SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING
TO PREPARE THE NEXT GENERATION
Oscar Ramirez
Curie Metropolitan High School
Teacher Training Institute - Year One
For 25 years, Urban Alliance has been improving workforce and academic outcomes for young people. We are uniquely positioned to provide social-emotional learning (SEL)-based programming that leads to both short-term academic benefits and long-term workforce success for students in Chicago Public Schools. The Teacher Training Institute was established with generous support from the Pritzker Foundation and the Obama Foundation in order to reach more young people.
Teacher Training Institute Testimonial Sept. 2023
Richie Heredia, College & Career Coach, King College Prep, Chicago.
Beginning with a pilot group of 14 teachers and counselors from various schools throughout the city, Urban Alliance launched the program in summer 2020 with a week-long intensive training session. Teachers were trained to facilitate a seven-part workforce readiness curriculum to develop competencies such as agency, leadership, taking initiative, building a growth mindset, and more through a combination of autonomous and structured virtual learning. Teachers were compensated for their time, as well as for recruiting and coaching 40 sophomores from their respective schools through the workforce readiness curriculum.