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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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5/24/21 9:45 pm

Commenter: Jessica Adamson

In Support of Social and Emotional Learning

Our organization has provided high quality, valid and reliable social and emotional assessments to school districts throughout the US, including to VA school districts for the past 4+ years. We have seen (and measured) first hand the difference that teaching students these critical skills makes. Although there are always a small handful of vociferous, generally well-intentioned opponents of SEL, our school district and state clients rarely report that these individuals continue to cause issues after adoption. Please don't let the loud few opponents prevent you from doing what years of mounting evidence has shown is right thing to do to support your students.

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