social & emotional learning - Initiating
Professional Development > Learning Paths > School Mental Health Readiness
Schools play an important role in supporting young people’s social and emotional development. Districts and schools engage in many different practices to grow and develop students’ and staff members’ social and emotional competencies to help them be successful. Broad areas of social and emotional competence are: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making.Â
The resources below are recommended for schools or districts starting in this work. Your school or district may be exploring this work and wondering where to begin.Â

- 60 minutes
This course provides an overview of the importance of adult social and emotional learning to student success and well-being in school and life. This course will help you and your school team to:
define adult social and emotional learning (SEL)
describe why adult SEL is critical to educators’ practice
explain the importance of developing adult SEL through an equity lens
apply five specific strategies to enhance your SEL competency.

Some of the most common frameworks for organizing student supports are Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) and Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS). Adopting schoolwide SEL does not mean that a school must abandon these existing frameworks. Rather, schoolwide SEL offers an opportunity to enhance or refine existing systems of support. This guide from CASEL defines Schoolwide SEL, MTSS, and PBIS, then describes how these frameworks can align with and complement one another.
- 10 minutes

- 60 mins
- Setting the State for Successful Implementation of Tier 2 Interventions

- 60 mins