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March 2025 CRASEL Presentation for NYCPS
Presenting with Harlem Community School District 5 & the Harlem Renaissance Education Pipeline on the CRASEL approach in HCSD5.
March 2025 Rhode Island EI Conference
March 2025 Rhode Island District Emotional Intelligence & Educator Wellness Conference in collaboration with the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence.
July 2025 Pool Party Presentation
July 2025 Pool Party Presentation
TC’s Reimagining Education Summer Institute (RESI) “Cultivating Equity, Joy, and Change" presenting The Change You Want to See. Register at https://www.tc.columbia.edu/tcacademy/programs/all-offerings/reimagining-education/#tab-3285135-1
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CASEL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Accelerate: Academic Thriving and Lifelong Learning November 12-14, 2024 | Chicago, IL
Social and Emotional Learning and Academic Success: Integrating SEL Principles, Skills, and Tools into Instruction
FEATURED SESSION Explore how integrating SEL principles enhances academic achievement. Research shows that students with emotional intelligence skills engage more academically, manage stress, and foster positive relationships. You’ll learn to infuse SEL skills like self-awareness, empathy, and resilience into academic content, improving engagement, promoting culturally responsive pedagogy, and addressing diverse needs for both emotional well-being and academic success.
Dr. Dawn Brooks DeCosta Harlem Community School District
Dr. Marc Brackett Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence
Using a Liberatory Framework in a Harlem District
Discover how Harlem Community School District 5 is transforming education with Culturally Responsive Social Emotional Leadership and Learning (CRASEL). This liberatory framework integrates cultural responsiveness and SEL. You’ll learn about the collaboration between district leaders and community partners to implement CRASEL and gain insights into the framework, realworld examples, practical applications, and reflective questions to co-create a culture of care within school communities.
Dawn Brooks DeCosta, Gillian McClean,
Ocynthia Williams, Sandye Johnson