| Customized Tier One Supports | The team will customize your climate and culture Professional Learning based on priorities for School Performance Plans, time, audience, and needs. Content includes implementation strategies for School Climate, Social Emotional Learning, Social Emotional Well-Being for Adults, Restorative Practices and Equity. |
| How to Review and Action Plan Using School Climate Data | Through a facilitated planning process, review your climate survey data, identify strengths and areas in need of improvement, and create an action plan with your staff and/or student* teams to improve your school's climate, value student voice, and to enhance your school's performance plans. *This has the potential to enhance Student Voice. |
| Social Emotional Learning 101 | This workshop operationally defines SEL and introduces the five competencies of social emotional learning: Self-awareness, Self-management, Social-awareness, Relationship Skills and Responsible Decision-making. Experience engaging SEL strategies as you discuss how it proactively reinforces a positive climate and culture. |
| SEL Best Practices |
SEL's Signature Practices build upon existing best practices for explicit and content-area instruction. When carefully chosen, effectively facilitated and thoughtfully debriefed, 1. Welcome/Inclusion Activities 2. Engaging Strategies and Brain Breaks and 3. Optimistic/Reflective Closures help create safe, generous, equity-centered and productive learning spaces for adults and students. *Take this offering after SEL 101 |
| Adult Social Emotional Well-Being | Adults need SEL skills to experience a safe and responsive space to reflect, build relationships, support and reinvigorate one another, and collectively process their emotions and experiences. This is a great way to nourish their well-being and renew resilience stores from the previous quarter/semester. Use this to kick-off a new year and/or reaffirm commitments from previous quarters. |
| Restorative Practices and SEL Crosswalk |
An increased awareness of Restorative Practices is essential for Nevada educators. This workshop is designed to introduce and explore the connection between Restorative Practices and Social Emotional Learning. Recognition of current practices will be explored to honor what is already working, align strategies with intention, and identify opportunities for growth. |
| Social Emotional Learning and Restorative Practices Introduction to Pro-Relational Practices |
Social emotional well-being and restorative practices are first and foremost an ethos, or a way of being. This workshop is designed to introduce team, trust, and community building opportunities through Check in Circles Community Building Circles Getting to Know You Activities 60 Second Relate Breaks 90 Second Sparks 2 Minute Connections Proactive Affective Statements and Questions |
| Restorative Practices 101/Awareness |
This workshop introduces educators to the indigenous roots of restorative practices as an ethos. Participants will explore language related to restorative practices: restorative practice, restorative justice, restorative circles, repair of harm and restorative re-entry. A brief overview of restorative law will be introduced. Participants will also engage in a proactive discussion regarding what is working and what is not regarding restorative practices within the educational entity. |
| RP Best Practices | This experiential workshop provides an authentic understanding of best restorative practices through: Restorative language Community building circles Check-in circles Affective statements and questions Solution seeking through restorative practices *Take this AFTER Restorative Practices 101 |
| Restorative Practices for Educators - In Partnership with the International Institute of Restorative Practices (IIRP) *You MUST reserve two, 8-hour days for this PL offering. |
The IIRP Fundamentals of Restorative Practices Curriculum allows you to support other educators in the fundamental theory and practices for engaging with students, staff, and parents in your setting. Topics include how to set high expectations while being supportive, how to provide direct feedback and ask questions that foster accountability, and the most effective methods to resolve common conflicts. Additionally, you will be able to share with others how to facilitate circles, an essential process for creating a positive learning environment and school climate. Circles may be used to build social capital, resolve social problems and respond when harm occurs. ©2022, International Institute for Restorative Practices |
| Equity Invisible Backpack - The Story Behind the Student |
This workshop helps participants to increase their awareness of the stories and experiences that students and colleagues bring into school with them every day. Educators will experience and leave with strategies to help them reflect on their own lives and to empathize and connect with each other and those with whom they interact every day. |
| The Nevada Learning Center SEL/SEAD 101 Modules Asynchronous Professional Development Module Series is currently under construction. We'll post just as soon as it is up and running! Recognized by the Nevada Department of Education AND the Board of Examiners for Social Workers |
How to receive CEU hours: Participants will automatically receive an email with their certificate of completion. Note: Participants must inquire with their district's licensure monitoring board regarding pay advancement. The learning credits will then be reported and posted to their training record. |
| Verbal De-escalation/ Verbal Intervention |
After completing the Verbal Intervention and De-escalation Training, your staff will understand how to: Identify and know how to respond to various levels of crisis behaviors. Recognize how to manage your own consistent, calm behavior in order to influence a positive outcome in a crisis situation. Learn strategies to strengthen nonverbal communication. Develop limit-setting strategies when verbally intervening to de-escalate defensive behaviors. Learn safety intervention strategies to maximize safety and minimize harm. Explore a framework to help guide staff and the individuals in distress through a process of re-establishing the relationship. Training Delivery Options: *Classroom Delivery (In-person) ~ Initial Verbal Intervention Training (4-6 hours) *Flex Blended Learning (online modules and 2-3 hours of In-person training) |
| Classroom Culture and Verbal De-escalation |
This program has two parts. Part one is an online course that covers the core content of Classroom Culture. The online course is centered around the Five Principles of Classroom Culture: • Consistent, Calm Behavior • Sustainable Routines • First Attention to Best Conduct • Scripted Interventions • Restorative Approaches Part two is one live or virtual classroom day. During this session, participants will experience the classroom modules. |
| Evidence-Based Resources | CASEL Program Guide: https://casel.org/programs-resources/ Evidence-Based Social-Emotional Learning Programs: https://www.evidenceforessa.org/programs/social-emotional Social and Emotional Learning Research Review, Evidence-Based Programs from Edutopia: https://www.edutopia.org/sel-research-evidence-based-programs Integrating Social and Emotional Learning throughout the School System A Compendium of Resources from WestEd: https://selcenter.wested.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/SELCenter_CompendiumofResources.pdf IES-WWC What Works Clearinghouse: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/FWW/Results?filters=,Behavior |