ACT Social Emotional Learning (SEL)
Social Emotional Skills Create Connections and Impact
Recent studies show that social and emotional skills like sustaining effort, getting along with others, maintaining composure, keeping an open mind, and social connection were shown to have a consistent and positive association with students’ academic and career success.
Ignite Student Growth Across Key SEL Competencies
The competencies in our framework complement and reinforce one another. Substantial SEL research validates that building skills in one SEL domain increases opportunities for growth in others. Students and educators pursue a combined, holistic approach to learning that fosters success.
Sustaining Effort
Getting Along with Others
Maintaining Composure
Keeping an Open Mind
Social Connection
School Climate
Comprehensive. Measurable. Certified.
Mosaic by ACT SEL takes a formative and comprehensive approach to building social and emotional skills for K-12 students. Our solution includes assessments, curriculum, and professional development. It is CASEL aligned, research driven, and includes interactive dashboards at the region, district, classroom, and student levels. There is also a predictive index that connects social and emotional skills with college and career readiness.
The CASEL Competencies
The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) is the nation’s leader in supporting and influencing SEL practices and policies.
Mosaic™ by ACT® SEL framework is aligned to five core CASEL competencies: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Responsible Decision Making, Relationship Skills, and Social Awareness. These competencies drive positive gains in academic achievement and student well-being.
SEL Tools with Real Impact
Equipped with the right tools, students and educators do the rest. By applying our tools, students improve self-efficacy and academic performance in any setting. Grounded in the strongest SEL research and featured in CASEL’s Effective SEL Programs Guide, our SEL curriculum delivers measurable improvements in:
Academics
Students see that skills can improve with effort. Schools see improvements in grades, test scores, and other core metrics.
School Culture
Students connect with peers and educators and feel valued. They become community collaborators to foster positive school culture.
ELL Success
English Language Learner (ELL) students master language acquisition and cultural fluency and can face new learning environments with optimism.
What Sets Us Apart
Comprehensive — Assessments, curriculum, and professional development with English learner options for curriculum and PD.
Student-Centered — Cultivates growth mindset and gives students tools to thrive in any situation.
Effective — Our solutions have research-based, tangible results with resources to make a real and positive impact on your schools.
Measurable — Our enhanced reporting means you can easily measure progress at the student, classroom, school, district, and regional level.
Certified — Backed by CASEL and 1EdTech — two important experts in the industry.
Research on Mosaic by ACT SEL
Our research demonstrates why and how social and emotional skills are part of a comprehensive approach to learning.
Compared to others, students who had SEL programming in school were much more likely to state that they work harder in school than their classmates.
Social and Emotional Learning Is Associated with Students’ Hard Work
Do the five SE skills measured with the Mosaic™ by ACT® predict postsecondary enrollment and retention above and beyond household income, high school grade point average, and Composite score on the ACT® test?
Social and Emotional Skills Predict Postsecondary Enrollment and Retention
A Mosaic Readiness Index increase of one standard deviation was associated with a 19% increase in the odds of enrolling for postsecondary education.