Moving Forward: November at the SECD Lab

School Psychology Week

Rebecca Wu (MAP) used Instagram to celebrate the second week of November (Nov. 8 - Nov. 12) being designated as National School Psychology Week by the Governor of New Jersey, Phil Murphy. School psychologists are an integral part of society and should be celebrated as such. Click the photo above to see the complete post and ways to celebrate.


SEL Day 2022

Cassidy West (RU ‘23) shared a New Jersey Education Association article written by the Lab’s Dr. Maurice Elias and Jenny Ly of SEL4NJ. SEL Day is celebrated every March, and SEL Day 2022 is not too far away to start making plans on how you plan on celebrating! Click on the post above for more information regarding SEL Day.


SEL Skill of the Week

In the latest installment of the Lab’s “SEL Skill of the Week”, Charles Gravina (RU ‘22) created a video to discuss ways to promote SEL and Self-Love for students. View the video above!

Thanksgiving with the SECD Lab

Alexa Ruperti (RU ‘22) brought SEL to Thanksgiving with a Pinterest post featuring lessons that teachers can use to bring SEL skills to the classroom. Click on the photo above for the full post.


SECD On Demand

Malika Verghese (RU ‘22) has been busy producing and promoting our series of podcasts on Spotify titled ‘SECD On Demand”. Speakers Dr. Samuel Nayman and Zaire Ali are our latest guests that joined us in discussing all things SEL. Click the pictures above to bring you to our Spotify page to access the podcasts!


National Education Support Professionals Day

November 17 is designated as Support Professionals Day by the National Education Association. Cassidy West (RU ‘23) took to Twitter to share an Edutopia article about strategies to support the emotional well-being of staff. Click the image above to access the article.