Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Education
 
Board
State Board of Education
 
Guidance Document Change: The 2020 Virginia General Assembly passed House Bill 753 directing the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) to develop guidance standards for social emotional learning (SEL) for all public students in grades Kindergarten through 12 in the Commonwealth. The Virginia Social Emotional Learning Standards were developed in collaboration with an SEL Advisory Committee, composed of educators, community leaders, agency personnel, and parents. The Virginia SEL Standards are aligned with the Profile of a Virginia Graduate and centered in equity. This intentional focus allows the Standards to explicitly teach the skills needed to be “life ready” and to create more equitable learning environments.
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5/26/21  2:47 pm
Commenter: Judy Paulick

These standards are thoughtful and commonsense. Fully support
 

If we want children to grow into informed, engaged citizens, they need opportunities to learn about themselves and others. These standards are thoughtful, commonsense, and developmentally appropriate. Teachers need training and time to create safe classrooms within which all children can thrive; these standards create the conditions to prioritize that training and time. As a parent and a teacher educator, I fully support these standards.

I would urge the anonymous critics to read the document carefully and indicate which standards, in particular, are problematic (and why) rather than name-calling and dismissing them out-of-hand. In increasingly diverse schools and workplaces with increasingly complex job descriptions, these standards are precisely the skills required of citizens and workers.

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