SEL4CA Regions

Los Angeles

Regional Coordinators

Susan Ward-Roncalli, PhD.

Social Emotional Learning Advisor
LAUSD
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Rachel Solis

So Cal Educational Partnerships
Collaborative Classroom
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Los Angeles Regional Update


The nation’s schools were already struggling to meet students’ mental health needs when the pandemic hit. How can schools rise to meet students’ ballooning needs in that area as a massive school reopening gets underway?

To be sure, it will be difficult to balance mental health support with an equally massive academic recovery. But child development experts say it’s a balance schools must attempt to strike if they want students to regain their academic footing after an unprecedented year of disruptions, stress, and trauma.

An infusion of federal COVID-19 relief money will help, but how those funds are used will be pivotal. And experts say that schools cannot just focus on the students they know are in crisis; they must bolster supports for all students as well as staff members.

EducationWeek Article “Here’s What Schools Can Do”

 

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Professional Learning and Networking Opportunities

2024 Boost Conference

Start date: April 30, 2024
End date: May 3, 2024
All-day event
Location: Palm Springs, CA
Boost Conference 2024

Join the largest, most recognized, and comprehensive global convening for after school, expanded learning, and in and out-of-school time professionals. Set in a retreat-like atmosphere, this annual, extraordinary event will rejuvenate your passion, boost your direction for quality programming and provide tools and resources that will inspire you to create change.