| By: Committee for Children Kids’ Orchestra: Where Social-Emotional Learning and Music Education Harmonize Kids’ Orchestra is a Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based after-school program with a mission to build a community of creative, confident, and socially engaged students through music education. We sat down with Education Director Sam Trevathan and Program Manager Blakelynn Prettalt to talk about their experience incorporating Second Step® Out-of-School Time into their program.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Navigating 2020 with the Help of Social-Emotional Learning Despite the shifting landscape of the COVID-19 pandemic and the sociopolitical turmoil of 2020, Committee for Children’s Second Step® teams rose to support district administrators, school leaders, educators, and students when they needed it most. Here are three highlights from 2020.Read More
| By: Polly Stansell Second Step® Out-of-School Time: when kids thrive today, communities thrive tomorrow VP of product, Polly Stansell, introduces the organization’s first social-emotional learning program designed specifically for before- and after-school environments.Read More
| By: Jordan Posamentier Out-of-School Time and Social-Emotional Learning: A Federal Policy & Funding Review News about 2019 federal legislation and funding for social-emotional learning in out-of-school time settings, after school or summer programs. Track or advocate for social-emotional and after-school learning.Read More
| By: Jordan Posamentier What SEL-Focused District Leaders Need to Know About Out-of-School-Time Policy Kids benefit from continuity in their social-emotional learning experiences, especially in regularly occurring programs throughout the school year and into summer that target SEL.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Second Step Social-Emotional Learning for Out-of-School Time Is Under Development Committee for Children is excited to announce that we’re developing a social-emotional learning (SEL) program for out-of-school time (OST) contexts.Read More