Professional Learning

Our professional learning experiences are tailored to your specific needs through collaboration with our SEL Integrations team.

At SEL Integrations, our goal is to deliver impactful, intentional professional learning which empowers participants. Our trainings are relevant, experiential, and utilize the most current research. ​We offer professional learning in:

• Community Circles: a welcoming ritual that sets a positive tone for the day, helps students feel connected and a sense of belonging, and supports students with their social, emotional and academic learning. Sample sessions include:

  • ​Introduction to Community Circles​

  • Helpful Tips for Implementing Community Circles

  • Foundational Resources

    • Elementary Community Circle Curriculum

    • Middle School Advisory Curriculum​

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• Everyday SEL Strategies: a deep dive into the 5 CASEL SEL competencies, building emotional awareness and regulation skills, and modeling SEL strategies to embed into existing routines. Sample sessions include: 

  • Everyday SEL Strategies for the K-12 Classrooms

  • The Intersection of SEL and Special Areas​

  • Using a Strengths-Based Approach

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• Trauma-Informed Approach: understanding that behavior is a form of communication and how trauma impacts the brain, behavior, and learning. Sample sessions include:

  • Cultivating a Trauma-Informed Lens​

  • Utilizing a Trauma-Informed Approach

  • Trauma-Informed Practices: Beginner and Intermediate

  • Designing Instruction to Support Those Impacted By Trauma

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• Adult Wellness: improves mental health, reduces burnout, increases adult engagement and motivation, and impacts teacher effectiveness and overall educational outcomes. Sample sessions include:

  • Self-Compassion for Educators

  • Deepening and Sustaining Our Well-Being and Resilience​

  • Strategies to Decrease Secondary Trauma and Compassion Fatigue

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• Mindfulness:  

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• Restorative Practices: explores the framework and practices for creating pro-active positive relationships, as well as ways to talk about, think about, and respond to harm caused within the school community. Sample sessions include:

  • Foundations of Restorative Practices

  • Affective Statements and Questions

  • Restorative Conversations and Empathetic Listening

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• Climate and Culture Team Retreats: creation of or strengthening of an existing Tier 1 steering committee to prioritize needs and leverage strengths in order to develop a vision and action plan. Sample sessions include:

  • Forming and Increasing Capacity of a Leadership Team

  • Collecting and Analyzing Data to Identify Priorities

  • Creating Consistency and Transparency

  • Communicating the Work to the Larger Stakeholders

  • Integrating Trauma-Informed and Strength-Based Tenets into School-Wide Practices​​​​​​