Illinois Learning Standards
Social/Emotional Learning (SEL) Resources
In 2004 the Illinois State Board of Education adopted standards in social and emotional learning (SEL). Drafting of the 10 SEL standards, along with goals, age-appropriate benchmarks, and performance descriptors, was a collaborative effort between ISBE and the Illinois Children’s Mental Health Partnership with technical support from the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL). ISBE is now focusing on helping educators across the State provide high-quality education in SEL to their students. Those interested in this work often ask a range of questions about SEL standards. We have provided answers to these FAQs by way of orientation to this work.
For the latest advances in SEL research and practice see the CASEL (Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning) website at www.casel.org. Examples of resources available from CASEL are:
- The Positive Impact of SEL for K-8th Grade Students
- Sustainable Schoolwide SEL: Implementation Guide and Toolkit
- Safe and Sound: An Educators’ Guide to Evidence-based Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Programs - Illinois Edition
- Social and emotional leaning and successful school performance. (Zins, Payton, Weissberg, & O'Brien,
2007)
Outside Websites That Focus on SEL, Mental Health, and Related Areas
- American School Counselor Association
- Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice
- Center for Integrating Education and Prevention Research in Schools
- Center for Social and Emotional Education
- Center for Substance Abuse Prevention of the U.S. Substance Abuse and Health Services Administration
- Center for the Social and Emotional Foundations of Early Learning
- Character Education Partnership
- Child Development Institute
- Developmental Studies Center
- Educators for Social Responsibility
- Edutopia: George Lucas Educational Foundation
- Emotions and Behavior section of KidsHealth.org
- Illinois Children’s Mental Health Partnership
- Illinois School Counselor Association
- Mental Health Association of Greater Chicago
- National Association of School Psychologists
- National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
- Northeast Foundation for Children - Responsible Classroom
- Project EXSEL (Excellence in Social and Emotional Learning)
- School Mental Health Project at UCLA
- School Social Work Association of America
- Search Institute
- Social Development Research Group at the University of Washington
