Learning Forward
Equity and excellence in teaching and learning.
Starting strong
August 2021
Professional learning can kickstart an uncertain school year by building knowledge about social and emotional learning strategies, fostering educators’ resilience, and cultivating the support that school communities need to thrive.
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In This Issue
FOCUS
The need for SEL is greater than ever
Social and emotional learning can help students and educators thrive, even in tumultuous times.
How to make students college, career, and community ready
Educators need to link social, emotional, and academic learning, especially during the pandemic.
What should SEL look like this fall?
Teachers, leaders, and students weigh in on how to foster resilience.
To make SEL stick, align school and out-of-school time
Professional learning helps communities create consistent approaches to SEL in Wallace Foundation-supported initiative.
Coaching with SEL in mind
With help from coaches, Texas district integrates SEL into math curricula.
To thrive, students need a ‘homeplace’ at school
Teachers learn to create safe and equitable spaces for students to be their whole selves.
Family-school partnerships nurture student SEL
COVID-19 heightens the urgency for schools and families to work together.
Ways that social and emotional learning can be integrated throughout the school day
Graphic shows where and how one school integrates SEL throughout the day.
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: How instructional coaches cultivate resilience
Study reveals that coaches see emotional intelligence, collaborative learning, and coaching- specific professional learning as key to resilience.
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Virginia district builds educator SEL through professional learning
Professional learning strengthens educators’ capacity to model, cultivate, and integrate SEL into classroom practice.
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Heal, reset, and restart
Self-care strategies reduce educator stress.
TOOLS
Build your SEL staff
An SEL jobs checklist helps clarify the roles, responsibilities, and skillsets your school needs.
The art of listening
Deepen your listening skills to strengthen your leadership.
Through the lens
How this issue’s articles embody the Standards for Professional Learning.
IDEAS
A certified school librarian is a professional learning powerhouse
Librarians offer learning and growth experiences for teachers.
Coaching — anytime, from anywhere — empowers teachers
Video-based coaching provides curriculum-specific support to teachers.
Science teachers learn to be policy advocates
A fellowship builds teachers’ skills to affect education policy.
RESEARCH
Study shows the impact of project-based learning
Project-based learning works when implemented with high-quality professional learning.
Data points
The latest research on Title IIA funding, teachers’ beliefs about SEL, classroom video, and more.
VOICES
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Call to action
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