SEAL (Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning)
The Shasta County Office of Education believes social–emotional & academic learning (SEAL) is foundational to education and critical to any organization’s health, well-being, and climate/culture. Equitable conditions that promote SEAL skills development are crucial for academic success, engagement, and connected relationships. In addition, advancing equity and social justice through SEAL instruction—a practice known as transformative SEL—promotes key constructs of identity, curiosity, collaboration, and more. SCOE is creating pathways that help incorporate SEAL and transformative SEL into everyday practices, including professional learning opportunities and quarterly communities of practice. Curated tools and resources for supporting SEL implementation are available upon request.
Join our Social Emotional and Academic Learning Community of Practice, aimed at increasing and strengthening the quantity and quality of Social and Emotional Learning opportunities for students, educators, and staff through collective learning and sharing of research and evidenced-based promising practices.
The Benefits of SEAL
SEAL leads to improved academic achievement
When students have supportive relationships and opportunities to develop and practice social, emotional, and cognitive skills across many different contexts, academic learning accelerates.
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Hundreds of studies involving more than 1 million students worldwide across PreK-12 offer consistent evidence that SEL has a positive impact on students’ academic achievement.
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Students participating in SEL at school have higher levels of “school functioning,” as reflected by their grades, test scores, attendance, and homework completion.
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SEL builds social and emotional skills that increase student engagement and lead to improved academic performance.
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SEL interventions that addressed the five core competencies increased students’ academic performance by 11 percentile points, compared to students who did not participate.
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The positive impact on academics lasts long-term: Years after students participated in SEL, their academic performance was an average of 13 percentile points higher than students who didn’t participate.
Social Emotional and Academic Learning
Available to Schools
- Quarterly Community of Practice Meetings
- Providing a collaborative space for professional learning and equity integration
- Networking opportunities
- Best practices spotlights
- Integrating school/district action planning
- Workshops and Professional Development
- The Mini Lesson- Flipped Lid/Regulation
- Observations & coaching
- Whole staff workshops/training
