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District committee recommends CharacterStrong and Panorama; board hears plan to expand mental-health supports and join state CYBHI
Summary
At the Mountain View Whisman School District board meeting on May 8, staff recommended adopting CharacterStrong and Panorama for districtwide social-emotional learning and data management while outlining plans to hire a district mental-health specialist and to participate in California's Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI).
At the Mountain View Whisman School District board meeting on May 8, staff presented committee recommendations to adopt CharacterStrong as the district's primary social-emotional learning (SEL) curriculum and to use Panorama for SEL data management. Director Jimbo (presenter) told the board the committee wants 30–45 minutes protected monthly for explicit SEL instruction and asked teachers to embed at least one SEL practice or strategy weekly.
The nut of the committee's recommendation is combining a researched SEL curriculum (CharacterStrong), a district-developed simplified screener for early grades, and a data platform (Panorama) for progress monitoring and counselor caseload tracking. "The committee recommendation is to adopt CharacterStrong paired with Panorama for our data management," staff said.…
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