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School Support Network Meeting Resources
2020-2021 Academic Year
For resources that were provided at School Support Network (SSN) meetings during this academic year, search below for your topic of choice.
- Topic: Attitude of Gratitude: How to Harness Life’s Simple Pleasures to Increase Resilience and Well-Being
- Presenter: Christa M. Tinari, M.A., Senior International Trainer and Content Developer with the Social, Emotional and Ethical Learning Program, housed at Emory University’s Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics
- Resources: PowerPoint and Saved Chat
- Topic: Embedding SEL for Academics and Antiracism
- Presenter: Dr. Maurice Elias, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Rutgers University; Director, Rutgers Social-Emotional and Character Development Lab; Co-Director, Academy for Social-Emotional Learning in Schools
- Resources: PowerPoint and Saved Chat
- Topic: Strategies to Increase Student Engagement and Sense of Belonging
- Presenters: Dr. Jan Urbanski, Director of Safe and Humane Schools, Institute on Family & Neighborhood Life, Clemson University and June Jenkins, Training-Consultation Coordinator, Safe and Humane Schools, Institute on Family & Neighborhood Life, Clemson University
- Resources: PowerPoint, List of Resources and Links Shared, and Saved Chat
- Topic: Who is Your Schoolhouse Built For: Dimensions of Equity and Diversity in our Schools
- Presenter: Patrick Fennell, Founder/President, Empowerment Solutions
- Resources: Session PowerPoint, Diversity Wheel, SCCI PowerPoint, Saved Chat, and Recording
2019-2020 Academic Year
For resources that were provided at prior School Support Network (SSN) meetings, search below for your topic of choice.
- Topic: The Importance of Adult Social-Emotional Skills: The Foundation for a Thriving School Community
- Presenter: Patricia C. Heindel, Ph.D., Dean, Professional Studies; Director, Center for Human and Social Development & the Center’s School Culture and Climate Assessment Lab; Co-Director, School Culture and Climate Initiative; Co-Director, Academy for Social-Emotional Learning in Schools
- Resources: PowerPoint
- Topic: Leading a School of Social-Emotional Competence and Character: Everyone’s Job
- Presenter: Maurice J. Elias, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Rutgers University; Director, Rutgers Social-Emotional and Character Development Lab; Co-Director, Academy for Social-Emotional Learning in Schools
- Resources: PowerPoint
- Topic: The Need for Coping Skills in an Age of Anxiety
- Presenter: Paul DePinto, Licensed Professional Counselor, Strength for Change, LLC
- Resources: PowerPoint
- Topic: Secure Attachment and the Impact of Trauma In Schools: Challenges, Solutions and How We Get There
- Presenter: Teresa LaSala, Positive Discipline Author and Lead Trainer, School Culture and Climate Specialist and Kathleen McClay, Positive Discipline Trainer and School Culture and Climate Specialist
- Resources: PowerPoint and Handout
- Topic: The State of SEL and School Climate and How it is Impacting Your Schools
- Presenters: Patricia Heindel, Ph.D. and Elizabeth Hansen Warner, Co-Directors, School Culture and Climate Initiative; Center for Human and Social Development, College of Saint Elizabeth
- Resources: PowerPoint
- Topic: Strategies to Maximize Family Engagement in Your District
- Presenter: Patrick Fennell, Founder/President, Empowerment Solutions, LLC
- Resources: PowerPoint
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Related Organizations
- Academy for SEL in Schools
- Aspen Institute / National Commission on Social, Emotional and Academic Development
- Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
- Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
- Center on Great Teachers and Leaders, American Institutes for Research
- Mindset Works
- Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility
- Project for Education that Scales (PERTS), Stanford University
- Social, Emotional and Character Development Lab, Rutgers University
- Character Lab
- Character.org
- Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
- Ecological Approaches to Social Emotional Learning (EASEL) Laboratory, Harvard University
- Edutopia
- Greater Good Science Center, University of California, Berkeley
- New Jersey Alliance for Social, Emotional, and Character Development
- Social Emotional Learning Alliance for the United States (SEL4US)
- Start Empathy, Ashoka Changemakers