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Summer Institute

CSEE and The City University of New York, School of Professional Studies present
Creating the Foundation for
Comprehensive School Climate Reform
Promoting Safe, Healthy, Engaged and Democratic K-12 School Communities
with Special Keynote Address by Kevin Jennings, Assistant Deputy Secretary of the US Department of Education, Office of Safe & Drug-Free Schools
Registration for Summer Institute 2010 has been closed. Thank you.
The CSEE Summer Institute is the best intensive learning experience I am aware of with regard to creating a positive climate for safe, caring, and supportive schools that promote the academic and social-emotional competencies of students. The Summer Institute creates the kind of learning climate for attendees that it teaches you to create in your school settings. You will carry the learning back with you and become part of a network of caring educators and Summer Institute alumni dedicated to putting children first.
Maurice J. Elias, Ph.D.
Rutgers University, Psychology Department
Academic Director, Rutgers Civic Engagement and Service Education Partnerships Program (CESEP) (engage.rutgers.edu)
Director, Developing Safe and Civil Schools (DSACS) (www.teachSECD.com)
Founding Member, CASEL Leadership Team

This three day institute is designed to support school teams, districts and states, as well as other school, family and community leaders, in developing school climate improvement plans to promote safe, caring and civil schools that support positive youth development, democratic school communities, student learning/achievement and "up-stander" behavior (or the inclination and ability to say "no" to bully-victim behavior). The institute is grounded in the notion that effective and equitable school reform needs to honor and support the whole child and the whole school community.

The Institute will provide important research-based guidelines and resources for school teams and individuals to reflect on current practice and develop new plans to promote safe and civil schools, measure and improve school climate. Research shows that when schools engage in these processes over time, student achievement, civic engagement, positive youth development and teacher retention significantly increases and school violence decreases.

Have a look at the 2010 Summer Institute key speakers and Summer Institute faculty or dive into the details of our 2010 Summer Institute Workshops.
Download the 2010 Summer Institute Brochure here.

Outstanding speakers and group discussion, building on the policy supposition that safe school climate can be achieved only if schools foster children's social-emotional development. Teachers, administrators and policy makers worked side by side to develop viable strategies for change. This powerful event strongly influenced my state policy work.
Thomas R. Brooks, JD,
Director of Policy and Research Analysis, Connecticut Commission on Children