2019 SEL Exchange Program (Online Version)

Breakout Sessions S OCIAL & E MOTIONAL L EARNING EXCHANGE 2019 | 31 Day 1 - Thursday, October 3, 2019 Afternoon Session 3:20pm - 4:30pm Engaged and Powerful Parents Through SEL Session focus area: Practice Topic: Parenting Increasing the levels of parent engagement among underserved populations has gone largely ignored and unimplemented by key education reformers. There are too few capacity-building models that result in sustainable knowledge for parents and equitable partnerships with schools and among parents, their children, and the schools their children attend. This workshop will focus on a new study on assessing, planning, and implementing a parent-training program engaging brain-based learning and SEL strategies with parents. The partnership became a life-changing experience for parents and teachers who shared what it meant to them and how it created a secondary impact on the learning of their children and families. Happy Teacher Revolution: Supporting the Mental Health and Wellness of Educators Session focus area: Practice Secondary focus area: Communication Topic: Promoting adult SEL Happy Teacher Revolution is a Baltimore-born, international movement with the mission to organize and conduct support groups for teachers in the field of mental health and wellness to increase teacher happiness, retention, and professional sustainability. This discussion-based session explores caregiver burnout, vicarious trauma, the importance of self-care in the field of education, and the necessity for teachers to feel empowered to claim happiness as their own as a “best-practice” to help students. Participants will engage in an experiential learning opportunity by participating in a “demo” Happy Teacher Revolution meeting as part of this session. Oh, the Places You’ll Go: A National Dive Into School and Community Partnerships to Take SEL to the Next Level Session focus area: Practice Topic: Out-of-school time and community-based partnerships Take a deep dive into effective approaches for SEL professional development that support school and community partnerships. Learn how to develop joint professional development trainings, infuse SEL curricula, and assess youth outcomes and program quality in a meaningful and authentic way. Leaders from coalition members of Every Hour Counts—After School Matters (Chicago), ExpandED Schools (New York City), Collective for Youth (Omaha), and the RAND Corporation will share their strategies and lessons learned for strengthening, scaling, and sustaining SEL programs across school districts and partnering community organizations. Location/Room Water Tower B Speakers Jacques Noisette ExpandED Schools Gwyn Williams Collective for Youth Emily Nott After School Matters Anamarie Auger Whitaker RAND Corporation Location/Room History Speakers Danna Thomas Happy Teacher Revolution Location/Room Probability Speakers Hector Montenegro CASEL