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SEL for All with Discovery Education’s Rachel Barrachina

Rachel Barrachina describes Discovery Education's Social-Emotional Learning Center, a library of resources for bringing SEL into core instruction.

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By Wendy Oliver

Rachel BarrachinaAug 25, 20211 min read

As part of our SEL series, Dr. Wendy Oliver welcomes Rachel Barrachina, a digital content coordinator at Discovery Education.

Continuing our series of episodes centered on social-emotional learning (SEL), Dr. Oliver welcomes Rachel Barrachina, a digital content coordinator at Discovery Education.

Rachel and Discovery Education collaborated with community and corporate partners in April 2021 to create the Social-Emotional Learning Center, a library of digital resources that support the integration of SEL and wellness into classroom core instruction. In this interview, you’ll learn how and why SEL is for everybody, why it matters, and how it can be integrated into the curriculum. You’ll also hear about the various resources the SEL Center provides and the importance of this curated service for different grade bands for students, resources for educators, and resources for administrators.

Learn much more about the resources references in this episode:

Discovery Education: https://www.discoveryeducation.com/

Social-Emotional Learning Coalition: https://selcoalition.org/ (this link no longer available)

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Wendy Oliver

Chief Learning Officer, EdisonLearning

with Rachel Barrachina

With more than 20 years of experience in digital education, Dr. Wendy Oliver, a highly qualified Tennessee teacher and administrator, thrives when implementing innovative learning models and creating amazing learning experiences for students. Throughout her career, Wendy has had the opportunity to develop and pioneer a district, TN’s state-wide, and international digital learning programs. She served as the Chief Learning Architect for Arizona State University’s digital charter network of schools and recently launched a network of private, for-profit schools. Wendy created Oliver’s Frameworks for Blended and Online Instruction, and subsequently, a software that allows teacher to self-assess their knowledge of instruction in each respective environment, a software that has been implemented in multiple districts and states.

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