Please share - SEL Dialogue Series for Parents and Caregivers
The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department Child Wellness Program is pleased to announce our upcoming SEL Dialogue Series for Parents and Caregivers.
The SEL Dialogue Series was developed by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) to support schools and community partners who wish to engage in authentic partnerships between families, schools, and community organizations through conversations about shared social and emotional growth of children and adults within schools, homes, and the broader community. Groups will have between 10 and 12 participants to ensure that each participant is welcome to contribute. We provide all necessary materials and administrative support and have multiple venues around the county available for sessions if desired. Groups can be run in English or Spanish. Community facilitators will be compensated with $400 in Visa gift cards per 10-week series. Parent-participants will be compensated $150 in Visa gift cards upon completion of the full series.
We invite caregivers of elementary and middle-schoolers who are passionate about social and emotional wellness to a leadership opportunity. We are looking for Pierce County caregivers to facilitate the SEL Dialogue Series. The exact dates and times will be negotiated to fit your schedule. The aim is to run the series any 10 weeks between May 15, 2025 and October 15, 2025. In addition to the 10 weekly sessions, you will need to make time for the following:
Overview and training (approximately two hours)
Preparation for each session’s delivery (no more than one hour)
Three debriefing meetings after the first, fifth, and ninth sessions (one half-hour each)
One leadership review session (approximately one hour) after the series is complete.
Please contact Zoe Grieder at 253-254-3953 or zgrieder@tpchd.org if you are interested in being a Caregiver Ambassador or have a candidate in mind. This opportunity is open to TPCHD staff in addition to the public. Please feel free to share this opportunity with your partners.
Additionally, we will begin recruiting parent participants in April, please let us know if you’d like to receive the announcement and flyers when they are available.