4 EDCAL January 14, 2019
CDE offers guide of social emotional learning resources
The California Department of Educa-
tion has announced the release of “Social
Emotional Learning in California: A Guide
to Resources.” The guide was developed by a
multi-agency team that included experts in
the field and members of the CDE Social
and Emotional Learning State Team, a
group that has been meeting since 2016
with the goal of advancing social and emo-
tional learning.
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“This new guide offers a toolkit of re-
sources that will assist California educators
in serving the social and emotional needs of
the whole child,” said outgoing Superinten-
dent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson.
“Science confirms that learning is not only
cognitive, but also social and emotional.
These resources help students develop the
skills they need to function well in the
classroom, the community, in college and
their careers.”
Social-emotional skills include the
ability to: set and achieve positive goals;
feel and show empathy for others; establish
and maintain positive relationships; make
responsible decisions; and understand and
manage emotions. The CDE is commit-
ted to helping educators learn more about
social and emotional learning and how
to make this a part of every child’s school
experience. To support this work, CDE
joined the Collaborating States Initiative,
a group of eight states that share informa-
tion, best practices, promising tools, and
ideas in the interest of building strong
programs in schools across their states. The
Collaborating States Initiative is hosted by
the Collaborative for Academic Social and
Emotional Learning.
In 2017, the CDE and its partners
created California’s Social and Emotional
Learning Guiding Principles, a set of state-
ments intended to provide guidance to edu-
cation leaders at counties, districts, schools,
and expanded learning programs. Then it
began gathering a comprehensive list of
resources aligned with these principles.
This new guide was compiled in collab-
oration with officials from Massachusetts,
Minnesota, Washington, and Tennessee.
Also included are resources created with
the help of staff in California districts
leading the way on systemic social and
emotional learning: Los Angeles, Oakland,
Palo Alto, Sacramento City, and San Fran-
cisco unified school districts. See the full
Guide on the CDE’s Social and Emotional
Learning webpage at http://bit.ly/2F8cvXk.
Celebrating a career of service
Region 11 and ACSA President Holly Edds joined the Tulare County Office of Education as they celebrat-
ed the retirement of Jim Vidak, Tulare County Superintendent of Schools, and his vision, the new UC
Merced/SCICON Field Station, at the International Agri-Center in Tulare.
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