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Longmeadow highlights student-led SEL learning walks, shares classroom snapshots with staff
Summary
Longmeadow administrators presented an educator- and student-led social-emotional learning (SEL) "learning-walk" initiative that gathered short classroom observations, student feedback and infographics; presenters said 16 teachers, 16 staff and more than 17 students participated and materials were shared with participating schools.
Nilda Arizari, director of student and family support for Longmeadow Public Schools, told the school committee the district ran educator- and student-led social-emotional learning (SEL) "learning walks" to catalog best practices and strengthen peer-to-peer professional learning. "It's a collaborative classroom visit," Arizari said, describing visits of about 10 to 15 minutes in which teams of educators, students and support staff collected observable, non-evaluative evidence tied to a shared inquiry question.
The project, Arizari said, paired one teacher, one student and one…
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