5 YEARS,
7 SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Real-world examples of improved systems for social-emotional learning
Five years ago, seven brave school districts set out to create more positive, engaging, and consistent learning environments across the school day, afterschool, and summer. Partnership for Children & Youth launched Expanded Learning 360/365, a professional learning community designed to help these districts improve and align social-emotional learning strategies across the school day and expanded learning. Their experiences offer real-world examples for districts and policymakers working to transform education.
On October 30, Partnership for Children & Youth and EdSource co-hosted a conference to discuss how change happens and explore the implications for California education system.
Tim Shriver delivers the keynote address
Co-founder and Chair, Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL);
Chairman, Special Olympics International
Beginning his career as a social studies teacher and school counselor, Tim Shriver is a leading educator focused on social and emotional learning. He co-founded and currently chairs the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), the leading research organization in social and emotional learning. He co-chaired the National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development (SEAD) and is a member of the editorial board of the Disability and Health Journal.
Tim Shriver is the Chairman of Special Olympics International, and serves with over six million Special Olympics athletes and their families in 174 countries.
Prior to this event, Tim Shriver spoke with EdSource reporters John Fensterwald and Zaidee Stavely about social and emotional learning and implications and opportunities for California. Read their conversation here, or click below to listen.
View slide decks from the event below:
Tim Shriver’s Keynote Presentation:
Additional Resources
The Key to Bringing Social-Emotional Learning to Life
American Institutes for Research evaluated Partnership for Children & Youth’s professional learning community designed to improve and align social-emotional learning strategies across the school day and expanded learning.
See their findings here.
How PCY
Supports SEL
Partnership for Children & Youth builds the capacity of districts and schools to strengthen social-emotional learning systems that are essential for positive school climate and effective learning environments.
Learn more about how you can contract with PCY for a range of SEL capacity-building services.
Infographic: SEL in Expanded Learning Programs
This two-page infographic can be used to show expanded learning staff how their programs support SEL outcomes for students, and provide a framework to discuss SEL with their school partners.
Student Success Comes Full Circle
This paper shows how expanded learning programs contribute to SEL, making the case for better coordination between the school day and expanded learning to ensure that young people thrive in school and as citizens in the 21st century.
Finding Common Ground: Connecting SEL During & Beyond the School Day
This brief provides language and strategies to support alignment between K-12 and expanded learning programs by cross-walking key priorities and initiatives in California that impact SEL, and providing San Francisco Unified School District as a case study to illustrate how to operationalize this alignment.
Measuring Quality: Assessment Tools to Evaluate Your SEL Practices
This guide is designed to help California school districts and their partner organizations identify tools to assess the quality of their practices in relation to SEL.