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we're really excited to talk today about
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the foundations of social and emotional
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learning this is an sel 101 we're going
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to be talking about what sel is and
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how we see it promoted throughout
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schools and communities and we'll be
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also sharing with you resources for
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those of you that want to dig a little
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deeper
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uh before we get into the meet let's
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start by uh thinking a little bit about
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students or young people who are in our
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lives
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let's think about a young person in your
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life and think about what is it that you
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hope that they will learn and be able to
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do to prepare them for the world
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tomorrow
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so i invite you to add into the chat
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a comment or two about how you what you
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would prioritize for the young people in
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your lives and what would be most
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important to prepare them for the world
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that they will be living in
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resiliency i see a lot of compassion
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wow it's going quickly
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perseverance
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empathy
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strong relationships
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emotion regulation
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a growth mindset gratitude these are all
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amazing responses i'm happy to see all
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of these things popping in here
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and this really does set us up well for
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what we're going to be talking about
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today before we get into sel just a
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brief note on who is castle
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for those of you that are new to castle
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castle's been around for 27 years
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we're the collaborative for academic
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social and emotional learning it's a
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non-partisan nonprofit
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that defines social emotional learning
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more than 20 years ago
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the goal of castle's mission is to
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really help make sure that sel is part
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of every child's education pre-k through
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12. we do that in a number of different
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ways we do that by advancing the science
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of sel
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by really looking at what does the
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research say about social emotional
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learning and its impact on
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other outcomes
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we also have a practice team which is
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what i lead our practice team to really
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understand what does sel look like in
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classrooms in schools and in districts
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we have a policy effort which is where
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we're focused on the federal level and
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most importantly the state level to
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create those conditions within states so
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that districts can prioritize seo
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and all of this is done in collaboration
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with
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sel
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partners and organizations and convening
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folks together to really bring forth the
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best research the best practice the best
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policy ideas so that we can advance the
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field
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sometimes people think that castle has a
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program or curriculum ourselves we do
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not we're collaborative and we are
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really
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our goal is to advance the field so
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let's take a quick poll before we get
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into the sel and just answer quickly
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how familiar are you with social and
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emotional learning
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so go ahead and answer if you're
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extremely familiar you're a pro or
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you're somewhat familiar moderately
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familiar or not familiar at all
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i'm just going to give it about five
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more seconds and then we'll take a look
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at the results
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all right so this will help me to get a
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sense of who's in our audience and how
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much time to spend on different things
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ah looks like most of our audience
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almost half
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is moderately familiar um and actually a
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big chunk of you are extremely familiar
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so thank you for joining us um and some
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of you are somewhat familiar and a small
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percentage are this may be your first
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opportunity to learn about social
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emotional learning so we're happy to
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have all of you here today
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before i tell you about castle's
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definition we are going to actually hear
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from a student who can describe for us
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how they understand seo
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social emotional learning to me
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provides students with purpose seo
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was a great foundation and
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catalyst for me atomic to value
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education and value human connection
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well seo
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taught you to step up when you need to
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but also step back when you
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had to so you were creating space for
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yourself but also making space for
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others
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so this is in the words of a student and
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we think it's always great to bring the
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voice of kids into the conversation
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let's talk about castle's definition and
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how we understand social and emotional
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learning
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so this actually this definition has
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been updated um about
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gosh almost a year ago now the
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definition now is the process through
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which all young people and adults
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acquire and apply the knowledge skills
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and attitudes to develop healthy
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identities to manage their emotions and
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achieve personal and collective goals to
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feel and show empathy for others to
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establish those positive relationships
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and to make good decisions
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you all may be familiar with the
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research on sel and there's a lot of
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research on our website that that our
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research team has been synthesizing and
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conducting these are some of the high
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level outcomes that we've seen and this
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has been well documented that sel leads
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to improved academic outcomes and
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behaviors that sel benefits are not
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short term but they are actually long
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term and that we see benefits globally
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we know that investing in sel is a wise
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financial investment there's research
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that suggests that investment in sel has
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an 11 to 1 return on investment
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and we also know that it's not simply
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about outcomes in school but long-term
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life outcomes
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so if you're interested in more about
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the research
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you can learn about the meta-analysis
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and all the different studies that have
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been done on sel by clicking on this
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link below which when you receive the
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slides this will take you to where you
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can learn more about sel research
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when we think about why schools and
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districts implement sel we've learned
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that schools and districts have a number
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of different priorities for why they see
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sel as a key part of their mission these
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are some examples of the kinds of
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priorities that school districts have
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that they really feel like their sel
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implementation is designed to
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advance
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in some cases schools are focused on the
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benefit of sel to their academic
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achievement others are really focused on
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college and career readiness workforce
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readiness
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we see a growing number of schools and
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districts who are understanding that sel
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can play a critical role in their equity
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work
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obviously mental health is a key
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priority across the nation especially in
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the wake of the pandemic
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and also really understanding that sel
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is foundational to civic learning and
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civic engagement these are just a few of
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the different priorities that we've seen
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and we really do believe that every
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school should examine what their local
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priorities are and what their vision is
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for their young people and then think
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about their sel implementation as part
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of advancing that mission
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so when you think about these priorities
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or others that you may have
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which of these are you working on when
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you think about scl implementation so
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we'll take another quick poll to kind of
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hear from our audience about which of
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these or other priorities your sel
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implementation is focused on
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so thanks for clicking in on which of
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these you feel is for your local context
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most relevant
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i'm eager to see the results of this
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poll and love the opportunity to hear
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directly from you in real time
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so go ahead and click on one of these
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boxes and
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if you selected other go ahead and drop
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in the chat what your other is
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and i'll give it about five more seconds
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and then we'll see
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what folks are focusing on
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ah mental health with a strong showing
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at 76
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i have to say i would have predicted
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that especially in this day and age the
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priority for sel
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had been growing significantly before
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the pandemic and we've seen a really
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sharp increase in the priority for sel
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as a result of the pandemic
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so i'm not surprised to see that mental
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health is top of mind for so many folks
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and we agree with you that social and
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emotional learning is a key
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element to providing a preventative um
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and positive universal approach to
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supporting positive mental health
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also about a third of you are saying
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academics is a key priority which we
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know from research that sel can have a
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strong impact on academics college and
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career readiness is in there at 16
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um equity at 31
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so that is another trend that we've seen
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throughout the country over the last
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several years that our mission for
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equity we recognize that sel can play a
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role there as well
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and civic learning is something that's a
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little smaller percentage but we'll be
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talking later about how we'll be sharing
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more information about scl's role in
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civic learning next week at our virtual
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summit
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okay and in the other category
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it looks like many people have popped
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into the chat that they are looking at
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some other things climate and culture in
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schools nutrition education
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um
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really looking at physical and healthy
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development responsible thinking and
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ethics so lots of ways in which you see
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priorities showing up at schools and how
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sel can play an important role in that
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so let's talk for a minute about what we
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mean by social and emotional learning
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i think probably many of you are
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familiar with castle's wheel
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we're going to just take a minute and
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talk about these competencies we these
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five competencies are interrelated
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and they are critically important and
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they sort of within each one there's a
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number of examples of things that would
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be
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sort of exemplars of that competency
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let's start in this orange section with
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um the self so when we think about
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self-awareness we think about how do we
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understand who we are how we feel
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what we value
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what our growth mindset might be
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what is our sense of purpose what
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matters to me this is really about how
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we understand ourselves and our own
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thoughts and beliefs and values and this
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is critically important that we really
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take time to reflect on who we are
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and also on the self-management this has
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to do with how we behave as an
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individual how do we manage those
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emotions how do we manage stress how do
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we manage our impulses how do we stay
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focused
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how do we have perseverance in the face
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of obstacles how do we stay organized
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how do we take initiative how do we
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understand that we have power to make a
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difference all of this is part of our
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sort of self-management
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and um you know understanding who we are
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and how we behave given what we
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understand about ourselves
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so let's next move into the green zone
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which is where we really think about
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others
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in social awareness this is where we
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really begin to understand how other
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people think how other people feel can
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we can we read body language can't we to
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tell how people are feeling can we put
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ourselves in their shoes to really
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understand their perspective
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can we express gratitude um can we
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create and experience a sense of
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belonging with others do we understand
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what the social norms and demands are at
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any given time what's going on around us
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that's all the social awareness
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and then of course it's how do we engage
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with others
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than all of that so how do we
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communicate effectively how do we
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demonstrate cultural competence how do
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we build positive and healthy
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relationships how do we manage conflict
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how do we ask for help when we need it
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how do we offer help when we see that
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others need it what kind of leadership
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we have here and really are we willing
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to engage with others and stand up for
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others when we see um when we see that
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there's a need for that so the green
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zone is about how we understand others
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and how we engage effectively with them
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and then we put that all together to
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make responsible decisions so are we
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are we being curious to learn more about
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situations and analyzing what could be
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what could be consequences of different
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decisions are we able to solve problems
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on our own and together are we able to
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sort of take be ethical in how we behave
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are we able to reflect on my role and
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what role i can play in the broader
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community that's the responsible
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decision making so these are the
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different competencies and skills that
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we know are foundational to success in
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school success in the workplace and
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success in life
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and when we want to promote these within
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school there's a lot of different ways
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that we would do that
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there are key settings that are
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critically important as we think about a
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systemic approach to promoting social
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emotional competence the first and
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obvious one is the classroom here's
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where you would find
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curriculum that's designed to teach
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those skills you would find
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opportunities for a positive classroom
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climate
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and ways that we're engaging together
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also within the school there are
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opportunities to promote social and
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emotional competence throughout the
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building in terms of how the school
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climate and how the adults are
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interacting with each other there are
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also really important opportunities as
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we partner with families and caregivers
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to work together to promote healthy
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social emotional competence for our
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young people and to relate positively to
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families and caregivers and throughout
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our community so here's where we would
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really want to align our efforts with
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community partners and also think about
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how we can contribute to our communities
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through service learning and what have
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you
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um so this model is castle's model for
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school-wide sel where we are promoting
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these social and emotional competencies
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within these different environments and
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we're coordinating the practices um and
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policies within the different
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environments so that we are promoting
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what we call a systemic approach
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but this model is still pretty abstract
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and sometimes people ask us so what does
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that actually look like in a school
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here are 10 indicators of school-wide
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sel
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that really provide more information
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about what this looks like within a
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school so sometimes people believe oh if
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we're doing sel in our school that means
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we're doing explicit sel instruction and
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we would say yes that is super important
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and it's really important that schools
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allocate time for explicit instruction
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and sel skills but it's by no means
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sufficient so in addition to that sel
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instruction that's explicit we also know
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that there are great opportunities to
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promote social emotional competence
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while teaching academic content so it's
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not a either or it's a both and
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additionally we know that it's important
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for young people to have an opportunity
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to use their voice to make decisions to
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show leadership
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within the classroom and within the
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school
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also throughout the school we know it's
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important that the climate and the
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culture of the school is supportive and
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positive that the adults themselves have
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an opportunity to reflect on and develop
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their own social emotional competence so
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they can be in healthy relationships
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with each other and with students and
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model those skills we know that
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discipline policy can promote social and
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emotional learning in in restorative
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ways
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um if we are careful about how we
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structure those policies and and provide
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that support
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we also know it's important to provide
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an integrated support just like you
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would for academics that there are
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universal tier one supports for social
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emotional learning and that there are
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also opportunities to provide additional
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support for students who need that
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i mentioned earlier that authentic
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family partnerships is a key part as
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well as authentic community partnerships
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where we are aligned in our mission and
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always looking at what we're doing and
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thinking about are we getting the
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results we're looking for and how should
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we improve our implementation to achieve
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those results so the continuous
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improvement process is key so these are
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the different sort of things that you
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would see in a school that is
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prioritizing social emotional learning
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it can be overwhelming to think that we
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have to do all of these things typically
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castle would recommend that schools
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focus on certain priorities at a time
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not try to do everything at once and we
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provide a lot of guidance free on our
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website on how to do that let's take
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another poll and just reflect on these
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10 indicators and think about which of
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these do you think is an area of
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strength which is something that you
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feel your school or district is doing
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well in this moment
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and secondly which of these represents
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an area of growth
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so emily's going to launch this question
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here
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so there's two questions here the first
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one again is to look at what do you
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think your school or district what's
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relatively speaking an area of strength
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and relatively speaking where do you
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feel like would be an important area for
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you to focus for growth
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this will take just a few more minutes
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all right we'll give it just a few more
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seconds and then we'll look at the
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results make sure you see that there are
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two questions you have to scroll down to
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get to that second one which represents
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an area of strength relatively speaking
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and where do you feel like there's great
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opportunity for growth
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okay
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uh emily let's see
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what we learned
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wow so this is kind of all over the
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board here
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i don't know if you all are able to see
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the full results but it looks like
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supportive climate is maybe the most
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often
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it has the most responses relative to
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the others and that's at 20 so a fifth
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of you believe that you have a strong
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climate which is great
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um and it looks like
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uh in this first one
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um
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very few would list adult sel as a
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strength which is interesting to me
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because adult sel has a lot to do with
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how we create a supportive climate um so
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that's kind of an interesting finding
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there and then let's look at how we
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responded on the second one which
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represents an area of growth which we
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see lots of areas of growth and again
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adult sel has a lot of folks 29 saying
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this is an area of growth family
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partnerships looks like an area of
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growth
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um actually it looks like since people
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were able to select more than one that
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there's a lot more areas of growth
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uh
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reported here than strength so it looks
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like we all have work to do i think
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what's helpful about looking at these
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indicators is recognizing that um
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you know a systemic approach to sel is
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not just one thing there are many
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different ways that we can be promoting
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uh our young people's social emotional
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learning and we don't have to take all
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of it on at once but just being aware of
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the different areas can be helpful as we
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think about our work
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okay so let's move on we're not going to
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have time to get into
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how you actually do this which is i know
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what everyone is really eager to learn
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um but castle does have a number of
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resources that are free and available on
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our website that can help you really
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think about what are the first steps for
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getting a systemic approach to sel
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implemented and how do i work with
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others to do that whether you're at a
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school level or a district level
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on our website i'm just going to give
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you kind of a quick preview of some of
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the things that you'll find on our
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website
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if you're at a district level the
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district resource center is extremely
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valuable as a resource because the
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district resource center
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gives an overview of
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how you do this at a district level
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it provides guidance on the different
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areas of implementation and it also
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provides examples from other districts
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who have already done this
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so when we think about the ways to do a
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systemic implementation at the district
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level
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for example one of the key areas is
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developing a communications plan for how
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parents and staff and students will
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understand the priority for sel rather
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than starting from scratch you'll find
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in the district resource center
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templates for doing that examples from
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other districts you'll see strategic
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plans on for example and you'll see lots
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of those you know sel 101 presentations
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that other districts have given don't
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need to reinvent the wheels the district
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resource center is extremely valuable
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and at the school level
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there's the guide to school-wide sel and
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that really is designed to help
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schools
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think about how they can get started
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with their implementation there's a
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rubric if you want to do a
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self-assessment that goes through those
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10 indicators and you can rate yourself
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on how
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how deep is your implementation on each
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of those which can help you lead to your
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action plan
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and then there's guidance on how to
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think about everything from establishing
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an sel team to creating a vision to how
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to think about promoting um social
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emotional learning for students and a
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continuous improvement strategy so the
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school guide to school-wide sel is
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extremely valuable for schools who are
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thinking about how they approach this
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work
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if you want more than that guidance on
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our website there actually is
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professional learning that castle offers
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um both live and on demand we have a
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live uh version a live session that will
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be started in january that's a four part
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series that you can register for we'll
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also be launching an on-demand series if
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you are not able to make the live time
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so there is professional learning that
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really takes you through
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how do we actually do this in our school
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if assessment is something that you're
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interested in there is also guidance on
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how to assess social and emotional
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learning and how to choose an
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appropriate measure for that whether
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you're thinking about assessing your
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implementation or assessing the outcomes
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that students might get
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you can see the sel assessment guide
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one of the most common questions that we
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often hear is how do i choose a program
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for social emotional learning
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again castle does not have a program but
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castle has reviewed the evidence in the
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field on how programs have been
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effective so the guide to sel programs
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is available and that can help you think
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through a process for selecting an
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evidence-based program
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we also have the fcl roadmap to
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reopening which helps
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schools that are reopening after covid
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think about the best way to reopen
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by this time i'm hopeful that all
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schools have reopened but there's great
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guidance in there as well and then
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there's also some really important
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resources available for
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for parents and thinking about how they
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can promote social emotional learning
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including a a recent campaign to help
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parents learn more about scl so all
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these resources are available on our
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website if you go to castle.org
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you'll see up in the upper right corner
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castle websites that's where you're
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going to find most of these resources
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because they're all kind of mini
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websites within castle's website
