This toolkit was designed by youth leaders in New Orleans, LA, to present actionable strategies for organizations to elevate youth voices. The toolkit includes an organizational assessment tool, scorecard, and action template for organizations and districts to understand their own progress toward elevating youth voices and make a plan to improve.
Family Engagement Lab
Parent Institute for Quality Education (PIQE) engages, empowers and transforms families by providing the knowledge and the skills to partner with schools and communities to ensure their students achieve their full potential.
Class Check-in Survey
Check-in survey that students can fill out.
Language for Forging Online Chats With Students
In online teaching environments, educators must be more intentional about checking in with students. This guide provides models for the kinds of questions and interactions that can engage students. From How to Build Relationships With Students During COVID-19 Guide
Second Step
A SEL web-based program for middle school – focuses on the growth mindset and can be integrated into homeroom, advisory or elsewhere.
Integrating SEL into Staff and Grade-Level Meeting
Covers key ways to integrate SEL: The Three Signature SEL Practices for Adult Learning tool for incorporating three critical elements into any student or adult class, meeting, or engagement and Using Grade-Level and Content Area Team Meetings to Support SEL tool, which provides guidance for using grade-level team meetings to address four areas: supportive classroom …
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Priority Setting Questionnaire
A tool to get a quick snapshot of your district’s current approach to SEL and identify which key activities to focus on.
The CASEL Guide to Schoolwide Social and Emotional Learning
Guide includes a tool that provides a model for structuring a conversation about developing a shared vision for SEL or integrating SEL into your school’s existing shared vision and a tool that provides guidance for creating staff shared agreements through a collaborative process to articulate core mindsets and values that will guide staff members’ interactions …
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