SEL Exchange

Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)

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BELONGING AND ENGAGEMENT IN ACTION

A one-day virtual summit on February 3, 2027

9:00 am – 3:00 pm CT

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The foundation of learning is belonging and engagement.

When students feel that they are seen and heard, that they matter and belong, school becomes a place where they want to be. 

In this year’s Exchange, we’re inviting top education leaders to explore the theme Belonging and Engagement in Action during a one-day, virtual summit. Keynote speaker Dr. Christina Cipriano (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) will open the summit with an illuminating, thought-provoking discussion about the science of belonging and a future in which all students are seen, served, and safe to learn.

You’ll hear from speakers and meet with colleagues from around the country to share ideas about the impact of belonging and engagement on student well-being and academic achievement, how districts and schools are leveraging SEL to create environments where students feel ready to learn, and what students themselves want to tell us about their experience of school?

Join us and find your place in the conversation!

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Our Keynote Presentation

What happens when school isn’t a place all students want to belong? Or can belong?

Social and emotional learning teaches explicit skills, builds classrooms, curricula, and entire systems on the assumption that creating the conditions for belonging is unambiguously good for all students.

But what about when it’s not?

In this talk, Dr. Christina Cipriano will trace the legacy of SEL forward to the latest evidence of its effectiveness, charting the science of belonging to the present moment, and invite the field in to build a future where all students are seen, served, and safe to learn in school.

Dr. Christina Cipriano, Ph.D., Ed.M.

Keynote Speaker

Keilty Endowed Chair in Education and Director of The Education Collaboratory, UMass Amherst

Hosted by CASEL, the Exchange is a one-of-a-kind annual forum that brings together innovators and leaders from around the world to gain strategies, make connections, and spark ideas that shape the future of social, emotional, and academic learning.

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