Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
District outlines multi-tiered SEL, reports baseline survey showing strong student connections
Summary
Williamston Community Schools presented a multi-tiered social-emotional learning (SEL) plan, baseline Panorama survey results and new programs that district staff say will expand student and staff mental wellness supports across all grade levels.
Heather Lewis, the district's health resource advocate and mental wellness and mental health specialist, gave the Board of Education an extended update on social-emotional learning (SEL) and mental wellness programming at the Feb. 3 meeting.
Lewis told the board she used a fellowship with CASEL (the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning) to redesign SEL at the high school and to pilot a personalized model this school year. She said the district is keeping the TRAILS curriculum (noted in the presentation as the district’s cornerstone) while adding voice-and-choice components, tiered supports and optional activities designed to boost engagement.
Lewis said the district collected 271 optional student survey responses and 23 staff responses at the high school. Using that feedback, staff created a “choose-your-own-adventure” SEL offering for students, kept TRAILS lessons in…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
