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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5/19/21  6:34 pm
Commenter: Parent/ teacher

Very sad for our youth
 

How a child feels about a situation is individual and based on that person’s experiences. We already work with children to express these feelings in healthy ways. It is wrong to tach a child to feel a certain way, and that a feeling they may have is right or wrong, and then have this be a part of some sort of graded measurement. To tell a child this is how they need to feel because of their race or culture disregarding, ultimately discrediting that individual’s experience, is wrong. To teach a child that they are limited by their group or race, and that it is right or wrong to view other groups a certain way is racist. SEL is not appropriate for schools.

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