October: Kickoff CCEE, CDE, and Sacramento County Office of Education Advisory Collaborative

In October 2021, the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence (CCEE), the California Department of Education (CDE), and the Sacramento County Office of Education convened a group of partners to define a collective approach to measuring the impact of the historical statewide investment in social-emotional learning (SEL) on student mental health and wellbeing. During this meeting, leaders discussed the systems, program, and data-related barriers and opportunities of measuring and demonstrating the impact of well-being initiatives. They are illustrated in the following chart.

Following this kickoff session, the group engaged in six subsequent advisory discussions where partners presented approaches to measuring the impact of investments in SEL on student outcomes:

Participants completed a post session survey expressing interest to continue convening and confirming the short-term and long-term goals of these upcoming sessions. The meeting outcomes that emerged from this feedback were used to guide each subsequent session and consisted of the following objectives:

1. Establish a collective process to measure early stages of implementation and long-term impact (e.g., identify key experts/workgroup)

2. Agree to short-term goals (e.g., statewide panel presentation on effective SEL and student mental health programs, program/district spotlights)

3. Confirm the long-term goals (e.g., develop recommendations for a collective approach to measuring implementation and impact, develop standard talking points and summary brief that includes analyses/outcome data, prepare for spring legislative hearings)

Resources: Meeting presentation, Jamboards: Systems, Program, and Data