Road Map for SEL Re-entry
Indiana Department of Education
Three Phase Road Map for SEL Re-entry
As Indiana schools and educators have been faced with new challenges through the COVID-19 pandemic Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) and partners wanted to provide a road map for re-entry. This road map is specifically designed to help support social-emotional learning for students, educators, and communities. Social-emotional learning (SEL) has been a priority for IDOE over the past few years. Numerous Indiana schools have started to incorporate SEL learning into their school day. When faced with a crisis response data shows that SEL is 1 essential to recovery. Given the individual and collective trauma felt throughout our communities from stay-at-home orders, daily data displayed on illness and death rates, and of course the closure of most schools, SEL has moved from a “nice to do,” to a “must do” in preparing for the student and staff return. Whatever the return to school shapes up to be, the social and emotional well-being of each child has to be considered before any academic advancements or remediation take hold. The road map below was created as a tool for districts and schools as they continue to support students, educators, and communities. *please note throughout the document there will be additional wellness topics and support not only social-emotional learning.