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SEL for Adults �

Photo Credit to Sharon Remington�

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Oral stories in 2 with 2

Pick one of the photos that you can connect to. Find someone not at your table, tell them how it relates to you.

Each of you will have two minutes to share.

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If you do not see a picture that relates to you, and you want to share a photo from your phone, please do!

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SEL for Adults

Unit #1: Building Trust (2021-2022)

Unit #2: Managing Stress (2022-2023)

Unit #3: Equity and Belonging (2023-2024)

Unit #4: Resilience and Efficacy (2024-2025)

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Why Focus on Equity and Belonging?

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Watch on Vimeo

Group Learning Activity

(4 min.)

Speaker Notes

�Introduce the Introduction to Advancing Equity video.

We're going to watch a video showing teachers and administrators from elementary and secondary schools who have made a strong commitment to advancing equity and increasing feelings of belonging in their schools.
As you watch the video, listen for the benefits for the adults and students of focusing on equity and belonging in schools.

�Play the video.

Video notes:

When kids feel like they belong- they feel safe
We want you here- goes beyond, youre welcome here.
Belonging means access to classes and clubs
Obligation to shape people who are going to be in society
Our stories contribute to our experience ..
Equity requires we are reflective.. we have to confront bias
When we ask students about their story, they feel like they belong and have something to contribute
Who is missing from the story? Make sure various perspectives are included
Find strength instead of finding deficits
Have lessons reflect students identities and makes everyone feel welcome.

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Why Focus on Equity and Belonging?

What are the benefits for adults and students of focusing on equity and belonging in schools?

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Why is it important that we, as adults, focus on establishing collaborative trusting partnerships, on equity, and belonging in our school community for students and staff?

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CASEL’s Framework for SEL

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Teaching is HARD!!!!

Well-being

Stress affects teachers' health and job satisfaction.²

Attrition

More than 41 percent of teachers leave the profession within five years of starting.³

Scrutiny

Educators face high levels of scrutiny about how they do their jobs.

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Burnout

46 percent of teachers report

significant stress and burnout.³

Student Learning

Teachers who are more stressed can have a negative effect on student achievement.³�

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MBA Culture and Climate Data

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There are groups of students in my school who exclude others and make them feel bad for not being a part of the group. [Socio-emotional Security]

71.05% (27)	7.89% (3)

Strongly Agree/Agree	Strongly Disagree/ Disagree

61.41% (148)	21.16% (51)

Staff

Students

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Independent Staff Survey

I feel accepted for who I am when I'm at school.

I feel safe to be my full self when I'm at school.

I feel close to my colleagues

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Read each statement below and select the response that best applies to you. Independently, rate your level of agreement on a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 indicates strong disagreement and 5 indicates strong agreement:

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Learning Stances

How do you think these statements can be connected to our desired outcome this year, to create an equitable and inclusive space for adults and kids?

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What Do the units in This Module Focus On?

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Unit 1: Understanding Identity & Belonging

Focuses on building a shared understanding about identity, identity safety, and belonging that you can use to begin advancing equity in your school.

Unit 2: Partnering for Equity

Introduces concrete things you and your colleagues can do to remove barriers to belonging that may exist in your school.

Unit 3: Equity in the Classroom

Introduces routines designed to increase students' feelings of identity safety.

Program Content

(2 min.)

Speaker Notes

�Describe the content of the Equity & Belonging Module.

�The Equity & Belonging Module has three units we will focus on this year:

The first unit focuses on building a shared understanding about identity, identity safety, and belonging, so we can use this understanding to begin advancing equity in our school.

The second unit introduces concrete things you and your colleagues can do to dismantle barriers to belonging that may exist in your school.

The third unit introduces routines designed to increase feelings of identity safety among students.

We start each unit with individual microlearnings. At the end of each unit, you'll meet in groups to reflect on your learning and decide whether and how you want to implement the routines you've learned. At

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For Today…

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1:30-2:20 Unit #1 Microlearnings: Complete Independently

Complete steps 1, 2 and reflect for the following :

Microlearning: #1- Identity, Belonging and Equity
Microlearning: #2 - Who You Are Matters
Microlearning: #4- Identity is Dynamic
Microlearning #6- The Voices We Carry
Microlearning #7- What’s My Why?

2:30-3:00 Whole Staff Debrief and Discussion: Media Center

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Discussion Norms

Speak your truth
Experience discomfort
Stay Engaged
Accept and Expect non-closure

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Quote Analysis

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#1

Identity safety is not possible in an environment that is not equitable. Conversely, a school environment is not equitable unless all students feel a sense of identity safety and belonging.

—Becky Cohn-Vargas, Alexandrea Creer Kahn, and Amy Epstein

#2

And I think about all the things we could be if we were never told our bodies were not built for them.

—Elizabeth Acevedo

#4What we know matters, but who we are matters more.

—Brené Brown

#6 My life was narrated for me by others. Their voices were forceful, emphatic, absolute. It had never occurred to me that my voice might be as strong as theirs.

—Tara Westover

#7 But one thing is certain: if we merge mercy with might and might with right, then love becomes our legacy and change our children's birthright.

—Amanda Gorman

Choose one quote from the micro teaches that resonates with you and the learning you had today. What important ideas or take aways from the lessons come to mind when reading the quote? What impact will this have on you this year?

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Debrief Questions

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How do your lived experiences shape who you are as an educator?

What's something you learned from completing this unit that has stuck with you?

What questions, if any, did this unit raise about creating a strong sense of belonging in our community?

3-2-1 Activity

Do a 3-2-1

What are 3 things that shape you as an educator? (consider how this is different from someone else and how that shapes perspective, can we be more conscious of that?) Talk about how understanding your lens and understanding others is so important. What does this mean for understanding, respecting, and empathizing with students?

2: What are two things we or you can do to to increase staff sense of belonging in the building (these could be activities, or daily actions)

-create structures during team time to make sure everyone talks

-Spend 5 minutes in a new hallway you dont normally to get to know other teachers

-Stop by the library when you dont need something from them and talk

-Send a text of support or congratulations

-Tell someone the day that they returned that they were missed.

3. What's something you learned from completing this unit that has stuck with you?

-So what does this mean?.. what will be the impact of this learning? Why does all of this matter so much?

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Final Reflection

List three words that describe how you are feeling after completing these micro teaches.
Share your why for advancing equity.

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Extra Resources

Psychological safety

Intersectionality

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SEL for Adults �Module 3; Units 2 & 3

March 22, 2024

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Learning Stances

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For Today…

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Units # 2 & 3 Microlearnings: Complete Independently

From Unit #2: Partnering for Equity�Microlearning #1: Belonging in School

Microlearning #3: Implicit Bias, Part 1

Microlearning #4: Implicit Bias, Part 2

From Unit #3: Equity in the Classroom�Microlearning #1: Identity Safe Classrooms

Microlearning #3: Five Minutes to Foster Belonging

Microlearning #4: Finding Commonalities

Microlearning #7: Academic Discussions

�SES ONLY- Choose to View…

Microlearning #2: Classroom Agreements (all elementary/primary examples)
Microlearning #5: Uniquely You (all elementary/primary examples)

Whole Staff Debrief and Discussion: Media Center

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Debrief Questions

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1. What's something you learned from completing these units that's stuck with you?

2. If you already feel a strong sense of belonging at your school, think about other staff members who might not. What are one or two things you could do to increase their sense of belonging?

Consider both certificated/non-certificated staff….Consider students.