CASEL (Collaboration of Academic Social and Emotional Learning) sponsored a conference at Warren City Schools that highlighted some of the district’s recent work in social-emotional learning and in serving and supporting students.
WCS has been affiliated with CASEL since 2010. This is the first time Warren has hosted this event.
The conference served as a Community Network Partners Gathering for CASEL members, including Warren City Schools. Community partners learned about partners’ efforts to support students through social-emotional learning.
The gathering, held April 29-May 1 at the WCS’ Student Recreation and Wellness Center, gave a panel of Warren school leaders the opportunity to share the district’s current SEL work while also noting the accomplishments over the past 15 years.
Keynote Meena Srinivasan, a celebrated international speaker, author and visionary edupreneur, spoke on “Healing Burnout with a Wise and Tender Heart,” addressing professional burnout and ways to thrive in today’s professional work atmosphere.
Srinivasan, an educator-activist at heart, is executive director of TEL-Transformative Educational Leadership.
Conference participants visited each of WCS’ five building sites to witness the Warren work first hand. Afterwards, Warren City Schools received feedback from the various districts and CASEL leadership
Participating districts joining Warren City Schools included: Chicago Public Schools, Washoe (Reno) County Public Schools, El Paso Public Schools, Guilford County (North Carolina) Public Schools, Atlanta Public Schools, and Austin Public Schools.
