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Back to School SEL Resources

August 2021

Back to SchoolSEL ResourcesAugust 2021

Dear Teachers & School Leaders,

Whether you're returning from months of remote learning, or simply months of summer, this template aims to provide you with easy resources for helping your students (and grownups) transition back to school in a caring way, mindful of the trauma that we've all experienced over this past year and a half.

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What Exactly is SEL? What Exactly is SEL?

SEL 101: What are the core competencies and key settings?

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Specific SEL Practices for Returning to School Specific SEL Practices for Returning to School

Grace for Your Students & Yourself
This blog post offers simple tips for pro-actively and easily helping students with their stress, as well as some great tips for reducing pressure on yourself. If the teacher is not well, then neither are the students!
The Role of SEL in Reintegrating to In-Person Learning: 6 Tenets to Guide Your Transition Plan

The Role of SEL in Reintegrating to In-Person Learning: 6 Tenets to Guide Your Transition Plan

As your district prepares to reintegrate students to in-person learning this spring and fall, you are likely thinking about ways to smooth the transition for students, staff, and family members. Reopening and transition plans will take shape differently in every district.

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Complete (free) SEL Toolkits Complete (free) SEL Toolkits

Get Bodies Moving!
This program focuses on a kinesthetic approach to SEL.
2021 Back-to-School Guide - Social and Emotional Learning - Aperture Education

2021 Back-to-School Guide - Social and Emotional Learning - Aperture Education

As we head into a new school year focused on learning recovery and hopefully returning to a sense of normal, we need all hands on deck. School and district leaders, teachers and other educators, and families must work together to ensure student success.

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Modeling SEL Practices Modeling SEL Practices

Got Faculty Meetings?
Part of integrating SEL practices into the classroom is developing them within the faculty. Here, CASEL, a leading SEL organization, shares three practices for integrating SEL into faculty & grade meetings.
[Administrator Tips] 7 SEL Meeting Strategies You Can Use with Your Teachers

[Administrator Tips] 7 SEL Meeting Strategies You Can Use with Your Teachers

We all appreciate focused and productive meetings and often see clear agendas that are aimed at moving us toward effective productivity. While these are important goals, our meetings are often missed opportunities to get a read on where our team is emotionally.

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Click Here for a Guide to Choosing the Right SEL Program for Your School Click Here for a Guide to Choosing the Right SEL Program for Your School

Learning about Restorative Justice Circles
Watch Smore's Resident Educator interview the Executive Director of Student Services for the Rockwood School District in St. Louis about how Restorative Justice helps teachers to establish healthy relationships in the classroom.

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