Building Emotionally Resilient Schools and Educators During Crises

2021 ◽  
pp. 155545892110472
Author(s):  
Corinne Brion
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Social Emotional Learning ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
Emotional Learning ◽  
Urban High School ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Teaching Case ◽  
American Schools

This teaching case study illustrates the increasing need for school leaders to offer and foster adult social emotional learning (SEL) in schools, particularly in the context of crises. This scenario takes place in an urban high school that is representative of many other American schools. In particular, I examine the challenges educational leaders commonly face when they do not take SEL for adults into consideration prior to implementing SEL for students. This teaching case study aims at encouraging meaningful conversations about adult SEL, equity, and leadership in times of crisis. The hope is to better understand how school leaders can lead and embrace adult SEL during crises. I also pose questions designed to prepare prospective and current educational leaders for similar situations.

Social-Emotional Learning for Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum: High School Teachers’ Perspectives

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Anita Gardner ◽  
Michelle Wong ◽  
Belinda Ratcliffe
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Social Emotional Learning ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Emotional Learning ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
School Students ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Core Characteristics

Abstract Social-emotional learning (SEL) is key to student success. Teachers can effectively implement SEL programs to a variety of school populations, with demonstrated improvements in emotional, social, and academic outcomes. Research also suggests that SEL for students on the autism spectrum can result in improved outcomes. Although social-emotional difficulties are core characteristics of autism, there is a dearth of research identifying the SEL needs for high school students on the autism spectrum and how to meet these needs. The aim of this preliminary qualitative study was to explore teachers’ perceptions of SEL needs in a high school setting with adolescents on the autism spectrum. A focus group was conducted with 8 experienced teachers from mainstream and special needs settings. The thematic analysis identified 3 themes: (a) SEL needs of students on the autism spectrum, (b) teaching SEL in high school settings, and (c) gaps in SEL. The study also revealed suggestions for how a SEL program could be developed so that it best meets the needs of the teachers who would be implementing it. Outcomes from this study provide important insights into SEL in adolescents on the autism spectrum in special education and have practical implications for intervention models.

Using dialogic reading strategies to promote social-emotional skills for young students: An exploratory case study in an after-school program

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 436-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angel Fettig ◽  
Amy L Cook ◽  
Laura Morizio ◽  
Kaitlin Gould ◽  
Lauren Brodsky
Keyword(s):  
Reading Strategies ◽  
Social Emotional Learning ◽  
Emotional Learning ◽  
Dialogic Reading ◽  
After School ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Emotional Skills ◽  
After School Program ◽  
Young Students

As educators begin to understand the need for a social-emotional learning curriculum for young students, finding opportunities to implement a curriculum that supports students’ social-emotional development is important. Research supports that using shared reading opportunities that are common in young students’ in-school and out-of-school routines to embed social-emotional learning could have potential impact for young students’ social emotional as well as academic development. This article describes an exploratory mixed-methods case study that examines the use of dialogic book reading strategies in promoting social-emotional skills of young elementary students in an after-school program in the United States. A pre–post case study design was employed to examine preliminary social-emotional outcomes. In addition, parent interviews were conducted to explore the perceived benefits of the intervention in the home environment. The results suggest that dialogic reading may be a helpful strategy to promote young students’ social-emotional learning. The implications for research and practice are discussed.

School Leaders’ Use of Social-Emotional Learning to Disrupt Whiteness

2021 ◽  
pp. 0013161X2110536
Author(s):  
Stephanie R. Forman ◽  
James Lamar Foster ◽  
Jessica G. Rigby
Keyword(s):  
School Leaders ◽  
Social Emotional Learning ◽  
White Teachers ◽  
Puget Sound ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Emotional Learning ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis

Purpose: This article examines how school leaders connect Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) with anti-racist practices. Current literature has yet to explain how leaders support race conscious approaches to SEL that promote marginalized students’ well-being, particularly with White teachers who often resist learning about race and Whiteness. Research Approach: We conducted a qualitative study of three leaders in one district in the Puget Sound region of Washington state. The first data collection and analysis phase drew from interviews, observations, and artifacts from a larger study to identify anti-racist SEL intersections and the leaders associated with these intersections. In the second phase, we conducted additional interviews with three leaders and performed a critical frame analysis to characterize the frames used by leaders to shape what SEL means and who it serves. Findings: We describe three anti-racist SEL intersections in which leaders made explicit connections between SEL and broader anti-racist goals within their work with White teachers. We found that leaders framed SEL strategically to address White teachers’ emotions, and as tools teachers might use to understand and address students’ racialized classroom experiences Implications: Findings provide illustrative examples of leadership that connects anti-racist practice with SEL and explore how leaders’ novel understanding of SEL and anti-racism undergirds this leadership approach.

Centering Equity and Caring in Leadership for Social-Emotional Learning: Toward a Conceptual Framework for Diverse Learners

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 473-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
School Leadership ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Social Emotional Learning ◽  
Diverse Learners ◽  
Emotional Learning ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Barriers To Learning ◽  
Leadership Framework ◽  
K 12

School leaders must navigate nonacademic barriers to learning. One type of affective, nonacademic reform is social-emotional learning (SEL), a quickly growing K–12 school initiative. Yet scant empirical literature exists on the actions, interactions, and beliefs of school principals charged with leading SEL reforms. The needs of diverse learners in SEL reforms—and how school leaders might create culturally relevant, gender-aware, queer-friendly SEL programming—are ignored by empirical research. This article seeks to contribute conceptually by exploring two questions: To what extent does current research inform school leadership of SEL implementation for diverse learners? How might school leaders conceptualize the implementation of SEL reforms from a caring, equity-oriented lens? A leadership framework for SEL reforms, rooted in caring and equity, is proposed.

scholarly journals Effect of Personal and Social Responsibility-Based Social-Emotional Learning Program on Emotional Intelligence

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 148
Author(s):  
Neslihan Arikan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Social Emotional Learning ◽  
Emotional Learning ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Final Test ◽  
Personal And Social Responsibility ◽  
And Control

Programs for social-emotional learning implemented in schools are important in terms of improving students’ emotional and social skills. In the study, a 16-week program was prepared using the Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) model based on the Personal and Social Responsibility Model (TPSR). The program was implemented in three different school types and the effect of the TPSR-SEL program on the emotional intelligence levels of the students was examined according to the school types. The research group was composed of 162 students in total who study at Anatolian High School (n=55), Vocational Technical Anatolian High School (n=51) and Sports High School (n=56) in Afyon province. In research, pattern with experimental pre-test final-test control group was used. Experiment and control groups were formed in all three-school types. The 16-week TPSR-SEL program was applied to the students in the experimental groups and the current curriculum was applied to the students in the control groups. The Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale (SEI-S) was used as a data tool. Standard deviation—mean and Two-Way Covariance Analysis (Two-Way ANCOVA) was used for data analysis. As a result of the descriptive statistics, it was determined that there were significant differences between the SEI-S total scores of the experiment and control groups, that there was a significant increase in the final-test total scores of the students in experiment group in all three types of schools, and that the total scores of the control group students remained at the same level. In addition, it was found that the joint effects of participation in the TPSR-SEL program and school type on emotional intelligence scores were significant.

Social Emotional Learning as a Lever for High School Student Mental Health and Academic Success

2021 ◽  
pp. 148-165
Author(s):  
Kimberly Reed ◽  
Tara Madden-Dent
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
High School ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Classroom Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Social Emotional Learning ◽  
American Southwest ◽  
Emotional Learning ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Social Studies Teacher

The following case study demonstrates how one high school Social Studies teacher embedded social emotional learning (SEL) into content and classroom management practices for eight years at a large urban school in the American Southwest. The collected data (e.g., teacher reflections, student reflections) provide a variety of viewpoints around how SEL influenced the teacher and student experience. Through collective analysis, this study's qualitative data contributes to new understanding of the importance of social, emotional, and academic development practices in high schools for students and teachers, especially around supporting classroom safety, mental health, and wellness.

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