• Daily/Weekly Check In Surveys
• Journals
• Feelings Tracker
• Discussion/Circle Sharing
• Glows/Grows Reflection
• Reflect, Check, and Get Set
• SEL Exit Tickets

Words of Caution About Regular Check-Ins

SEL check-ins are great, but they can come with their complications as well. Think through your procedures and make sure you are prepared for what you are going to do if a student is not well:

• Be ready to refer students in need of extra support to their school counselor or social worker. 
• Never put off an immediate concern until later. If there is an immediate crisis or serious concern that is disclosed, notify your administrator ASAP.

• Tier 1 Core Universal Teaching Practices for SEL.
• AVID Schoolwide.
• Provide venues for students to reflect on their experiences and what they learned about themselves during the pandemic, either through journal writing, artwork, music, or other creative outlets.
• Make learning collaborative.
• Use digital tools  from AVID that encourage collaboration and relational capacity building.
• Create a safe learning environment  by developing classroom norms or social contract. 
• Foster student agency (the ability to address difficult situations by activating coping skills) through a gradual release of responsibility model.
• Allow for student choice and voice in how they will learn.
• Student-led progress monitoring.
• Use "Coping Cards" to remind students of their own coping skills. 
• Teach daily/weekly  intentional SEL lessons Catch My Breath (K-12) | Centervention (K-12) | Choose Love Movement (K-12) | Everfi (K-12) | Sanford Harmony (Pre-K-6) | Random Acts of Kindness (K-12) | Second Step (K-8)
• Use ideas from this comprehensive SEL Toolkit.
• Focus on building relational capacity.

• Differentiate instruction to meet various needs of students and honor individual student strengths.
• Group students together who need to work on similar skills or work through similar challenges. Topics might include:

o   Displaying Tenacity

o   Setbacks to Success

o   Peer Comparison Reflection

o   Effective Collaboration

o   Helping Trios

o   Conflict Management

o   Mediating Conflict

o   Effective Language

• Work with the school counselor to set up small group counseling sessions.
• Create mentor-based supports (pairing students with a more knowledgeable other who can help).
• Create self-monitoring opportunities such as:

o   Interpreting the Task

o   Project Planning

o   Backwards Mapping

o   Managing Your Memory

o   Managing Stress and Anxiety

o   My Test Performance Journal

o   Student-Led Conference

o   Class Pass or Calming Corner 

• Work one-on-one with individual students who are struggling to overcome difficult challenges.
• Work with a school counselor or social worker to plan individual student meetings/sessions or to refer a student to outside support services.
• Engage families in a conversation about SEL and learning strategies.