SEDL in Action - Suffolk County
Approaches:
- Outreach to and engagement of families and community
- Attention to school - classroom environment and relationships
- Skill acquisition through sequenced social - emotional learning opportunities and standards-based instruction
- After school, out-of-school, extra curricular and service learning and mentoring
- Alignment of district and school personnel, policies, and practices to support students
- Collaboration between school district and community-based service providers
- Staff development for administrative, instructional, student support staff and willing partners
1. Outreach to and engagement of families and community
There are no programs listed for this approach.
2. Attention to school environment and student-adult relationships
Peer Leadership: Lindenhurst NY Senior High School
Two pathways: 1) “peer mediation/conflict resolution” and 2) “cultural diversity.”
Students apply to be peer leaders and are selected to represent all the “cliques.”
Peer mediation
- 11-12th graders provide elementary school children a 10 week program called “stamp out negativity;” a “Leaders on the Rise” component assigns a “big buddy” to select elementary school children.
- Peer leaders design and conduct freshman orientation, and organize the two-day pre-prom alcohol awareness program called “Shattered Dreams”
Cultural Diversity
“Culture is not only where you are from, but how you live your life.”- Cultural Diversity Month includes foods, dances & presentations and on the last day face painting to emphasize “content of your character.”
Outcome: Three year data on school fights have steadily declined.
3. Skill acquisition through sequenced social - emotional learning opportunities and standards-based instruction
There are no programs listed for this approach.
4. After school, out-of-school, extra curricular and service learning and mentoring
There are no programs listed for this approach.
5. Alignment of district and school personnel, policies, and practices to support students
There are no programs listed for this approach.
6. Collaboration between school district and community-based service providers
There are no programs listed for this approach.
7. Staff development for administrative, instructional, student support staff and willing partners.
There are no programs listed for this approach.
Last Updated:
March 3, 2011