Consulting for Emotional Intelligence in Schools and Districts: Adult and Student SEL

For leaders seeking to operationalize emotional intelligence in alignment with CASEL’s Framework for Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), Gianna supports SEL needs assessment, planning, programming, and implementation at every level, including:

  • Facilitating SEL learning walks and audits.

  • Coaching staff to uncover and redress unconscious and conscious biases that can undermine the implementation of SEL.

  • Aligning policy and practice with equitable implementation of SEL.

  • Guiding a curriculum selection and adaptation process.

  • Embedding social and emotional skills and competencies into the curriculum.

  • Supporting teaching practices for direct instruction of SEL skills and competencies.

  • Advising on schedules that support SEL programming.

  • Attending carefully to the roles of culture, identity, and child development in SEL.

  • Cultivating Adult SEL.

  • Conducting SEL workshops.

  • Providing “train the trainer” support.

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"Gianna is an amazing asset on the journey of re-imagining adult and student social emotional learning through an anti-racism lens.  She is a beyond-skilled facilitator, with an impressive ability to establish trusting relationships with adults in service of creating educational spaces that feel good to students, families, and staff.  She has been an instrumental partner in planning and facilitating PD, providing team and individual SEL coaching, as well as developing a multi-year plan using the CASEL District Framework for implementation."

Dana Benton-Johnson, Director of Culture and Climate