Listen in on how one organization, City Year,  uses near-peer mentors to encourage, relate, and support students. 

Quotes are hard to hear in a Podcast. So here is Lisa Klane, City Year's National Manager of Student Engagement Initiatives,  quote: “There is a very important connection point between the work we do and using the DESSA.” 

Links from today's episode:

• City Year's Practitioner and Policymaker Guide
• Webinar on City Year and Near-Peer Mentors
• City Year
• Aperture Education's DESSA
• Aperture Education
• SELChat

Mark your calendars for International SEL Day on March 26, 2021!

The second year of International SEL Day will be better than before, striving to surpass the 2  million posts made in the inaugural year. Can we, the SEL Chat Podcast community, pledge ourselves to help them meet their goal?

Find out more at selday.org and be sure to let them know we sent you! #SELChatPodcast for #SELDAY

Here are some helpful links:

• selday.org
• SELChat.com

Tune in for a quick grant alert! The COVID-19 Student Support Recovery Grant is open to all schools, both public and private. Receive up to $50,000 in funds focusing on implementing telehealth for children impacted by school closures due to COVID-19.   Find out more detailed information from the links below.

Links from today's episode:

• COVID-19 Student Support Recovery Grant
• Grant Worksheet provided by Aperture Education
• Grant Calculations Worksheet provided by Aperture Education
• SELChat.com 

Lisa-Anne Williams from Aperture Education joins us to discuss how being a parent to four kids tackling virtual learning while tackling SEL as a former educator is going. Spoiler: it's going well! Lisa-Anne has some great tips and tricks, though admits there is no secret sauce for everyone. 

Links from today's episode:

• Aperture Education
• EdSERT
• SELChat

Buckle up! This 1-hour presentation is hosted by Devereux Center for Effective Schools speaks about how to utilize the Second Step program in an out of school time program. 

Here are some links to check out:

• Devereux Center for Effective Schools
• Second Step
• DESSA Second Step Edition
• Aperture Education 

Rob Gallo of Join the Community joins us today for an excellent interview. Rob's background in experiential learning brings a new light to social and emotional learning. I think his approach will help bring your SEL program new enthusiasm.

Did you do our challenge? Let us know here!

Links from today's episode: 

• Join the Community 
• SEL Chat
• Aperture Education's 2020 Back to School Guide 
• Educator SEL

Hi! Resiliency is so important this back to school season. Are you ready? Let's break down CASEL's 5 competencies to discover ways to build resiliency so you and your students are ready. 

Here are the links I've promised!

• Read the article in its entirety here 
• Article on stress management
• Article on Self-Care
• EdSERT information

Wow, this is an episode loaded with helpful links! 

This back to school time looks different from previous years, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't or can't help our student's SEL skills. 

Here are the links from today's article: 

• Share a sample routine 
• Common Sense Media's Ultimate Guide to Zoom 
• Common Sense Media's Ultimate Guide to Google Classroom 
• 10 Ways to Help Student's Manage Stress 
• 10 Ways to Help Educator's Manage Stress 
• Aperture Education's Parent Portal
• Aperture Education's SEL at Home 
• EdSERT
• Aperture Education 
• SEL Chat

We welcome John Price back on today! We had a great chat about what back to school looks like for his home state and what he's hearing from other states he works with. 

Links from today's episode

• SEL at Home
• California districts brace for online back-to-school
• How to Teach SEL When Student's Aren't in School
• SEL Chat Story
• SEL Chat

We have a special edition of a webinar titled Promoting Educational Equity Through SEL Assessment today! This webinar was put on by Aperture Education and we hope you enjoy the audio version. If you're looking for the full replay, check out the link below!

• Promoting Educational Equity Through SEL Assessment
• Aperture Education
• SEL Chat 
• Promoting Equity Through Social and Emotional Learning