Washington State Social Emotional Learning Implementation Guide
Overview
This Implementation Guide is designed to be used with other documents that make up Washingtons SEl Resource Package and by anyone who works with children and youth and is concerned with their social emotional well-being. It includes perspectives for school leaders, educators, youth serving organizations, and parents/families and provides overarching concepts that are centered around the principles that are foundational for the development of SEL in Washington State: Equity, Cultural Responsiveness, Universal Design and Trauma- Informed Practices.
This Implementation Guide is designed to be used with other documents that make up Washingtons SEl Resource Package and by anyone who works with children and youth and is concerned with their social emotional well-being. It includes perspectives for school leaders, educators, youth serving organizations, and parents/families and provides overarching concepts that are centered around the principles that are foundational for the development of SEL in Washington State: Equity, Cultural Responsiveness, Universal Design and Trauma- Informed Practices.
This Guide aligns with other SEL resources in Washington State such as the Washington SEL Standards/Benchmarks/Indicators, SEL Briefs, and the SEL Module, which are all part of Washington State’s SEL Resource Package, and are intended to be a collective of tools that are mutually supportive toward SEL implementation.
This Guide is designed to be used systemically where schools, communities, and families work together to understand and grow their respective roles in bolstering their students’ SEL development in a mutually supportive manner.
The developers of this Guide recommend that anyone planning to implement SEL read the Guide in its entirety before beginning implementation. Prior reading can be beneficial to those individuals facilitating conversations with collaborators as they plan and coordinate efforts to set the stage for a successful and sustained application.