Circle of Education

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SELect
Indicates that a program demonstrates evidence of effectiveness at improving student outcomes at the highest level, supports students’ social and emotional growth through all five competencies, and offers multi-year programming. For a full list of SELect student outcomes see SELect designation.

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    Program description

    Circle of Education, offered by delibrainy LLC, provides a lesson-based approach to SEL with academic integration for literacy. It includes programming for grades PreK-1 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness in preK. Translated materials are available in Spanish.

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        • SEL lessons
        • Relationship building
        • Positive classroom management
        • Student supports
        • Service-learning
        • Community volunteer activities
        • Family Intervention Component
        • Activities and Resources for Home
        • Individualized Communication
      • Onsite in-person training
      • Virtual training
      • Offsite training
      • Train the trainer model
      • Administrator support
      • Coaching
      • Technical assistance
      • Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)
      • Online resource library
      • Self-report tools for monitoring implementation
      • Observational tools
      • Tools for measuring student success

    Evidence of effectiveness

    Results from a quasi-experimental (QE) study conducted in the 2009-2010 school year (published in 2013) support the effectiveness of the Circle of Education curriculum for PreK students. The evaluation included PreK students enrolled in a university campus child care center in the US Southwest (white = 52%, Latino = 17%, Asian American = 11%). The evaluation found that PreK students who participated in the program performed better on teacher-reported social cooperation, social interaction, social independence, and school readiness compared to students in the comparison group (outcomes reported approximately four to eight months after baseline while controlling for outcome pretest).

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    • Evidence shown in grades
      Pre-K
      School characteristics
        • Southwest
      Student characteristics
      • Asian / Asian American
      • Hispanic / Latinx
      • White
      Percentage Low Income
      • Not Specified
      Study design type
      • QE
      Greater than 350 students included in study design type
      • No
      Multiple school districts included at study design type
      • No
      • Improved academic performance
      • Reduced emotional distress
      • Improved identity development and agency
      • Reduced problem behaviors
      • Improved school climate
      • Improved school connectedness
      • Improved social behaviors
      • Improved teaching practices
      • Improved other SEL skills and attitudes

    How does Circle of Education support SEL implementation across multiple settings?

    “The Circle of Education program supports SEL implementation across multiple settings through 18 thematic units targeted towards educators in the classroom, schoolwide, and with families. All program components work together to promote learning readiness, academic development, family engagement, and connections between classroom and home.”

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    References

    • Accepted by CASEL

    • Ritblatt, S., Longstreth, S., Hokoda, A., Cannon, B. N., & Weston, J. (2013). Can music enhance school-readiness socioemotional skills?. Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 27, 257-266.
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