SEL in Catholic School Communities
SEL in Catholic School Communities : Guidelines for a sustainable whole-school approach to Social and Emotional Learning is a new resource for schools produced by the Catholic Education Office Melbourne. The resource emphasises the connection between SEL and academic learning and its purpose is to provide :
- a resource for school to map their direction with SEL
- an approach to whole-school improvement
- a systematic and strategic approach to the implementation of SEL
- an integrated, sustainable approach to SEL
- a Professional Learning resource
- a user-friendly guidelines approach to choosing a SEL resource.
The resource was launched in July by Mr Stephen Elder, Director of Catholic Education, as part of a professional learning activity for Student Wellbeing Coordinators, teachers and school leaders. The professional learning day, facilitated by Erin Erceg (Child Health Promotion Research Centre, Edith Cowen University, Western Australia), provided participants with an opportunity to discuss implementing SEL and to hear of ways to use the resource to develop a plan for their school communities.
For more information about the SEL in Catholic School Communities please contact the Student Wellbeing Unit at the Catholic Education Office Melbourne on 9267 0228.
