Helpful Tips

Tips for Administrators
Tips for Classroom Implementors

TIPS FOR ADMINISTRATORS:

Supports for Institutionalization of Social Decision Making and Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)

  • Link SEL Programming with Primary and Priority Functions of the Organization
  • Infusing SEL skills into the Board-approved curriculum
    Linking with National and State Standards and Standardized Testing
    Linking SEL to existing mandates for annual goal-setting

  • Establish New Roles for SEL Leadership and Management
  • Attend to the Needs of Adult Learners
  • Plan structured practice opportunities infused within academic content areas and classroom policy/procedures.
  • Plan Extensions of SEL Within and Beyond the School Walls
  • Community service projects
    Involve parents
    Train other adults in the community

  • Share Innovations and Effective Practices

From "Institutionalizing SEL programming: Lessons and illustrations from the field," Linda Bruene Butler, Jeffrey S. Kress, & John Clabby New York State ASD Newsletter (1999)