25.079 - Leveraging Social and Emotional Learning for Student Success: From Assessment to Program Implementation

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

There is now near unanimous agreement in both the research and practitioner communities that social and emotional skills are important for academic and workplace success, and that teaching these skills should be a priority. Questions remain, however, regarding exactly how this should be done. Specifically, there is much confusion surrounding how these skills should be measured and how the data gleaned from assessments of social and emotional skills should be used in schools. The presentations in this session will tackle these issues head-on by describing the development of two social and emotional learning assessments currently used in school settings. Furthermore, two presenters will discuss how data from these assessments are being used to improve outcomes for schools and students.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Social and Emotional Learning

Chair

• Jeremy Burrus, ACT, Inc.

Papers

• What Are Social and Emotional Skills and Why Are They Important? An Overview - Jeremy Burrus, ACT, Inc.

• Development and Validation of the ACT Tessera Social and Emotional Learning Assessment System - Kate Walton, ACT, Inc.

• Using ACT Tessera Data for Program Planning and Student Success - Jonathan Martin, ACT, Inc.

• Development and Validation of the Character Skills Snapshot - Meghan Wilson Brenneman, Enrollment Management Association; Kevin Petway, Enrollment Management Association

• Using the Character Skills Snapshot for Program Planning and Student Success - Nandita Bajaj, University of Toronto Schools

Discussant

• Roisin P. Corcoran, University of Nottingham