PO240: SEL: How Much Do We Know About What Teachers Know?

  • PMD: 4
  • Cost: Included in Registration
  • Skill Level: Introduction
  • Poster Session 6: Promoting Social and Emotional Development

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

  1. recognize the role of teachers and the challenges they may face when implementing social–emotional learning instruction;
  2. comprehend methods and benefits of surveying teachers’ beliefs and competencies in social–emotional learning; and
  3. identify gaps in current research regarding methods of surveying teachers’ SEL competencies.

Description

Teachers are the main catalysts of social–emotional learning instruction (SEL). Learn what support they may need to deliver high-quality SEL, and how we can measure teachers’ understanding of SEL.

Presenter(s)

Amy C. Terry, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Elizabeth L. McKenney, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

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