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Board of Education proclaims Social-Emotional Learning Week, March 3–8, 2025
Summary
The Board of Education of Charles County read and placed on record a resolution declaring March 3–8, 2025, as Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Week and encouraging community awareness of evidence-based SEL programs and their purported benefits.
The Board of Education of Charles County read and inserted into the Feb. 24 work session minutes a resolution recognizing March 3–8, 2025 as Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Week and encouraging community members to learn about and share information on evidence-based SEL programs.
The resolution cites research findings in support of SEL instruction, noting increased academic performance, reduced drop-out rates and decreased bullying as examples of outcomes referenced in the resolution’s text. It lists the five core SEL competencies—self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills and responsible decision making—and states that investments in evidence-based SEL programs yield positive long-term benefits and an $11 social return on investment for every dollar spent, as given in the resolution text.
Why it matters: The resolution publicly recognizes the district’s emphasis on social and emotional learning, frames SEL as complementary to academic instruction and signals district support for SEL practices across schools, families and community organizations.
Official text and formal insertion The resolution was read into the record during the Feb. 24 work session. The text concludes with signatures and an insertion instruction: “And be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be inserted in the minutes of the 02/24/2025 board work session. By order of the Board of Education of Charles County, this February 2025, Doctor Maria Navarro, superintendent of schools, Janelle Morley Esquire, chairperson.”
Ending: The board placed the signed resolution in the meeting minutes; no separate roll-call vote or amendment was recorded in the transcript during the presentation.
