Social emotional learning (SEL) holds great potential for improving learning and college and career-ready outcomes for all students. But there is much work to do to ensure that high-quality, integrated SEL is present in a meaningful and asset-based manner in all schools. How should funders and other SEL supporters invest their resources to make the greatest impact?
Our partner Education First has created a short presentation that is intended to help make those decisions easier. After laying out a thorough analysis of the state of the SEL field, it offers recommendations to help partners scale, deepen and integrate SEL for all students, focusing on the following areas:
- Teacher practice focused on SEL
- SEL in districts and charter management organizations
- SEL in federal and state policy
- Research on SEL
- Funder investments in SEL
We hope that this will be a helpful resource to all who are working to help SEL fulfill its promise for students.
