Building Foundational Knowledge of Social and Emotional Learning With Preservice Teachers

• In Event: Fairmont Roundtable Session Fifteen
  In Roundtable Session: Preparing and Supporting Teachers to Provide Social and Emotional Learning to Students (Table 15)

Abstract

This mixed method study examines data collected in the first year of implementation of a Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) specialty endorsement offered to undergraduate pre-service teachers as an add-on during their teacher preparation program at a small liberal arts college. The SEL specialty consists of 3 courses, grounded in literature on the importance of SEL for teachers, and designed to cultivate ‘SEL-ready teachers’ who are equipped with foundational knowledge of SEL and how to implement it. This presentation will outline the content of the courses as well as findings from analyses of qualitative and quantitative data collected in the first year of the SEL specialty from the first cohort of pre-service teachers who selected the endorsement.

Authors

• Deirdre A Hon, University of Portland
  Presenting Author

• Julia Mahfouz, University of Colorado - Denver
  Non-Presenting Author

• Sue Romas, University of Portland
  Non-Presenting Author

• Julie Sauve, University of British Columbia
  Non-Presenting Author

• Randy Lyseng, University of Portland
  Non-Presenting Author