Effect of National Board Certified Teachers on Students' Social-Emotional Competencies

• In Event: Fairmont Roundtable Session Eight
  In Roundtable Session: Consequential Research: The Impact of Teacher Diversity, Recruitment, and Social Emotional Competencies (Table 6)

Abstract

The study examines the impact of National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) on the social-emotional competencies of 5th and 6th graders in Spokane, Washington during the 2018-19 school year. The study compares the social-emotional competencies of students taught by NBCTs and similar students taught by non-NBCTs using a quasi-experimental design with matching. The findings indicate that NBCTs are significantly more effective than non-NBCTs at fostering students' self-efficacy two months after the start of the school year (effect size 0.21). The results for self-management are similar (effect size 0.10) but not statistically significant. The findings are encouraging, and we hope that they will spur further research, as this is the first study to investigate the role of NBCTs in social-emotional student development.

Authors

• Natalya Gnedko-Berry, American Institutes for Research
  Presenting Author

• Trisha Borman, American Institutes for Research
  Non-Presenting Author

• So Jung Park, Korea University
  Non-Presenting Author

• Jen Durow
  Non-Presenting Author

• Oluchi Ozuzu
  Non-Presenting Author

• Agnesa Sejdijaj, American Institutes for Research
  Non-Presenting Author