Members of our CRTWC Team will be presenting in a panel presentation at the upcoming 2024 SEL Exchange in Chicago, IL. The panel presentation will include Dr. Rebecca Baelen (CRTWC, Executive Director), Dr. Ernest Black (CalStateTEACH, Systemwide Director), Dr. Deidre Hon (University of Portland, Associate Professor), Dr. Dawn White (K-12 SEL Content Lead, Minneapolis Public Schools), and Dr. Nancy Markowitz (CRTWC, Founder & Strategic Advisor) on November 13th at 3:15pm CT. If you are attending the SEL Exchange, we highly encourage you to join our session! See below for more information about the session.
Fostering Social, Emotional and Cultural Competencies in Teacher Preparation: A Lever for Systemic Change
Hear about three unique teacher preparation settings and how they used the Center for Reaching & Teaching the Whole Child’s Anchor Competencies Framework to integrate social, emotional, and cultural competencies across their programs. Speakers include leaders at CalStateTEACH, the state of Oregon, and Minneapolis Public Schools, who will provide an insider’s view of the impetus for this work, the integration process and alignment with standards, and data on the work’s impact.
Dr. Nancy Markowitz (CRTWC, Founder & Strategic Advisor) will be presenting at the 2024 Learning Forward Conference with Dr. Dawn White (K-12 SEL Content Lead, Minneapolis Public Schools) in a daylong pre- conference workshop in Aurora, CO on Sunday Dec 8, 2024.
Social, Emotional, & Cultural Competencies: A Framework for Action
Learn about the Center for Reaching & Teaching the Whole Child’s (CRTWC) Social, Emotional, and Cultural Anchor Competencies Framework and how it supports teaching academic content areas and culturally responsive/sustaining classroom and school environments where students succeed, and teachers thrive. Learn how the CRTWC Framework is integrated into preservice and inservice settings. Practice using the CRTWC Framework to analyze and enhance your own school and /or classroom work.
New Publication: A new article co-authored by our Executive Director (Dr. Rebecca Baelen) was recently published in Social and Emotional Learning: Research, Practice, and Policy. The article is titled: Emotional schemas in relation to educators’ social and emotional competencies to promote student SEL.
You can check out this new article here.
Spotlight: Stories of the Framework in Action
We are interested in hearing stories from you about your efforts and initiatives to integrate the Anchor Competencies Framework into your teaching and work in schools. If you have a story to share, please reach out to Rebecca Baelen ([email protected]). We are eager to share and highlight your stories in upcoming newsletters!
