- Guidance for schools
- Collaborative practices for teams and organizations
- Actions for Individuals
- Greater Good in Education: School Staff Wellbeing - Practices for cultivating the social and emotional well-being of school staff members.
- Medstar Health: Teacher Wellbeing Workbook
- COR Classrooms - The University of Virginia's Center for the Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning developed this suite of online learning modules focused on building positive relationships with students. The COR model addresses the essential pieces of a relationship and how they work together. Understanding this model empowers teachers to pay close attention to the different factors influencing their relationships, which in turn will help them form stronger and more positive connections with students.
- Daring Classrooms by Brene Brown - A free courage-building resource to help educators develop their own skills, and to deepen connection and trust with their teams. Resources include a leadership assessment, learning lab videos, downloadable posters and quote cards, educator interview series, and classroom integration ideas.
Resources for Promoting Equity
Including Voice in Education: Addressing Equity through Student and Family Voice in the Classroom - Guide from Institute of Education Sciences and REL Pacific
The National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH) at University of Maryland’s select resources on cultural responsiveness and equity for schools, mental health providers, communities, families, and students.
Greater Good in Education provides:
- Key Readings from Black Educator-Leaders and Other Leaders of Color
- Resources to Support the Mental Health and Well-Being of Black Educators
- Practices for Students and Teachers
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) educator guide for addressing race and trauma in the classroom offers recommendations for creating and supporting safe and brave environments, modeling honesty and authenticity, honoring the impacts of history and systemic racism, and encouraging and empowering students as leaders.
Social, Emotional, and Academic Development Through an Equity Lens provides a framework and action items to address adult beliefs and mindsets as well as school and district policies to build relationships and create equitable learning environments that support positive social and emotional growth.
Committee for Children
GLSEN Educator Resources
Youth Engagement Toolkit
CASEL Tool Supporting Student Members of the SEL Team
Other Free Activity Banks and Evidence-based/informed Curricula
Kernels of Practice for SEL; Low Cost, Low Burden Strategies
Nurturing Gratitude from the Inside Out - 30 activities for grades K-8
Thanks! A Strengths-Based Gratitude Curriculum for Tweens and Teens - Four lessons to help students understand the meaning of gratitude and how to cultivate it in their everyday lives.
A Kindness Curriculum Pre-K - Mindfulness-based curriculum explores how students recognize and work with their emotions, learning to care for others and themselves.
Sanford Harmony - A program for Pre-K-6 grade students designed to foster inter-gender communication and understanding, connection, and community both in and outside the classroom and develop boys and girls into compassionate and caring adults.
15 Activities for Teaching CASEL Core Competencies
InspirED - free resources, designed by teens, educators, and SEL experts, empower students to work together to create more positive school climates and foster greater wellbeing in their schools and communities.
Making SEL More Relevant to Teens - offers social and emotional learning activities that are designed to address high school students’ need for status and respect.
Purpose Challenge Toolkit is designed to help students think deeply about the things that matter most to them through thought provoking and fun activities.
Greater Good in Education - free online resource that distills strategies and practices for the social, emotional, and ethical development of students and the adults who work with them, synthesizing the top insights and best practices from science, programs, and practitioners.
The Science of Happiness Podcast - offers research-tested strategies for a happier, more meaningful life.
The CASEL Guide to Schoolwide SEL Essentials - a printable compilation of key activities and tools that leads school-based teams through a process for systemic SEL implementation. This printable summary offers a compact set of essential tools for use during professional learning or as a quick reference for coaches and SEL team leaders.
Transforming Education Trauma-Informed SEL Toolkit - offers strengths-based strategies teachers can integrate into their classroom, an overview of secondary traumatic stress and strategies for educator self-care, and a step-by-step facilitator’s guide for implementing a thorough professional development session designed to help educators create a healthy classroom environment for students.
60-Second Strategies for Implementing Aspects of SEL in the Classroom
Pom-Pom Jar
Participation Cards
SLANT Listening
Cooperative Learning Groups
Traverse Talk
Appreciation, Apology, Aha!
Stress Snowball Toss
Program and Intervention Clearinghouse Sites
Navigate the Complex Field of Social and Emotional Learning - By Harvard University
CASEL Program Guides
What Works Clearinghouse
School Health Assessment and Performance Evaluation System (SHAPE) Resource Center
The Wallace Foundation Knowledge Center: Social and Emotional Learning
EdSurge - Social-Emotional Learning Voices
Integrating Social and Emotional Learning throughout the School System - a compendium of resources for district leaders