

School culture is built by design, or by default. In this workshop, we’ll explore four design principles to activate flourishing adult communities in schools. Below you’ll find more information about IFSEL, along with links to all the workshop resources. Please stay in touch!
Nick Haisman-Smith
nick@instituteforsel.net
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Colette McWilliams
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You can purchase Social-Emotional Learning: Strategies, Development and Educational Impact in its entirety here.
Join IFSEL’s Summer Institutes for an energising, hands-on professional learning experience built around high-impact SEL practices that work in real classrooms. Through immersive workshops, collaboration, and reflection, you’ll leave with a powerful set of tools and resources to strengthen belonging, engagement, and wellbeing across your school community.
More InfoJoin IFSEL’s Summer Institutes for an energising, hands-on professional learning experience built around high-impact SEL practices that work in real classrooms. Through immersive workshops, collaboration, and reflection, you’ll leave with a powerful set of tools and resources to strengthen belonging, engagement, and wellbeing across your school community.
More InfoTwo-day workshop offers K-12 educators, administrators, and counselors a comprehensive model of proactive and responsive approaches for Peace Building and Conflict Resolution.
More InfoThis experiential two-day workshop is designed to upskill your practice and amplify your impact. Together, we’ll unpack the role of the advisor, tackle common challenges, and build a toolkit that promotes student belonging, connection, and success.
More InfoThis workshop is both professional development and personal renewal. Sessions cover strategies to build emotionally healthy, connected teams, with approaches to manage your own wellbeing through a demanding year.
More Info4-session course helps educators build classrooms where students feel connected, emotionally safe, and ready to learn.
More Info4-session course helps educators build classrooms where students feel connected, emotionally safe, and ready to learn.
More Info4-session course helps educators build classrooms where students feel connected, emotionally safe, and ready to learn.
More InfoWhether you’re new to the role of being an Advisor, or a long time practitioner, you’ll leave inspired with practical lessons and structures you can implement the next day, creative approaches for authentic advisory alignment, and renewal of your own unique connection to SEL!
More InfoWhether you’re new to the role of being an Advisor, or a long time practitioner, you’ll leave inspired with practical lessons and structures you can implement the next day, creative approaches for authentic advisory alignment, and renewal of your own unique connection to SEL!
More InfoWhether you’re new to the role of being an Advisor, or a long time practitioner, you’ll leave inspired with practical lessons and structures you can implement the next day, creative approaches for authentic advisory alignment, and renewal of your own unique connection to SEL!
More InfoThis program supports leaders and educators around the world to build and sustain an inclusive, equitable, SEL-rooted school community. This online program is experiential, inspiring, and renewing - providing a balance of high impact practical tools and approaches, alongside space for collaboration and reflection.
More InfoExplore the forces quietly reshaping friendship and connection: AI companions, curated digital worlds, shrinking social circles, increased reports of loneliness, and the changing nature of trust.
More InfoThis program supports leaders and educators around the world to build and sustain an inclusive, equitable, SEL-rooted school community. This online program is experiential, inspiring, and renewing - providing a balance of high impact practical tools and approaches, alongside space for collaboration and reflection.
More InfoThis program supports leaders and educators around the world to build and sustain an inclusive, equitable, SEL-rooted school community. This online program is experiential, inspiring, and renewing - providing a balance of high impact practical tools and approaches, alongside space for collaboration and reflection.
More InfoThis experiential two-day workshop invites K–12 educators, administrators, counselors, and advisors to explore how to design, embed, and sustain SEL across the whole community.
More InfoTwo-day workshop offers K-12 educators, administrators, and counselors a comprehensive model of proactive and responsive approaches for Peace Building and Conflict Resolution.
More InfoThis workshop is both professional development and personal renewal. Sessions cover strategies to build emotionally healthy, connected teams, with approaches to manage your own wellbeing through a demanding year.
More InfoThe materials on this website have been carefully assembled by the IFSEL team authors for ease of use in your school communities and organizations to promote practices and experiences of social and emotional learning.
Because these materials are IFSEL’s proprietary intellectual property, and in the spirit of professionalism, we ask that you:
If you wish to use any of these materials for a presentation outside of your school community or organization, please be sure to contact us (admin@instituteforsel.net) in advance and to give credit to IFSEL any time you are permitted to use the materials.
We trust that this agreement along with these materials will help you to bring SEL to your communities, and hope you will not hesitate to contact IFSEL if you have any questions. The IFSEL Team Block quote
Join IFSEL’s Summer Institutes for an energising, hands-on professional learning experience built around high-impact SEL practices that work in real classrooms. Through immersive workshops, collaboration, and reflection, you’ll leave with a powerful set of tools and resources to strengthen belonging, engagement, and wellbeing across your school community.
More InfoJoin IFSEL’s Summer Institutes for an energising, hands-on professional learning experience built around high-impact SEL practices that work in real classrooms. Through immersive workshops, collaboration, and reflection, you’ll leave with a powerful set of tools and resources to strengthen belonging, engagement, and wellbeing across your school community.
More InfoThis experiential two-day workshop is designed to upskill your practice and amplify your impact. Together, we’ll unpack the role of the advisor, tackle common challenges, and build a toolkit that promotes student belonging, connection, and success.
More InfoThis program supports leaders and educators around the world to build and sustain an inclusive, equitable, SEL-rooted school community. This online program is experiential, inspiring, and renewing - providing a balance of high impact practical tools and approaches, alongside space for collaboration and reflection.
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