Social and Emotional Learning: Best Practices for ELLs

Featured Programs

Partnering with Multilingual Families in Brockton, MA

Learn how the public schools in Brockton, MA support partnerships with multilingual families and the impact those partnerships are having.

You Are Welcome Here: Support for Immigrant Students in Dearborn, Michigan

You Are Welcome Here (#DearbornWelcome) is an award-winning 20-minute film from Colorín Colorado highlighting how the Dearborn, MI public school district is helping its immigrant students succeed.

Academia Cuauhtli (Austin, TX)

Academia Cuauhtli (a Nahuatl word that means "eagle") is a grassroots program that the National Education Association describes as "part ethnic studies, part language revitalization, and part professional development." To learn more about Academia Cuauhtli, see the following:

• Academia Cuauhtli and the Eagle: Danza Mexica and the Epistemology of the Circle (Annenberg Institute)
• Academia Cuauhtli Works to Bridge History with Language (KLRU / PBS NewsHour)

What role does culture play?

Dena Simmons

Dena Simmons, Ed.D., is the director of education at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. In these articles and a related TED Talk based on her own experiences, she shares some considerations for implementing Social and Emotional Learning initiatives with diverse student groups.

• 'Is Social-Emotional Learning Really Going to Work for Students of Color?'
• Do Messages About Social-Emotional Learning Harm Students of Color?
• How to Change the Story about Students of Color
• How students of color confront imposter syndrome (TED Talk)

Research

• The Effects of a Culturally-Adapted Social-Emotional Learning Curriculum on Social-Emotional and Academic Outcomes of Latino Immigrant High School Students
• Promoting Social-Emotional Learning in Adolescent Latino ELLs: A Study of the Culturally Adapted Strong Teens Program