Second Step® SEL for Adults

Second Step® SEL for Adults

One School. One License. Access for All Staff.

This professional learning program supports educator, general staff, and administrator well-being by helping them build trust and better relationships with colleagues and students, manage stress, thrive in the workplace, and create an environment where everyone feels like they belong. Currently available across the United States and Canada.

Price

Description

What’s Included

Schoolwide access to Second Step SEL for Adults for all staff at a single school (Grades K–12), including all learnings, resources, and implementation supports. For details, please see the License Agreement.

Modules

The program is divided into modules:

  • Module 1: Building Trust
    Educators reflect on why it’s important for schools to focus on cultivating a culture of trust, explore types of trust and effects of trust on school culture, learn routines that can be used to build trust with colleagues and with students, and help students build trust with each other.
  • Module 2: Managing Stress
    Educators learn about the importance of reducing stress while building a positive classroom environment, examine their own levels of stress, learn routines that can be used with colleagues to reduce stress in the workplace and the classroom, and focus on helping students manage stress.
  • Module 3: Equity & Belonging
    Educators explore social identity and how it influences not only their own sense of belonging but also that of their colleagues and students. They examine how mitigating unconscious biases can increase belonging. They also learn individual and collective routines that increase belonging and advance equity in their school.
  • Module 4: Resilience & Efficacy
    Educators explore the relationship between efficacy and resilience and examine how nurturing self-efficacy and efficacy with colleagues increases resilience. Staff also learn routines that foster efficacy to bolster the collective resilience in their school.

Leadership and Implementation Resources

The program is designed for school leaders to learn along with their staff. Staff follow a Staff Track, while leaders follow a Leader Track that includes:

  • A Leader Team Introduction Module designed to support planning before rollout of the program, with a customizable whole-staff kick-off presentation
  • The same module content that’s in the Staff Track, with the addition of implementation tips and resources for leaders to support their staff along the way
  • Supports for Leader Team meetings, which are monthly meetings to discuss ways Leader Team members can support staff, answer questions, monitor progress, and celebrate successes
  • A Leader Hub resource space in the program where leaders can find whole-staff meeting presentations as well as implementation supports, including pacing guides, an implementation checklist, and alignment documentation

Technical Requirements

  • Second Step SEL for Adults is accessed and taught entirely from SecondStep.org. A connection to the internet is required to access all parts of the program. Some resources are offered as downloadable PDFs.
  • The program will function best when used on a mobile device, desktop computer, laptop, or tablet with a common, up-to-date web browser—such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge—and a current operating system.
  • Visit our technical requirements page for more detailed documentation.