| By: Committee for Children Research and Evidence: The Second Step® Difference Committee for Children has long been at the forefront of research, evidence, and continuous improvement in the field of social-emotional learning. Read More
| By: Committee for Children The Role of Parents in SEL Assessment: Supporting Your Child’s Social and Emotional Growth By creating SEL consistencies between school and home, parents can cultivate well-rounded children who feel stable across all environments. Here we share ways you can nurture and expand your child’s social and emotional competencies at home.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Using SEL Assessments to Foster Inclusive Education Assessments can incorporate multiple perspectives, including teachers and parents and self-reporting from students themselves. Together, they provide data-driven insights on each student’s skills across the five core competencies of SEL: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. Read More
| By: Committee for Children The Future of SEL: Navigating Success Through Assessment Partnerships How do you ensure that your social-emotional learning (SEL) curriculum is not only engaging, but also effective? Reimagine assessment as an integral part of the learning journey.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Make SEL Day More than Just One Day CEO Andrea Lovanhill shares her insights on where we are today in bringing critical life skills to students in the classroom and what the future holds for the collective impact we can make on children and communities through social-emotional learning. Read More
| By: Committee for Children 4 Strategies for Effective SEL Implementation Starting a new learning paradigm or program can be daunting, but when it comes to social-emotional learning, it doesn’t have to be. Here are four takeaway strategies you can use to effectively implement an SEL program in your learning community. Read More
| By: Committee for Children New Directions for Second Step® Programs in 2023–2024: A Back-to-School Update with Liliana Suero Second Step® Elementary and Second Step® Middle School digital programs are reset and updated every summer in preparation for the coming school year. With this year’s reset complete and updates underway, we sat down with Director of Product Management Liliana Suero to learn more about what this year’s changes are all about.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Three Takeaways from the First Year of the All Kids Safe and Well Campaign In this blog, learn our top takeaways from the first year of the All Kids Safe and Well campaign, which advocates for primary prevention, life skills education, and children’s social-emotional well-being.Read More
| By: Jordan Posamentier The Biggest 2023 Policy Trends Affecting Student Well-Being Learn the three biggest policy trends in student well-being that our VP of Policy and Advocacy Jordan Posamentier is predicting for the 2023 legislative sessions.Read More
| By: Committee for Children What’s Coming to Second Step® Programs in 2023: An Update from Director of Product Management Liliana Suero We sat down with Liliana Suero to learn more about her and what’s on her mind as she looks forward to the coming year.Read More