PSELI Points
A bi-weekly e-newsletter to inform you of updates regarding PSELI
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Students at West Gate Elementary Discuss Curriculum with First Lady Melania Trump at the White House
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On January 10, 2020, safety patrols at West Gate Elementary, a PSELI pilot site, visited Washington D.C. Eleven fifth graders received a personal invitation from First Lady Melania Trump to visit the White House to learn more about the school's SEL curriculum.
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New PSELI Lead
for the School District of Palm Beach County
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Kristen Rulison will now serve as the new manager for social-emotional learning for the School District of Palm Beach County. In this role, she is proud to serve as the PSELI Lead for the School District and collaborate with all community partners in this project.
Kristen has been one of the PSELI professional development co-chairs since the beginning phase of the Initiative. Kristen’s previous experience as the elementary literacy manager for the School District provides her a wealth of knowledge and practical on-the-ground expertise as we seek to deepen academic and social-emotional integration for children and youth across our community.
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Full Cross-Site Community of Practice
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We’re excited to hear from school sites at the February 20 community of practice!
Where are you finding opportunities to align SEL from 7 to 7? What’s going well with your Year 3 plan goals? What’s your best artifact to demonstrate an impactful strategy or practice?
Check out the guidelines for presentations, and if you need assistance with videotaping, be sure to request it as soon as possible (help is available through Jan. 31).
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Date & Time
February 20, 2020
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
School Day Champions Only to Attend
12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Location
Diamond View Elementary
5300 Haverhill Road
Greenacres, FL 33463
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Weikart SEL Methods Training Offerings
February and March 2020
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This spring, Prime Time is offering three Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Methods trainings developed by the David P. Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality, as part of a partnership effort to field test and refine SEL professional development content for out-of-school time (OST) programs. These trainings are being made available one time only to all OST programs in Palm Beach County that are part of Prime Time Palm Beach County's Quality Improvement System.
Spaces are limited so kindly encourage your staff to register early if they are interested.
Please note:
Only staff from PSELI OST sites will receive an incentive
to participate in these trainings as is the customary practice for PSELI trainings. As a courtesy to participants from non-PSELI OST sites who may be in attendance, we will not pass out the paper incentive forms in the training; instead we will provide the form electronically so you can submit via email after the training.
Participants registering for Facilitating Problem Solving or Engaging Youth in Supported Struggle trainings must attend the pre-requisite training - Foundations and Self Awareness of Cognitive Development.
Dates/times and register links are below.
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SEL Methods - Foundations and Self Awareness of Cognitive Development
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Children Services Council
of Palm Beach County
2300 High Ridge Road
Boynton Beach, FL 33426
Description:
As youth development programs work to facilitate skill building for youth, youth workers must think about their readiness to facilitate cognitive skill building with young people. In this workshop, youth workers will take time to identify their own strengths, needs, interests, and constraints related to learning and cognitive development. Additionally, participants will strengthen their understanding of how their background, experiences, privilege, bias, and/or discrimination have affected their attitudes toward learning and their expectations about other’s learning.
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SEL Methods - Facilitating Problem Solving
Thursday, February 27, 2020
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Children Services Council
of Palm Beach County
2300 High Ridge Road
Boynton Beach, FL 33426
Description:
Problem solving is the ability plan, strategize and implement complex tasks. Youth workers have the opportunity each day to build problem solving opportunities into programs and support young people with in the moment problem solving, all to support skill building. In this workshop, participants will learn the basics of how our brain solves problems, and will practice a model for helping young people define and explore problems, preparing them to take action and learn from them. Participants will apply the skills and content to problem-solving with youth in their context.
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SEL Methods – Engaging Youth in Supported Struggle
Tuesday March 3, 2020
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Children Services Council of Palm Beach County
2300 High Ridge Road
Boynton Beach, FL 33426
Description:
It is in struggle that we all grow. Helping support youth through that struggle helps promote that opportunity for growth and learning. In this workshop, participants will practice fostering growth mindset to help youth persevere when they struggle and explore strategies that staff can use to support them. Participants will identify nuances for how these strategies may apply to work with the youth they work with in balanced, equitable ways.
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Share SEL successes happening at your campus in the next PSELI Points by contacting Communications Manager Katie Jacob at
kjacob@primetimepbc.org with your story and photos.
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On Wednesday, January 22, 2020, OST Directors and their activity leaders continued their learning in transformational SEL leadership at
SEL Leadership - Part 3
series pilot. Participants explored ways to shift being, beliefs and behaviors as site leaders engaged in strategic planning and shared best practices via problem-solving circles to work toward improving SEL implementation at their sites.
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SEL Discussion Series for Parents and Caregivers
Families are a child’s first teacher and an essential factor in the cultivation of social and emotional competencies throughout a child’s life. When schools and families work together, they can build strong connections that reinforce social-emotional skill development. In fact, research suggests that evidence-based SEL programs are more effective when they extend into the home.
This discussion series was developed to support schools and community partners that wish to engage parents and caregivers in conversations about the social and emotional growth of their families. Each of these eight sessions helps caregivers become more familiar with social and emotional learning and encourages them to actively engage in their own growth while supporting their children to practice social
and emotional skills.
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Guiding Questions for Building Strong Partnerships
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Out-of-school time (OST) staff are important partners who can bring knowledge, framing and resources to inform SEL implementation. These guiding questions can help the SEL team to think intentionally about how to fully partner with OST providers to promote schoolwide SEL. Teams can also use this tool along with a
PDSA cycle
to plan next steps for deepening OST partnerships as part of continuous improvement.
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Recognizing Opportunities to Integrate Social-Emotional Learning
Afterschool Today recently published an article regarding insights on research-based SEL programming, program quality and high quality professional learning opportunities.
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Quantifying the Benefits of SEL
Need help making the case for implementing an SEL program? A
new brief
unpacks the potential impact on a student body over time when a school offers an SEL program compared to when it does not offer such a program.
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Custom Palm Beach County Resources
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PSELI is providing you with new custom resources to communicate with your peers and families. Please share far and wide. You can print or retrieve URL to embed in your schools' newsletter by clicking button below image
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If you have questions or would like to have printed copies delivered to your school, please contact Katie Jacob, Communications Manager, at
kjacob@primetimepbc.org
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Out-of-School Time Support
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Knellee Bisram
SEL Specialist,
Prime Time Palm Beach County
561-244-5119
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Lauren Peragine, M.Ed.
SEL Specialist,
The School District of Palm Beach County
lauren.peragine@palmbeachschools.org
561-969-5856 x45856
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