How Do Disruptive Innovators Prepare Todays Students To Be Tomorrows Workforce?: Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)

Now more than ever, the overall health and well-being of students and educators alike become a global priority for health-care professionals, educators, and families. Socialemotional learning (SEL) competencies are critical for success in college, career, and life. To truly transform our schools and create more equitable outcomes for all students and more satisfying experiences for adults, schools should consider a systemic approach to SEL. This brief introduces the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) and its work on systemic SEL. The systemic SEL approach emphasizes relationship-rich learning environments where instructional practices, resources, policies, and communication are aligned and coordinated to promote socioemotional competence for all. CASEL, a field leader in SEL for 30 years, has a mission to help make evidence-based SEL an integral part of education from preschool through high school. CASEL envisions all children and adults as self-aware, caring, responsible, engaged, and lifelong learners who work together to achieve their goals and create a more inclusive, just, and equitable world.