2019 SEL Exchange Program (Online Version)

Breakout Sessions S OCIAL & E MOTIONAL L EARNING EXCHANGE 2019 | 27 Day 1 - Thursday, October 3, 2019 Mid-Day Session 11:35am - 12:45pm Scaling SEL in High Schools: The Promise and Challenges of Continuous Improvement Strategies Session focus area: Research Secondary focus areas: Practice, Policy, Communication Topic: Implementation science Join this session to explore using the continuous improvement strategy of Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) to implement an SEL reform in 30 high schools in the Broward County Public Schools, the sixth-largest school district in the United States. Participants will engage in two PSDA cycles and learn about Personalization for Academic and Social Emotional Learning, a systemic approach to high school reform, and its implementation, including promises and challenges associated with the approach. SEL and Future Economic Returns for Students and Society Session focus area: Research Secondary focus area: Practice Topic: Economic value of SEL One of the main reasons that schools focus on test scores for accountability in learning is that there is a widespread belief that future economic status of both students and society will depend upon the retention of test-based achievement. However, in the last two decades, considerable evidence has emerged that social and emotional learning outcomes can explain occupational success and income based on skills that may be substantially independent of test results. The purpose of this panel is to provide insights into these results and the research that explores them, and set directions for future explorations for assessing SEL’s economic returns. What Happens When Practitioners and Researchers Build Authentic Relationships: Design-Based Research and Tackling SEL Implementation Obstacles Session focus area: Research Secondary focus area: Practice Topic: Research-Practice partnerships This session will introduce the Research-Practice Partnership paradigm that CASEL is employing and also model it with participants through an interactive working session. Participants will engage in a problem-of-practice protocol guided by expert, district-based researchers, and practitioners. This session will illuminate the successes and learnings of this approach in the field through exploring the specifics of the partnership between CASEL and Minneapolis Public Schools and between Chicago Public Schools and the University of Michigan. Speakers Emma García Economic Policy Institute John Eric Humphries Yale University Henry Levin Teachers College, Columbia University Location/Room Marshall Field Speakers Eric Moore Minneapolis Public Schools Colin Ackerman CASEL Alexandra Skoog-Hoffman CASEL Gina McGovern University of Michigan Location/Room Philosophy Location/Room Henry Clarke Speakers Stacey Rutledge Florida State University Marisa Cannata Vanderbilt University Norman Merrifield 808 Education Tameka King Broward County Public Schools