This module will enable you to step into your role as an SEL Leader. It clarifies what it means to consult, coach and collaborate while offering several tools, resources, templates, and protocols to help you get started with leading an SEL initiative. You’ll learn about the practice of humble inquiry, implementation science, and engage with the key leadership foundations.

Lesson 1: What does it mean to be a Leader of Mindfulness and SEL in Service of Belonging?

Lesson 2: The Change Process and Defining Consulting, Coaching & Collaborating

Lesson 3: Implementation Moves at the Speed of Trust

In this module you will learn what Mindfulness REALLY IS and be introduced to the term Interbeing. You will understand the difference between Mindfulness and Meditation, gain clarity around what Mindful Awareness Practices (MAPs) are, and learn the distinction among Deconstructive, Attentional and Constructive practices. You will also engage with the Tree of Contemplative Practices. Additionally, this module highlights the latest Mindfulness in Education research and best practices for implementing Mindfulness in your context. Most importantly, this module offers detailed instruction on how to begin, sustain, and deepen your personal mindfulness practice through formal and informal practices and supports reflection on what it means to be a leader of Mindfulness and a Mindful Leader.

Lesson 1: What is Mindfulness?

Lesson 2: Why Practice Mindfulness?

Lesson 3: How Do You Practice Mindfulness? Part 1: Your Personal Practice (Formal)

Lesson 4: How Do You Practice Mindfulness? Part 2: Your Personal Practice (Informal)

Lesson 5: How Do You Teach Mindfulness and Lead Mindfulness Efforts?

In this module you will receive a comprehensive definition of Social and Emotional Learning, learn about connections between SEL and Mindfulness and Equity, be introduced to key SEL frameworks and resources and get clear on the three main areas of SEL skills. This module also includes the latest research and resources on why SEL needs to be taught and learned, and provides a roadmap for leading SEL implementation and building Adult SEL capacity.

Lesson 1: What is SEL?

Lesson 2: Why Prioritize SEL?

Lesson 3: How Do You Implement SEL? The Blueprint & Foundation of Building Your SEL House

Lesson 4: Building Your SEL House Step 2 - Construct the Framing & Wiring of SEL Classrooms & Schools

Lesson 5: Building Your SEL House Step 3 - Install Drywall & Furnishings for Enacting SEL in Schools

Lesson 6: Building Your SEL House Step 4 - Maintaining & Renovating for Continuous Improvement

This module will equip you with the necessary understanding for leading Mindfulness and SEL in Service of Belonging. You will engage with the 12 Principles of Adult Learning, key elements of skilled facilitation, best practices for Professional Learning that models SEL, brain-based learning strategies to engage adults, and core guidelines for crafting meetings for collaboration. There will also be particular focus on best practices for virtual learning engagements and meetings.

Lesson 1: What is Adult Learning?

Lesson 2: Designing and Delivering Professional Learning

Lesson 3: Meetings that Move the Dial while They Move Hearts

This module centers on what Belonging truly is, why it matters, and how Mindfulness and SEL are vehicles for advancing a world built on Belonging. Through this module you will get clear on key terms that are essential for understanding and ultimately creating the conditions for belonging (equity, anti-racist, decolonization, cultural appropriation, intersectionality, race, racial justice, structural racism, White ("white people"), white fragility, white privilege, white supremacy), and be introduced to practical strategies to begin the inner work of racial healing. You will also engage with promising practices for creating a culture of belonging: Cultural Integration, Classroom Community Building, Ethnic-Racial Identity Development, and utilize the SEL Competencies to explore and examine how you can support educators in creating more equitable classrooms. Finally, this module brings the entire course together through having you commit to and create a plan for practicing love and hope on a daily basis as the foundation for your leadership.

Lesson 1: Advancing a World Built on Belonging

Lesson 2: Creating the Conditions for Belonging in Our Classrooms & Schools

Lesson 3: Bringing it All Together in Service of Belonging