As the adults in schools, how do we care for our own well-being so that we can show up as our best selves for our students in these times of change and uncertainty? Thanks to a unified movement across CT, starting this fall, all early childhood through high school, including afterschool program, staff will have the opportunity to take the on-line 10-hour course. This course will be delivered by leading experts in the fields of psychology, education, and research at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. There is no course fee due to a generous grant from Dalio Education.
The 10-hour online course is being offered to all Connecticut school staff, including teachers, paraprofessionals, counselors, principals, and non-teaching staff in preK-12 schools and afterschool programs for free, thanks to the generosity of Dalio Education. Upon completion, school staff will earn a certification from the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence.
The course will open in late September 2020 and can be completed on your own time, at a pace that works for you.
What does YOUR community need most? How can the Connecticut State Legislature make that happen? Come tell us what you’d like to see the State of Connecticut do to support SEL in a real way.
Come hear about what is already on the legislative agenda for SEL this session as determined by the State appointed School Climate and SEL Collaborative. Then we need you to tell us what works for you and what’s missing. You know your own community’s needs best; your work puts you in the unique position to see what others do not. Bring your individual expertise about what you do, what you need, and what will help you do it better. Help craft the SEL4CT legislative agenda for the upcoming session and ensure your voice is heard as we define the SEL4CT advocacy agenda for this season for the greatest impact on ensuring the social and emotional well being of our state!
Save the date! Details coming soon!
We are delighted to announce that this month’s lunch will feature guest presenters Robin Fox and Eileen Melody of SocialEyes Together. Robin Fox is author of SocialEyes Together, and founder the eponymous organization. Eileen Melody is a facilitator with Social Eyes, a school counselor and former Board Chair of the Connecticut School Counselors Association. Both women are members of the Connecticut Social and Emotional Collaborative.
Our October Brown Bag Lunch theme is “Belonging.”
Let’s talk SEL. This monthly lunch series for those involved with SEL will include a brief presentation followed by open discussion. Bring your questions, challenges, successes, and of course, your lunch to share with like-minded advocates, champions and practitioners.
Each month following, a new SEL focused topic will be discussed with a short presentation followed by open discussion of the topic with other like-minded members of the Connecticut SEL community.
Bring your lunch, questions, and open mind and join us!
Let’s talk SEL. This monthly lunch series for those in involved in SEL will include a brief presentation followed by open discussion. Bring your questions, challenges, successes, and of course, your lunch to share with like-minded advocates, champions and practitioners.
Each month following a new SEL focused topic will be discussed with a short presentation followed by open discussion of the topic with other like-minded members of the Connecticut SEL community.
Bring your lunch, your questions and your curiosity and join us!
Let’s talk SEL. This monthly lunch series for those in involved in SEL will include a brief presentation followed by open discussion. Bring your questions, challenges, successes, and of course, your lunch to share with like-minded advocates, champions and practitioners.
Each month following a new SEL focused topic will be discussed with a short presentation followed by open discussion of the topic with other like-minded members of the Connecticut SEL community.
Bring your lunch, your questions and your curiosity and join us!
We are thrilled to announce our first meeting theme is empathy and will feature Scarlett Lewis, Founder and Chief Movement Officer of the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement.
Let’s talk SEL. This monthly lunch series for those in involved in SEL will include a brief presentation followed by open discussion. Bring your questions, challenges, successes, and of course, your lunch to share with like-minded advocates, champions and practitioners.
Each month following a new SEL focused topic will be discussed with a short presentation followed by open discussion of the topic with other like-minded members of the Connecticut SEL community.
Bring your lunch, your questions, your curiosity, and your open mind and join us!
What SEL tools have you found the greatest success with so far? This Spring? This Summer? To start off the school year? There are a wide variety of tools in a wide variety of price ranges, time required and support needed from coworkers and organizational collaborators. What is working for you? What else do you need?
Join us for this open showcase where everyone is invited to bring lunch and share which tools and/or systems they have found the greatest success with in their work in a virtual meeting.
In light of the recent upheaval, violence, and resulting traumas happening in our country, state and local communities we wanted to pause and connect intentionally with you, our members, to address the needs you see in our community. We recognize our need to hear how you, your families and your professional community have been impacted by the COVID-19 crisis and killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and the resulting protests. These crises have brought many of our country’s underlying social issues to the fore of our collective consciousness. It is imperative that we work together as a community to address them as the community tasked with cultivating the skills and supports necessary to cultivate caring, connected, functional, and successful human beings.
Understanding that SEL is integral to constructively supporting our community in this time, we need to hear directly from you as practitioners, advocates, and the eyes and hands on the ground. How have your practices shifted in this crisis? What approach has been successful for you thus far and beyond? What and where is the biggest need? What support are you offering, and what support do you need? What can SEL4CT do you for you now and moving forward? What change do you want to see? What kind of legislative support do you need? What kind of training or resources do you need?
What is Connecticut doing? How can we best support CT right now? Sign up through the link to register participate in this online conversation!
The Urban Assembly and SEL4US invite communities across the globe to celebrate the importance of social emotional learning SEL on the first annual International SEL Day on March 27, 2020. Join individuals and organizations around the globe as we harness the power of SEL on the first ever International #SELday! Sign up now to showcase, promote, advocate for and support SEL.
Are you involved in social and emotional learning in your field, organization, school or community? Are you wondering the best way to prepare yourself and your team to implement social and emotional learning? Do you have experience with successfully implementing SEL? Or are you new and wondering where to start?
Come to the SEL4CT Winter Exchange on Friday, January 24, 2020 from 9am to 2pm and join the discussion: Building Adult Capacity for SEL. Please join and be prepared to share your resources and experiences with this stage to the SEL implementation process. If you have no experience but want to know more, please come with your questions and open ears.
At this meeting we will dive deeper into how schools, community members are supporting and preparing the adults to lead SEL learning. The day will include presentations on various practices, open discussions, interactive activities, and collaborative workgroups as well as lots of resources and information.
The agenda will also include progress updates from our Advocacy Team for the upcoming spring legislative session, an update on the information gathered from the Fall Exchange, and the opportunity to learn more about what others are doing in the state and how we can connect with as many SEL practitioners and advocates as possible.
Learn more about connecting with continued focus team planning sessions – teams include: Communications/Outreach, Public Policy & Advocacy, Afterschool, Early Child Education, District SEL Coordinators Job-Alike Group, Equity & Inclusion, Families & Parents, Steering, Higher Ed/Research, Teacher Prep & School Counseling, and Other Emerging Issues
Breakfast and registration will start at 8:30. We will validate for parking in the CT Convention Center garage. There is no cost to attend this meeting but seating is limited and registration is required by January 21.
Please join the Advocacy and Policy Team of SEL4CT for a lunch meeting as we prepare for the 2020 state legislative session. Share your policy and advocacy ideas and help us determine some priorities for the year ahead. Lunch will be provided.
Are you involved in social and emotional learning in your field, organization, school or community? Come to the SEL4CT Exchange on Monday, September 16, 2019 from 9am to 2pm and share your work, vision and ideas with the rest of the statewide community as you learn about everything happening in social and emotional learning in Connecticut. We have invited the new Commissioner of Education for the State of Connecticut and are hoping for an engaging and productive day. Join your peers and community members as we build:
Agenda
Buffet breakfast and registration will start at 8:30. We will validate for parking in the CT Convention Center garage. There is no cost to attend this meeting.
Questions? Please contact Michelle Doucette Cunningham 860-730-2941 or mdc@ctafterschoolnetwork.org or Khadija Bshara kbshara@ctafterschoolnetwork.org or 860-359-3711 with the Connecticut After School Network at or see our website at www.sel4ct.org.
Together we will learn to support and develop children’s social emotional skills to reduce challenging behaviors, strengthen families and communities.
Childhood Conversations brings local and national speakers to parents and professionals of Connecticut to learn about relevant topics that deal with children ages 0 – 9 today.
Don’t miss this two-day event – sign up for one or both days!
Want to help expand social emotional learning statewide?
Join us on this initial conference call to talk about first steps for the Communications Committee for 2019. All are welcome. Help us decide on our action plan for the upcoming year and the best way to connect those in our state working on this important issue.
Are you involved in social emotional learning? Help plan what a coalition to support SEL will look like in Connecticut! We need your input at our initial meeting to plan the scope and strategy of this brand new initiative. Help us as we build:
