Thesis advisor: Raquel Muniz Castro / Researchers and educators recognize the benefits of developing students’ social and emotional competencies, but there is little research about the impact of leadership practices on the social and emotional competencies of adults in schools. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to investigate the relationship between leadership practices (i.e., what leaders think and do) that promote SEL opportunities, and how they shape the work of mental health staff (MHS) — defined in this study as, school counselors, and nurses. Findings indicated that school-based leaders promoted SEL opportunities for MHS when they (1) provided time to meet, (2) provided resources for professional development, (3) provided feedback through dialogue, (4) accessed MHS’ expertise through dialogue, and (5) provided coaching. These leadership practices shaped the work of MHS proactively. These findings suggest that principals should use social awareness to diagnose issues within the school, engage in responsible decision-making to set direction, and promote relationship-building to convince MHS to implement a plan. / Thesis (EdD) — Boston College, 2020. / Submitted to: Boston College. Lynch School of Education. / Discipline: Educational Leadership and Higher Education.

In response to the main federal K-12 law, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and the teacher education program standards, teacher education programs have tried to address social and emotional learning (SEL) content in their curricula. Adding information on SEL alone may not be enough to overcome the shortenings of many existing early childhood programs. The current study attempted to address these shortenings through the inclusion of specialized SEL strategies and sample activities in addition to traditional content on social-emotional learning and development. This study was organized within a quasi-experimental design framework. One hundred thirty-nine preservice teachers were divided between control and treatment groups. The treatment group was exposed to the intervention (i.e. additional/special SEL strategies and activities) in the modified Nurturing Children's Social Competence class, while the control group was in the traditional version of the same class (i.e. traditional instruction with no additional/special SEL strategies and activities). All students were surveyed using the SEL Beliefs Scale for Preservice Teachers and the SEL Knowledge and Attitudes Scales for Preservice Teachers. The surveys were conducted at the beginning and at the end of the semester. An exploratory factor analysis, MANOVA, and descriptive discriminant analysis were used to analyze the data. Findings revealed that preservice teachers in the treatment group gained greater knowledge about (a) SEL in general, (b) the development of SEL skills in young children, and (c) implementation of the SEL strategies in the classroom. In addition, preservice teachers in the treatment group developed more positive attitudes toward implementation of SEL strategies and the importance of teaching social and emotional skills to young children. Even though SEL beliefs did not predict treatment / control group differences, there were statistically significant differences in the development of SEL beliefs within each group. Preservice teachers in both groups highly believed that creating a SEL environment in the classroom and schoolwide is essential.

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-04-27T12:39:25Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Alexandra Amadio Belli.pdf: 6370782 bytes, checksum: 84f2a955d75fb0d4f81d4f0e7d1d3e6b (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-27T12:39:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Alexandra Amadio Belli.pdf: 6370782 bytes, checksum: 84f2a955d75fb0d4f81d4f0e7d1d3e6b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-13 / The present study aims to investigate a group of teachers in the analysis and development of a problem situation at classroom, focusing Social and Emotional Competencies and Problem Solving. To achieve this goal, we have guided this work by the question: What are the contributions of studies on the development of Social and Emotional Competencies and Problem Solving for teachers training? The subjects participating in this research are teachers of the initial years of Elementary School of São Paulo city municipal school network. Due to this investigative proposal, we carried out a bibliographical survey on the subject in question, which ended up pointing out relevant aspects about the need of continued teachers training. In this research, we conducted nine meetings with these teachers and applied a problem-situation in the classroom with first and second year students of elementary school. The main tools for data collection were semi-structured interviews, questionnaires, observation, and audio recording. The observations were from the Social and Emotional Competencies and Problem Solving text analysis meetings with teachers and from the classroom problem situation experience. We analyze the collected data, we weave the final considerations and we conclude that Social and Emotional Learning can contribute in the practice and in the training of the teacher and that through the Problem Solving methodology in mathematics teaching we obtain space and opportunity for development of Social and Emotional Competencies, within students. Facing the school reality presented by the teachers' perception of the school, consider declared the importance of handling emotional regulation promoting better management of stress and of conflicts in the school environment, as well as directing changes in pedagogical practice and strengthening of personal, professional and academic objectives / O presente estudo tem como objetivo investigar um grupo de professores na análise e no desenvolvimento de uma situação-problema em sala de aula, tendo como foco as Competências Socioemocionais e a Resolução de Problemas. Para alcançar esse objetivo, norteamos este trabalho pela questão: Quais são as contribuições de estudos sobre o desenvolvimento de Competências Socioemocionais e Resolução de Problemas para a formação de professores? Os sujeitos participantes dessa pesquisa são professores dos anos iniciais do Ensino Fundamental da rede municipal da cidade de São Paulo. Frente a esta proposta de investigação, realizamos um levantamento bibliográfico sobre o tema em questão, o que acabou por apontar aspectos relevantes sobre a necessidade de formação continuada para os professores. Nessa investigação realizamos nove encontros com os professores e desenvolvemos uma situação-problema em sala de aula com alunos de primeiro e segundo anos do Ensino Fundamental. Os principais instrumentos para a coleta de dados foram entrevistas semiestruturadas, questionários, observação e gravação de áudio. As observações foram dos encontros com os professores na análise dos textos sobre Competências Socioemocionais e Resolução de Problemas e na vivência da situação-problema em sala de aula. Analisamos os dados coletados, tecemos as considerações finais e concluímos que a Educação Socioemocional pode contribuir na prática e na formação do professor e que através da metodologia de Resolução de Problemas no ensino da matemática obtém-se espaço e oportunidade para o desenvolvimento de Competências Socioemocionais junto aos alunos. Diante da realidade escolar apresentada pela percepção dos professores da escola fica declarada a importância do manejo da regulação emocional propiciando o melhor gerenciamento do estresse e de conflitos no ambiente escolar, além de direcionar mudanças na prática pedagógica e fortalecimento dos objetivos pessoais, profissionais e acadêmicos

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among high school teachers' self-reported social and emotional competencies (SECs), social interaction teaching practices, and instructional interaction teaching practices. Yoder's (2014) research suggests to successfully implement social-emotional learning (SEL) practices, teachers must have strong social and emotional competency skills (Brackett et al., 2009; Jennings and Greenberg, 2009). This study included a quantitative descriptive method to examine the anonymous survey data collected. Additionally, the data were examined for possible correlations between social, and instructional interaction teaching practices to identify areas of strength or weakness and suggest professional learning options for teachers related to their scores. This study sought to answer the following research questions: 1. What is the relationship among high school teachers' self-reported social, and instructional interaction teaching practices that influence students' social, emotional, and academic skills? 2. What is the relationship between educators' self-reported self-efficacy of their social and emotional competence and how it influences their ability to implement social, and instructional interaction teaching practices? 3. What is the relationship between teachers' overall social interaction score and their overall instructional interaction score? 4. What do the scores from the overall social interaction score and the overall instructional interaction score suggest about the professional learning needs of the participating high school teachers? High school teachers in this study who reported a higher self-efficacy in positive social interactions had a higher self-efficacy in social interactions influencing students' social, emotion, and academic skills. High school teachers with a high self-efficacy in Teacher SEC: Social Interaction Teaching Practices strongly correlated to a higher self-efficacy of Teacher SEC: Instructional Interaction Teaching Practices. Furthermore, high school teachers with a higher self-efficacy in their Overall Social Interaction to that of their self-efficacy of their Overall Instructional Interaction also strongly correlated. Conversely, high school teachers who reported higher self-efficacy with instructional interaction did not report the same level of self-efficacy of their social interaction, albeit the finding was deemed small. The study suggests division and school leaders could prioritize supporting teachers' development of their self-efficacy of their social and emotional competence. / Doctor of Education / The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship among high school teachers' self-reported social and emotional competencies (SECs), social, and instructional interaction teaching practices. The study examined the possible correlations between the self-efficacy of social, and instructional interaction teaching practices to identify areas of strength or weakness and to identify and differentiate the professional learning needs of teachers related to their scores. This study included High School teachers from one school division in Virginia. The high school teachers participated in a pre-published survey from Yoder, 2014a (see Appendix A). The findings suggest teachers with a higher self-efficacy in their SECs were more likely to implement them in their teaching practices. Whereas high school teachers that had a higher self-efficacy in their Instructional Interactions practices did not have a statistically significant higher self-efficacy in their Social Interaction practices. Future actions could include building leaders can provide on-going professional learning to improve the self-efficacy of teachers' SECs and implementation of school-wide practices. Additional implications and future study suggestions are shared.

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