This webinar illustrates how and why designing, implementing, and evaluating high-quality SEL programs with a lens of equity and inclusion is imperative to realizing the promise of SEL programs in supporting students’ social, emotional, and academic well-being, and how this lens of equity can help mitigate some of the inequities experienced within the educational system. After sharing findings from the white paper Designing and Implementing Social Emotional Learning Programs to Promote Equity, two EIR grantees share their projects and describe how they designed equity-focused SEL programs. Dr. Kirkland then addresses the core components of equity-centered SEL programs and the need for collaborative practices that frame diversity as an asset.
