Jorge Valenzuela—Raising Equity Through SEL: A Framework for Implementing Trauma-Informed, Culturally Responsive Teaching and Restorative Practices

Jorge Valenzuela is an education coach, author, and advocate with more than two decades of experience as a classroom and online teacher, a curriculum specialist, and a consultant. His work focuses on improving teacher preparation in instructional design, project-based learning (PBL), computational thinking and computer science integration, STEM education, and equity and SEL integration. Jorge is an adjunct professor at Old Dominion University and the lead coach at Lifelong Learning Defined. He's the author of several books on robotics, environmental science, and SEL, including his new book Raising Equity through SEL.