SURVEY FINDINGS 3FIGURE 13 Just over half of teachers have training in teaching social and emotional skills; high school teachersand those new to <strong>the</strong> profession are less likely to have it.Have you received training on how to teach social and emotional skills to students?Received training55%Have not received training/not sure45%Both pre-service &in-service training24%In-service professionaldevelopment23%Have not received training44%Not sure whe<strong>the</strong>rreceived training1%Received training/not sure which1%Pre-service formal education7%Pre-K/elementary teachersMiddle school teachersHigh school teachers47%60%55%45%55%67%47%60% 10 years’/less experience55% 11 to 20 years’ experienceOver 20 years’ experience47%60%45%55%55%67%45%55%67%FIGURE 14Majorities of teachers are interested in receiving fur<strong>the</strong>r training in teaching social and emotional skills.How interested are you in receiving fur<strong>the</strong>r training on <strong>the</strong> best practices for teaching social and emotional skills tostudents?Not sure2%Not at allinterested8%Not thatinterested8%Somewhat interested21%Fairly interested28%Very interested33%Pre-K/elementary school teachersMiddle school teachersHigh school teachersVery/fairly interested61%65%65%63% 63%54% 54%Low-performing schools71% 71%10 years’/less experience11 to 20 years’ experienceOver 20 years’ experience57%57%54%54%73%73%Have SEL trainingDon’t have SEL training61%62% 61%62%34 The Missing Piece
development and acquisition of socialand emotional skills can be accuratelymeasured and assessed” (49 percentversus 33 percent of teachers withouttraining).Engage Parents andFamiliesFinally, teachers recognize <strong>the</strong>importance of <strong>the</strong> connection betweenhome and school. One teacher fromPhiladelphia explains, “The kids who get[social and emotional skills development]from home need reinforcement. Thestudents who don’t get it at home needto be taught it.” Teachers volunteer“[students] not learning [social andemotional skills] at home” among topreasons to teach <strong>the</strong>se skills in school.But eight in ten teachers (81 percent)say lack of skills reinforcement at homeis a big challenge when trying to integrateSEL into teaching. More than half ofteachers (66 percent) identify it as a verybig challenge. A similar majority whoview SEL as very important (80 percent)and think it definitely improves studentacademic performance (80 percent)say lack of reinforcement at home is amajor challenge. Encouragingly, severaldistricts have made parental involvementa priority in <strong>the</strong>ir SEL implementationplans. For example, administrators in“The kids who get [social and emotional skills development] from homeneed reinforcement. The students who don’t get it at home need to betaught it.”Montgomery County, MD, have workedhard to ensure that parents are on boardwith and understand SEL. (To read moreabout MCPS’ efforts in increase parentalsupport, see page 19.)Social and emotional skills are developedor fur<strong>the</strong>r enhanced whenever a childinteracts not just with fellow peersand teachers, but also with parentsand o<strong>the</strong>r family members. Researchshows that family involvement helpsfacilitate children’s cognitive, social, andemotional learning in addition to morepositive attitudes toward school, betterbehavior, and higher self-esteem. 142 Infact, family support and involvement ismost strongly associated with studentengagement. 143 Children whose parentsare more involved in <strong>the</strong>ir education havehigher rates of attendance and coursecompletion, better grades, and highertester scores. 144 Motivational supports forlearning, specifically a supportive homeenvironment, are important to facilitatingacademic achievement. 145 Whenadolescents perceive <strong>the</strong>y have a strongconnection between home and school,— Teacher, Philadelphia<strong>the</strong>y are less likely to engage in high-riskbehaviors. 146 Research also finds that SELcan help improve home life. The learningand emotional climate of both home andschool improves as children gain selfawareness,social awareness, empathy,problem-solving skills, and o<strong>the</strong>r socialand emotional competencies. 147 Arecent meta-analysis found that schoolbasedprograms that focus on parentinvolvement and engagement programshave statistically significant, positiveeffects on student outcomes, 148 incontrast to programs that only requirevoluntary parent engagement. 149 Schoolbasedshared reading programs are anexample of teacher-parent partnershipssuccessfully improving studentoutcomes. 150 A 2010 meta-analysisfound that after-school programs thatfocus on fostering personal and socialskills have a positive effect on a range ofstudent outcomes, including improvedself-perception, positive behavior, andacademic achievement. 151A National Teacher Survey on How Social and Emotional Learning Can Empower Children and Transform Schools 35
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