Supporting SEL Standards
The California Standards for the Teaching Profession (CSTP) are foundational for teacher preparation and teacher induction. They also serve as a guide for educator professional learning, development, and evaluation statewide. With the ultimate goal of improving student learning and well-being, the standards provide a broad and complex vision of the teaching profession within which all teachers can define and develop their practice.
They also provide a common language for communication and dialogue, and thus play an important role in prompting educators to
- reflect about student learning and teaching practice.
- formulate professional goals that improve teaching practice in support of student learning.
- guide, monitor, and assess their progress toward professional goals.
This page provides resources to help California educators support and benefit from the social-emotional learning portions of the standards. We’ll be updating this page as we identify additional resource that educators find useful.
General Resources
California Department of Education Social Emotional Learning Resources can be found here.
California Educators Together SEL Resources– Register to obtain access to lesson ideas
CASEL Resources for Classroom Implementation of SEL guidance on implementation of SEL in the classroom
Greater Good Science Center free resources for student and adult well being
CSTP 1: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1A Focus on Student: Teachers plan and implement a student-centered learning perspective that frames diversity as an educational asset and supports each student in relevant and challenging experiences that explore their identities and extend their learning.
California Department of Education Whole Child Resources
CSTP 2: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
Element 2D Inclusive Environment: Teachers build on students’ assets —students’ abilities and talents, prior learning and peer and social group interactions, languages and cultures, and family and community experiences—to ensure that students’ identities are included in classroom interactions and future learning experiences.
CSTP 3: Understanding and Organizing Subject Matter for Student Learning
3E Curriculum Materials and Resources: Teachers select, use, and adapt standards aligned instructional materials, evidence based resources, and varied technologies to increase content and social–emotional learning options that are accessible, equitable, and culturally responsive and sustaining for each student.
CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
Teachers set a purposeful direction for instruction and learning activities, intentionally planning and enacting challenging and relevant learning experiences that foster each student’s academic and social–emotional development.
CSTP 6: Developing as a Professional Educator
6B Focused Professional Learning: Teachers amplify their expertise with ongoing professional learning experiences that address subject-matter content, instruction and assessment, social–emotional support, and equitable practices, that enable each student—including historically and persistently underserved students—to reach identified goals.