that take these practices beyond intuition to make them more intentional and integrated across your everyday work. 

• Inclusive Welcome: Invite all participants in with an activity that builds community and connects to the work ahead.
• Engaging Strategies: Offer opportunities for participants to more fully grasp content and connect learning to their own contexts through interactive and reflective experiences.
• Intentional Close: End each engagement in a way that highlights learning and accomplishment and builds a bridge to a next step

Integrating SEL with Academic Instruction

Strengthen academic lessons and deepen student engagement by incorporating SEL strategies that build connection and develop essential skills. This two-hour virtual workshop, designed for K-12 classroom-based educators, administrators, and instructional coaches, will help you:

• Identify opportunities to seamlessly weave social and emotional learning into your lessons.
• Enhance existing lesson plans with strategies that support collaboration, communication, and problem-solving.
• Facilitate discussions that deepen connections among colleagues and students alike.

Come away with ready-to-use tools that help you find opportunities for SEL within your academic content area, enhance existing lesson plans, and lead collaborative discussion with colleagues.

CASEL’s in-depth, multi-session course is for SEL teams that are ready to lead SEL strategic planning and implementation in a school setting. Learning is structured around CASEL’s Guide to Schoolwide SEL. Throughout the course, participants take action to assess their school’s strengths and areas for growth, develop a shared vision and measurable SEL goals, define action steps, and explore tools they can use with their school community.

Leading Schoolwide SEL is available as a self-paced course or a facilitated in-person or virtual series. It can also be tailored to suit your district audience’s prior knowledge, SEL implementation experience, and key priorities. CASEL staff can support data collection, reporting, and analysis, and prepare your team to support schools as they tackle action steps.

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In this highly interactive workshop series, CASEL facilitators will guide a leadership team from your organization through key steps to create a district strategic plan for SEL. This engagement consists of four live workshop sessions with directives provided for internal work between sessions. Upon completion of this engagement the district will have an impactful plan for SEL implementation tailored to their goals and priorities, as well as a district team prepared to drive the work forward. CASEL staff provide a comprehensive summary of all collaborative strategic planning work, including key resources and prompts for continued discussion. This series can be offered live/in-person, virtually, or through a hybrid model.

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A CASEL team of experts visits your school district to learn about your current work, priorities, and capacity. Through thoughtful analysis and reflection on more than a decade of experience partnering with districts, CASEL staff develop a comprehensive report of observations, strengths, potential challenges, and our recommendations for short- and long-term goals and strategies to achieve a sustainable, successful, and systemic approach to SEL.

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A 10-month, virtual academy for a cohort of SEL leaders from rural, suburban, and urban school districts and regional offices to strengthen their SEL expertise in community with one another. Through monthly SEL Fellows gatherings and the overall Fellows experience, participants develop their leadership expertise and their knowledge and skill for guiding implementation of systemic SEL in their context and build a deep community of support. Applications open in January and close in March of the same year.

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