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Our mission is to establish social and emotional learning (SEL) as an essential part of education.

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CASEL Executive Director Position

CASEL is working hard to build the field of SEL, and as part of that we are moving in new directions! While our research activities will remain in our UIC-based operation, we have created a new not-for-profit component of CASEL to help us expand our SEL training, technical assistance, and other professional services for districts, states and countries, and to address communications and fund-raising activities. CASEL is looking for an outstanding Executive Director for this new CASEL not-for-profit entity, and are now accepting applications for the position.
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Recent CASEL Publications

The Impact of After-School Programs That Promote Personal and Social Skills

Conducted in collaboration with Joseph Durlak of Loyola University with funding from the W.T. Grant Foundation, this report describes the strong positive effects after-school programs can have, and the conditions needed to realize these benefits.

The first of several reports to come from CASEL's major meta-analysis project is now available.

• Executive Summary (pdf)
• Full report (pdf)

Sustainable Schoolwide SEL: Implementation Guide and Toolkit

Order online Order by phone: 773.702.7000 (mention discount code SEL1) Order by fax or mail (pdf) Flyer (pdf)

This step-by-step guide and 40 tools take school leaders and stakeholder teams through the process of planning for and accomplishing the changes needed for sustainable SEL.

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