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Partnerships for Social and Emotional Learning Podcast

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Practitioners in schools and out-of-school programs share their experiences working together to help children develop SEL skills in this five-episode series

A new podcast series from The Wallace Foundation shares findings and early lessons from a RAND Corporation study of the PSELI initiative. The five episodes feature in-depth conversations with practitioners in schools and afterschool programs, and leaders in districts and out-of-school time intermediary organizations, about their experiences working together to help children develop social and emotional skills.

Episode 1: Explains the importance of social and emotional learning and the initiative’s design
Episode 2: Why building adults’ skills is a starting place for promoting SEL in children
Episode 3: What it takes for schools and districts, and afterschool programs and out-of-school time intermediary organizations, to work together
Episode 4: Helping schools and OST programs adopt SEL instruction and providing feedback
Episode 5: Steps to integrating SEL across settings and what to look for
Read more about the series from the Wallace Foundation

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