New Ticket Options for 2025!
Pre-Summit
Select your preferred session - May 15th, 2025, 8am-12pm, includes breakfast
Pre-Summit + Summit
Begins 8am on Thursday, May 15th and concludes Friday, May 16th at 4pm
SEL & Wellness Summit
Begins with lunch on Thursday, May 15th at 12pm concludes Friday, May 16th at 4pm
Join us from 8am - 12 noon on Thursday, May 15th for the Pre-Summit!
The Pre-Summit kicks off with breakfast on Thursday morning, followed by your choice of one of the three in-depth sessions below, featuring Dr. Roberto Rivera; the Sacramento County Office of Education’s Mental Health and Wellness Team; or an actionable discussion on fostering SEL through positive sports culture with Olympian Ruthie Bolton. The Pre-Summit will take place from 8am - 12pm at the Summit venue before the Summit officially gets underway at lunchtime.
**Interested in attending the Pre-Summit and the 2025 SEL & Wellness Summit? See additional ticket options below.**
Pre-Summit tickets and descriptions:
Pre-Summit #1:
It’s time for Radical Love: Building Beloved Community through Critical Wellbeing in Schools
This dynamic pre-summit experience will teach leaders at every level of our education system how the Critical Wellbeing framework—a paradigm rooted in trauma-informed care and healing-centered education—doesn't add one more "thing" to their plate, but rather catalyzes sustainable, transformative SEL. This session will step away from business as usual and explore real-world case studies from Indigenous-led educational ecosystems around the globe, showcasing how to reduce staff burnout, increase student engagement, and deepen authentic parent/community involvement in culturally-grounded ways. Join this dynamic, action-oriented session to take a deep dive into new, evidence based ideas, powerful strategies, and practical tools for cultivating Beloved Community in your context. Participants will leave with permission and support to embody radical love in these complex times while taking better care of themselves and those they serve. **Please note that space is limited in this session to ensure an interactive experience with Dr. Rivera for all attendees.**
Pre-Summit - $115
Pre-Summit #2:
Reimagining Schools as Centers of Wellness for the Communities they Serve
Please join Sacramento County Office of Education’s Mental Health and Wellness team as we facilitate a 3-hour experiential learning journey with educators from all levels of the system on how to create “Schools as Centers of Wellness.”
The focus of this session will be on coaching school, district, and county leaders on how to set the conditions for successful partnerships.
We will explore how a County Office of Education partners with 12 school districts and places clinicians in 58 of Sacramento’s neediest schools using a sustainable funding model. Participants will receive practical tools and resources including role-aligned roadmaps for success.
Highlights for the session include:
- Examining systems level change, including how relationship building, social and emotional wellbeing practices, wellness programming, and other prevention strategies are built into the entire school community, such that all students can experience Schools as Centers of Wellness;
- Learning about the importance of relationships with the County Department of Health and how that can lead to sustainable funding and growth; and
- An expert panel including critical partners discussing the key elements to successful partnerships, and the impact this has made on their school communities.
Pre-Summit #3:
The Heart of the Game: Fostering SEL Through Positive Sports Culture
Join Ruthie Bolton - two-time Olympic gold medalist, eight-season star player for the WNBA’s Sacramento Monarchs, and member of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame - for an up-close and personal discussion about her life, her career, the challenges she’s overcome, and the assets and strengths that pulled her through. Based on her experiences, Ms. Bolton has become an advocate for positive coaching that intentionally brings social and emotional support onto the playing field.
Following Ms. Bolton’s inspirational story, participants will explore how to intentionally infuse social and emotional supports and learning into physical education, athletic programs and coaching practices. Resources provided include an SEL curriculum for sports and physical education developed by Ms. Bolton and her colleague, Beth Hunter, as well as practices and structures developed by the Inside Out Initiative and the Sacramento County Office of Education’s own, DeShannus Gray. In conversation around these resources, participants will share their own expertise, gather new ideas and practices, and develop a playbook for better supporting young athletes with a balanced and integrated social emotional approach.
Begins with breakfast on Thursday, May 15th, 2025 at 8am and ends on Friday, May 16th at 4pm
Kick off your 2025 Summit experience by joining us for the Pre-Summit beginning with breakfast on Thursday morning at 8am, then stay, connect, and engage until the Summit’s conclusion on Friday at 4pm. During the Pre-Summit, you’ll get access to your choice of one of three participatory sessions (new this year!), designed to give you practical tools and how-tos you can take back to the office or classroom.
The Summit commences same-day with a Welcome Plenary and lunch at noon, followed by two rounds of concurrent breakout sessions, an evening Connection Reception, Dinner Plenary and keynote by Dr. Shawn Ginwright, and a full day of programming on Friday, including a Breakfast Plenary and youth panel, three rounds of concurrent breakout sessions, a Lunch Plenary featuring a keynote by Helen Immordino-Yang, and experiential SEL elements throughout both Summit days, including the Peace Room, therapy dogs, and more!
Pre-Summit + Summit - $565
Begins with lunch on Thursday, May 15th at noon and ends on Friday, May 16th at 4pm
The SEL & Wellness Summit returns to Sacramento with a Welcome Plenary and lunch at noon on Thursday, followed by two rounds of concurrent breakout sessions, an evening Connection Reception, a Dinner Plenary and keynote by Dr. Shawn Ginwright, and a full day of programming on Friday, including a Breakfast Plenary and youth panel, three rounds of concurrent breakout sessions, a Lunch Plenary and keynote by Helen Immordino-Yang, PhD, and experiential SEL elements throughout both Summit days — including the Peace Room, and our therapy dogs… back by popular demand.
SEL & Wellness Summit - $450
Dinner (Included with Summit Ticket):
Thursday, May 15th, 5:30-7:45pm
Share a meal with colleagues from across California and enjoy an engaging evening of programming with activities and performances from youth leaders and a keynote by Dr. Shawn Ginwright. Dr. Ginwright is the Jerome T. Murphy Professor of Practice at Harvard Graduate School of Education and co-founder and CEO of Flourish Agenda. His groundbreaking work on trauma, healing, and the empowerment of African American youth has earned him a reputation as an innovator, provocateur, and thought leader in the field of education. The keynote will examine how supportive, authentic relationships are at the center of healing and flourishing for all young people.
Dietary Requirements
Please indicate your dietary requirements when you register. For any allergies or other dietary needs not listed please select “other” and provide details.
Questions?
We look forward to seeing you in Sacramento!
The SEL and Wellness Summit will be a testament to our collective commitment to the social and emotional well-being of students, educators, leaders, and families.