Effective Social Emotional Learning Implementation

A growing interest and body of research in education in the United States has centered around the idea that students learn best when they have foundational social emotional learning skills. These skills, ranging from interpersonal skills to self-reflection and awareness skills to self-management skills, allow students and adults to engage with one another in productive, pro-social ways that can positively impact a classroom community and a school's culture at large. This chapter seeks to consider the ways that adult social emotional learning impacts the success of greater, school-wide implementation. Specifically, the chapter explores the impact that a purposeful, measured (six months to year-long) adult social emotional learning rollout has in successful school-wide adoption of a comprehensive social emotional learning program.