about

enacting change

SSN first formed when a group of 15 nonprofit leaders in NYC decided it was time to shift their focus beyond traditional academic skills to include social-emotional learning skills they knew were critically important for student success. Influenced by collective impact approaches, these leaders created an SEL measurement tool so they could compare results across all their programs and identify promising practices.

For ten years, SSN has been creating a solid foundation for enacting change by sharing experiences, scaling solutions, and leveraging the power of a community.

We have formed deep roots with organizations and communities, built a toolbox focused on data-driven improvement, strengthened our collective knowledge of SEL as a lever for improving student outcomes, and have remained committed to doing the work of being an anti-racist Network. 

our approach

scroll through to see how we collaborate with and for our Network

  • fuel collaborations

    to develop policy and practice solutions for key barriers to equitable outcomes

  • conduct research

    to expand collective knowledge about key challenges and solutions related to inequitable outcomes

  • build practitioner capacity

    to create stronger organizations and more impactful programming

  • elevate youth voice

    to transform the role youth traditionally play from recipients of services into leaders and decision makers in their organizations, schools and communities

  • share & scale solutions

    to disseminate evidence-based practices and approaches

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"There is so much power in a Network coming together with a shared purpose to exchange ideas and research of best practices, resources, improve skills, and enhance knowledge, get inspired and as a ripple effect, disseminate information to our organization in the hopes of creating meaningful change.

Networks can generate innovation, enhanced learning, a culture of mutual accountability and support."

— Ya’el Gil’Adi Dressler, Good Shepherd