Read this article to learn about strategies to build a culture of teacher collaboration in your school and/or district and actions teacher teams can take to enhance student learning and supports.
4 Ways to Build Effective PLCs
Creating Professional Learning Communities as part of your Professional Development Plan offers an excellent way to build and improve relationships between teachers while deepening their knowledge and expanding their skill sets. Read this article from LaRena Heath for four concrete suggestions to help educators get the most out of professional learning communities.
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.
Plan Do Study Act template
Institute for Learning (IFL) with researchers at the Learning Research and Development Center are utilizing network models and Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles to accelerate improvement. By employing improvement science methods, we can ensure that the research-based practice improvements that we introduce into schools and systems are implemented in ways that lead to sustained and measurable gains in …
4 Guiding Questions for Effective Remote Collaboration
An article that provides questions to address that will help teams ensure that they’re doing their best work.
“Plan, Do, Study, Act” (PDSA) cycle
The PDSA cycle is a way to implement continuous improvement.
My Feelings Reflection
A ready-to-use Google form for students to record daily reflections each week.
SEL 3 Signature Practices Playbook
The playbook provides more details on key strategies that enhance SEL skills.
Educator Personal Assessment and Reflection Tool
A tool that provides a framework and process for staff to reflect on their own social and emotional growth.