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Promote SEL in School• z Download the 2013 CASEL Guideon Effective Social and EmotionalLearning Programs: Preschool andElementary School Edition at http://casel.org/guide/. This guide identifieswell-designed, evidence-based socialand emotional learning programswith potential for broad disseminationto schools across the United States.Based on CASEL’s work in researchand practice spanning nearly twodecades, we provide a systematicframework for evaluating the qualityof classroom-based SEL programs.In addition, the Guide shares bestpractices for district and school teamson how to select and implement socialand emotional learning programs.• z Download our PowerPointIntroduction to SEL, a tool fromCASEL’s Implementation Guide andToolkit. This tool clearly and simplyexplains SEL and why it is important• z Learn more about the CollaboratingDistricts Initiative, wherein CASELsupports eight large school districtsin building capacity for high-quality,evidence-based programming topromote social and emotional learningin preschool through twelfth grade(http://casel.org/collaborating-districtsinitiative/).for children’s school and life success.Complete with narrative notes forthe presenter, it is designed tohelp explain SEL to teaching staff,boards of education, parents, andbroader audiences (http://casel.org/publications/powerpoint-introductionto-sel/and http://casel.org/publications/sustainable-schoolwidesocial-and-emotional-learning-selimplementation-guide-and-toolkit/).• z Read and share the Illinois SELbrochure explaining why Illinoisschools are adopting SEL (http://casel.org/publications/illinois-sel-brochure/).• z Read and share our short SELbackground briefs: What is SEL?(http://casel.org/publications/whatis-sel/)and Youth and Schools Today(http://casel.org/publications/youthand-schools-today/).• z Check http://casel.org for updates onCASEL’s revamped SEL School Toolkit(“SchoolKit”). The SchoolKit is a guideand resource for school leadershipteams to implement schoolwideacademic, social, and emotionallearning. It provides school leadershipteams practical tools and systemicstrategies to integrate SEL across allaspects of student learning in a caringand supportive school climate. TheSchoolKit will be available in fall 2013.• z Read and share Promoting Children’sEthical Development Through SELwhich describes a schoolwide SELframework and one school’s journeyusing this framework to promote itsstudents’ academic and social andemotional development (http://casel.org/publications/promoting-childrensethical-development-through-socialand-emotional-learning/).• z Read and share the book chapter,Social and Emotional Learning,by Zins, J.E. & Elias, M.J., for aconcise summary of SEL — what itis, why it’s needed, how it fits in withsystems of supports for students, keycomponents of effective SEL, and theimplementation process (http://casel.org/publications/social-and-emotionallearning/).• z Read and share the article,Reimagining Education, by O’Brien,M.U., Weissberg, R.P., & Munro,S.B., for a vision of education at itsbest (http://casel.org/publications/reimagining-education-in-our-dreamsocial-and-emotional-learning—orsel—is-a-household-term/).A National Teacher Survey on How Social and Emotional Learning Can Empower Children and Transform Schools 47