Social and Emotional Learning Tools for Equity
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Over the last two years, National Urban League set out to shift the narrative on Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). We collaborated with over 100 people and with them, co-created a set of tools that speak to the unique expertise and histories of communities, students, and families that are too often left outside of education innovation. The result is a dynamic suite of tools that advance Learning for Racial Equity, Justice, and Empowerment!
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National Urban League Social and Emotional Learning Tools are comprised of Design Principles and a Rubric. Each component is represented in a variety of ways to be accessed by any and all community members. These tools are meant to complement each other and are aligned.
For young people to thrive—to achieve a high level of well-being and growth, to be deeply and truly educated as intellectuals connected to family and community, to experience continuous reflective development, and to achieve both individual and collective success—we must ensure that educational and developmental approaches are rooted in a series of beliefs, principles, and commitments.
National Urban League has outlined a set of core beliefs and key principles regarding the development of children and youth from across the African Diaspora.
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The purpose of this rubric is to evaluate proposed and implemented Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), Social Emotional and Academic Development (SEAD), Science of Learning and Development (SoLD), Whole Child Equity (WCE), and other related approaches.
By using this rubric, parents and youth can ask the key questions of approaches being considered for or already implemented in a child’s after-school program, summer camp, or a classroom during the school day. Educators and youth development staff looking to choose or implement new, transformative SEL initiatives can also use these questions and examples to shape, evaluate, and modify their approaches.
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This work acknowledges and builds upon the Science of Learning and Development, Whole Child Equity, and the knowledge of the Aspen Institute National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development of which the National Urban League was a member. These Social and Emotional Learning tools for equity are also supported by the Readiness Projects, which seeks to dramatically change the odds for youth, based on a commitment to upend inequities, embrace science-informed strategies and accelerate progress. The National Urban League is a coordinating partner along with the Forum for Youth Investment, and the American Institute for Research.