WestEd staff from the Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety will present at the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL): Inaugural Social and Emotional Learning Exchange, October 2 through 4, at the Marriott Marquis in Chicago, Illinois.
This national gathering is designed for all who seek to understand, experience, and apply the latest developments in social and emotional learning. The conference will help participants forge new alliances and gain new insights, empowering and inspiring their future efforts to ensure that education in America focuses on developing the whole child.
“Reflecting On and Prioritizing the SEL and School Safety Needs of the Nation: Findings From the Field” will be an interactive session designed to ground participants in the needs-sensing process conducted by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety as well as convey major findings from the field.
Participants will engage in small-group conversations to reflect upon and discuss findings, as well as share insights in a large-group format. Next steps, both for the field at large as well as for participants’ research, training, policy, and/or practice, will be explored.
Presenters
- Christina Pate, Deputy Director, National Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety at WestEd
- Natalie Walrond, Director, National Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety at WestEd
- Anne Bowles, Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
- Sara Krachman, Transforming Education
The session will be held on Thursday, October 3, 11:35am–12:45pm in the George Pullman room.
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The National Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety at WestEd works on the premise that when all children are educated in places of equity, safety, and learning, and when they receive the integrated academic, social, and emotional supports that meet their individual needs, then they can achieve their greatest potential in K-12 education, as well as in college, career, and life. Discover more.