CASEL SEL Framework

A widely adopted, evidence-supported framework specifying five interrelated core competencies (Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills, Responsible Decision-Making) that schools cultivate through coordinated practice across four settings (Classrooms, Schools, Families & Caregivers, Communities), with a 2020 evolution toward Transformative SEL that adds an explicit equity and identity lens.

Inside this handbook: the framework distilled, the AI-integration question that matters now, and the one move you can run Monday.