Inviting Success When Implementing Social Emotional Learning into Secondary Suburban Classrooms

Through the lenses of Invitational Education (Purkey & Novak, 2008, 2016) and social emotional learning (SEL) advocated by Elias et al., (2016), the researchers sought to answer an overarching question: ‘How can schools create an environment that invites SEL into the suburban classroom?’ The analyzed data identified challenges exist when suburban high schools invite social emotional learning into classrooms. Based on the need to mitigate these findings, the authors suggest proper training, consistent communication, and the use of intentionally inviting processes for successful implementation of SEL.