Managing Emotions in Times of Uncertainty and Stress: Findings From a Free National Course for Educators 2020–2022

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

One of the most certain things about the COVID-19 pandemic and evolving threats to psychological and physical safety in schools nationwide has been that the experiences of stress and anxiety are felt differently within and across communities these past two years. This session unpacks these differences on the basis of context, co-occurrence, and race, from a data set of over 20,000 school personnel who participated in a free course on managing emotions in times of uncertainty and stress from 2020- 2022. Studies share novel methodologies and insights to inform evidence-based policy and practice in the service of educator wellness and respond to the urgency to ensure whole child flourishing by understanding and improving the experiences of the whole school community.

Sub Unit

• Division K - Teaching and Teacher Education / Division K - Section 03: Teachers’ Lives, Identities, and Journeys

Chair

• Christina Cipriano, Yale University

Papers

• Managing Emotions: A Landscape Review of U.S. School Personnel in 2021 - Miranda Wood, Yale University; Christina Cipriano, Yale University; Marc A. Brackett, Yale University

• Mixed Affect Among Educators During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Network Analysis - Shengjie Lin, Yale University; Zorana Ivcevic Pringle, Yale University; Christina Cipriano, Yale University; Chenglu Li, University of Utah; Miranda Wood, Yale University; Marc A. Brackett, Yale University

• Centering the Emotional Experiences of Educators of Color With Matched-Pairs Design During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Morgan Mannweiler, Yale University; Jennifer Seibyl, Yale University; Tse Yen Tan, Yale University

Discussant

• Marc A. Brackett, Yale University