SEL Commitment Team Joint Statement

 District SEL Commitment Team Joint Statement

The District SEL Commitment team met for the year-end wrap up meeting. The following topics were discussed:

-Discussed the progress of the 2021-2022 Action items from the strategic plan

-Reviewed the evidence collected throughout the year

-After initially identifying the following statements as proficient, it was decided that the statements were more in the “Approaching Phase” and were re-coded to yellow

Staff can research identifiers of social-emotional need

Staff can review and evaluate social-emotional instructional tools

-The team reviewed the 2022-2023 Action Statements for next year and discussed any further needs/support necessary for action. Next year’s actions are:

1. Staff can research community support structures available 

1. The team will look into interactive ways to embed these resources into a website

2. Staff can conduct student advisory sessions to plan the needs and foundational lessons for grade spans

1. The team discussed what advisory could look like at each grade span, what structures currently exist, and how to continue to grow these opportunities

3. The community can identify the wrap-around services available 

4. The community can identify confidential and safe ways to communicate their needs to the school district

5. Students can advocate to educators for their learning and social-emotional needs

-The team discussed the importance of common language EC-12 regarding SEL

-Administration will look further into tools to identify developmental benchmarks for SEL 

The SEL Commitment team will be in the “Beginning” phase for the 2022-2023 school year. We will meet four times throughout the year next year. The following are tentative dates for our meetings. 

-October 6th, 2022

-January 26th, 2023

-March 9th, 2023

-May 11th, 2023