Adult Social and Emotional Learning and Reflection as Innovative Factors in Formative and Summative Assessment

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

The benefits of SEL initiatives and programs for youth in and outside educational settings are steadily growing thanks to the research in education, psychology, and related fields. However, by comparison, little is done to reflect on the equal necessity and benefits of focusing on adult SEL – specifically, those to whom we entrust the education and development of our children.

This session will examine the benefits of adult professional development, with embedded focused reflection, on student and educator outcomes. Principal, teacher, and student data will be shared, highlighting the effects of PD based on normed assessment instruments (BarOn EQ-i and DESSA), exemplifying how school districts partnering with professional researchers can result in well informed direct service to students and school communities.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Social and Emotional Learning

Chair

• Ann McKay Bryson, Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning

Papers

• Utilizing Quality Assessment to Enhance Social and Emotional Learning - Paul Augustine LeBuffe, Devereux Center for Resilient Children; Valerie Shapiro, University of California - Berkeley

• In Reflection: Do Unto Educators What You Want Done Unto Students - Carina Fiedeldey-Van Dijk, ePsy Consultancy; Ann McKay Bryson, Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning

• Professional Learning to Promote Positive Student Outcomes: An Evaluation of Anchorage’s Second-Order Change Project - Kimberly Trumbull Kendziora, American Institutes for Research

Discussant

• Linda Lantieri, Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning