Not exact matches
Having students track their progress on specific
SEL skills
using charts or bar graphs is a very powerful and motivational
tool.
In Phase One, we will introduce our RP /
SEL model to three schools and work intensively with them to improve the model, identify best practices, and create
tools to support schools in
using these best practices to create equitable school cultures based on restorative approaches rather than punitive ones.
In Phase One, we will introduce our RP /
SEL model to three schools and work intensively with them to improve the model, identify best practices, and create
tools to support schools in
using these best practices to create school cultures based on restorative approaches rather than punitive ones.
But given the lack of rigorously validated measurement
tools capable of connecting teacher actions to student
SEL outcomes,
SEL's
use as the Fifth Indicator seems questionable.
There are many ways to
use furniture as a
tool for reinforcing learning, including
SEL.
The sense among
SEL experts is that the
tools should be
used formatively to target improvements from one classroom to the next.
April 30, 2015 10 Districts in California (representing over a million students) have received a waiver from the federal government so that they can measure student success holistically and not just by test scores, but by
using assessment
tools that include
SEL indicators.
Recent research suggests that questionnaires such as CORE's are the primary
tools in development to measure students» social - emotional skills.36 As
SEL gains popularity in the classroom, however, there is increasing concern about the potential unintended consequences of
using survey data to hold schools accountable for these competencies.
CASEL and partner districts have developed many practical
tools that other districts can
use to jump - start and strengthen their
SEL work.
Having students track their progress on specific
SEL skills
using charts or bar graphs is a very powerful and motivational
tool.
MELC targeted improving Social Emotional Learning (
SEL) skills as their overall goal and
used the Assessment of Program Practices (APT)
tool as their improvement gauge.
And one of the
SEL tools they're
using is the Second Step Program.
The following leaders are helping to guide the work of our Collaborating States Initiative, a group of selected states that are creating: (1) a comprehensive set of free - standing standards and learning goals for
SEL with developmental benchmarks for preschool through high school; (2) model policies, including consistent language and terminology that can be
used to help embed
SEL standards and learning goals throughout the education system; and (3) practice guidelines and other
tools to support implementation of social and emotional learning for preschool through high school.
To get «under the hood,» schools and districts might
use tools such as classroom observation rubrics, a School Quality Review in which an outside observer rates a school's environment, or an examination of the steps a district has taken to support
SEL.
Seattle nonprofit Committee for Children, creators of the research - based Second Step
SEL program, is now partnering with publishers Apperson, Inc. and Pride Surveys to bring schools dependable
tools they can
use to evaluate what their students are learning in the Second Step program.