Upcoming National Events

The 2023 Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental Health

Start date: December 5, 2023 - End date: December 7, 2023
All-day event
Location: New Orleans, LA
The 2023 Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental Health

Each year, the Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental Health brings together leaders, practitioners, researchers, family members, advocates, and other partners in the school mental health field to share the latest research and best practices. The conference emphasizes a shared school-family-community agenda to bring mental health promotion, prevention, and intervention to students and families as part of a multi-tiered system of supports. This conference is hosted by the National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH).

School Climate Conference 2024

Start date: April 24, 2024 - End date: April 26, 2024
All-day event
Location: Pechanga Resort | Temecula, California
School Climate Conference 2024

Join us in the heart of Southern California to learn the latest trends, policies, data and interventions impacting School Climate. This three day conference will engage participants in a professional development opportunity to gain critical insight to improve school climate for all students, staff and parents. Click “Learn More” to register now!

Past National Events

CASEL 2023 SEL Exchange

Start date: November 7, 2023 - End date: November 9, 2023
All-day event
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
CASEL 2023 SEL Exchange

For the first time since 2019, the SEL Exchange is back in person! Join researchers, policy leaders, educators, and members of the SEL community as we explore the latest SEL innovations and evidence, with a focus on the importance of advancing adult SEL that promotes SEL for young people. Hosted by CASEL, the Social & Emotional Learning (SEL) Exchange is the nation’s largest forum on SEL. It is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to connect and learn with leaders from around the world.

The theme for 2023 is “Leaders as Learners: Building the Village Our Children Need.” When adults and students alike have meaningful, inclusive opportunities to learn and develop social and emotional skills, we build a village where everyone thrives.

Black SEL Summit

Start date: September 28, 2023 - End date: September 29, 2023
All-day event
Location: North Carolina Central University - 1801 Fayettville Street, New Student Center, Durham, NC 27707
Black SEL Summit

Black SEL Summit looks to reach, teach and build a system of strong black leaders that understand the importance of Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and ways to expose and sustain SEL in black communities. We look forward to you joining us this year to “SAY IT LOUD.”

Proceeds generated from ticket sales will help build the capacity for Dangers of the Mind’s Education Fund. Please keep in mind the work that we do and how your contribution will help when purchasing tickets.

SEL SUMMER INSTITUTE

Start date: August 2, 2023 - End date: August 4, 2023
Time: 9:00 am - 10:00 pm
Location: Cambridge, MA
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Raise the BAR: Building And Refining Strategies
for Social Emotional Learning!

Annual, supported, spiraled learning that focuses on building an SEL culture with your Team and your unique SEL roadmap. Our SEL Summer Institute helps prepare leaders and practitioners to develop SEL strategies that support student growth.

Let’s Talk: BlackSEL + Teach For The Culture

Date: July 20, 2023
Time: 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Online
Let’s Talk: BlackSEL + Teach For The Culture

Understanding the complexities of Black and Brown students is the first step in understanding the most effective way to teach them. Teachers who disregard the impact or historical context of race on Black children’s schooling experiences, resources, communities, and parent interactions will do harm to their academic experience. Join us for a collective webinar about the importance of teaching for the culture with Founder of Teach For The Culture herself Shauna Brown!

School Climate Conference

Start date: April 26, 2023 - End date: April 28, 2023
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: Temecula, California
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Visit the heart of Southern California to learn the latest trends, policies, data and interventions impacting School Climate.  This 3 day conference will engage participants in a professional development opportunity to gain critical insight to improve school climate for all students, staff and parents.

Emotional Intelligence in Action

Date: March 11, 2023
Time: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Online
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We believe emotional wellness starts with empathy and understanding. This webinar, run by young people for young people, is to remind us that we are all experiencing a mental and emotional journey at this stage in our life that can be confusing, scary, & exciting to navigate.

This webinar is about you. Not the speakers, not another lecture. We want you to feel heard in your story and inspired by others. Navigating our emerging adulthood isn’t always easy, but we don’t have to go at it alone.

Social-Emotional Learning Advocacy in Action Workshop: Session 1

Date: March 10, 2023
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Location: Online
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Join Committee for Children and the SELEDU Community for an interactive and hands-on advocacy workshop in celebration of SEL Day! Build skills and confidence in advocating social-emotional learning and explore how you can make a difference locally and nationally in supporting all children to build the self-awareness, self-control, and interpersonal skills that are vital for school, work, and life success. No advocacy experience is necessary.

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This workshop is also offered at 3 pm ET :https://cfchildren.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yOap4QeoQMGZR_4cCE9bIQ

SEL Day 2023

Date: March 10, 2023
All-day event
Location: Online
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SEL4US and The Urban Assembly invite schools and communities around the globe to celebrate the fourth annual International SEL Day on Friday, March 10, 2023. Our theme this year is: Uplifting Hearts, Connecting Minds.

Creating a Culture of Mindfulness in the Classroom

Date: March 9, 2023
Time: 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Location: Online
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About this Event
Mindfulness is an essential approach for enhancing self and social awareness. This session includes mindfulness practices educators can use to benefit themselves and their students. In addition to leadership strategies that support educator’s development of a mindful classroom. Through modeling, practicing, and interactive discussion participants will walk away with SEL strategies for fostering greater self and social awareness in the classroom.

Co-hosts: Dr. Amy Lyn and Ms. Emily Spranger

Expanding Our Universe: Building SEL Through Reading True, Teen-Written Stories

Date: March 9, 2023
Time: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Online
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The poet, Muriel Rukeyser, wrote that: “The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.” Telling personal stories is at the heart of Youth Communication’s work and, the way we see it, at the core of our humanity. To be human means to be a storyteller and that inextricably ties into the social and emotional strengths of both the storyteller and the audience.

In a webinar designed to explore this connection, Youth Communication staff will use excerpts from two of our true, teen-written stories to examine how SEL shows up in those stories themselves and how participants develop their own SEL by reading that story. We’ll also explore how, in order to implement effective SEL practices, our work and curricula must be culturally responsive. Stories—telling them, sharing them, and reading them in community–is the way to make sure of it.