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The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning is helping make evidence-based social and emotional learning an integral part of education from preschool through high school.
- Fundamentals of SEL Overview
We define social and emotional learning (SEL) as an integral...
- What Does the Research Say
When students have supportive relationships and...
- What Is The CASEL Framework (Wheel)
Foster knowledge, skills, and attitudes across five areas of...
- How Does SEL Support Equity
In the context of SEL, equity and excellence refers to every...
- Making the Case for SEL
The vast majority of students, educators, and families...
- Classrooms
Students spend the majority of their school day in...
- Schools
In partnership with families and communities, schools play a...
- Families & Caregivers
Families are children’s first teachers and essential to...
- Fundamentals of SEL Overview
Learn how to use CASEL's framework to foster social and emotional competence in students across five areas and four settings. Explore the interactive wheel, the 2020 update, and the self-paced course on SEL.
students’ social and emotional development. Families and caregivers are children’s first teachers, and bring deep expertise about their development, experiences, culture, and learning needs. These insights and perspectives are critical to informing, supporting, and sustaining SEL efforts.
The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) was founded in 1994, and participants published Promoting Social and Emotional Learning: Guidelines for Educators in 1997. [8] In 2019, the concept of Transformative Social and Emotional Learning (Transformative SEL, TSEL or T-SEL) was developed.
SEL is the process of developing healthy identities, managing emotions, and achieving goals. Learn about the CASEL 5 competencies, the key settings, and the benefits of systemic SEL for schools, students, and communities.
Schoolwide social and emotional learning is linked to academic success, building stronger relationships, and leading happier, healthier, more fulfilling lives. The CASEL Guide to Schoolwide SEL helps schools with using social and emotional learning standards, and implementing social and emotional learning in schools and classrooms.
The CASEL Guide to Schoolwide SEL leads school-based teams through five social emotional learning activities for schoolwide implementation. Schools that engage with this guide can learn: Why is social and emotional learning important? How can I adopt a social emotional learning curriculum? What should an SEL program look like?
