ERIC Number: EJ1425524
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 31
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Teacher SEL Space: Addressing Beginning Teachers' Social Emotional Learning in a Support Group Structure
Peter Clyde Martin
Current Issues in Education, v25 n1 2024
There is evidence that ongoing social emotional learning (SEL) needs among teachers negatively impact teacher retention and student learning. At the same time, teachers' SEL has been insufficiently addressed in teacher preparation. As a consequence, preservice and early-career teachers often lack the tools, perspective, and support to address their own SEL needs. The article describes a pilot project where current candidates and recent graduates in a teacher preparation program came together in an ongoing support group structure to share struggles, successes, and initiatives, support and advise each other, and reflect on their ongoing journey. After a review of the literature on teachers' SEL needs, gaps and models in teacher preparation, and the potential benefits of support groups, data from the pilot "SEL Space" meetings are presented and discussed, with an emphasis on thematic patterns, evolution over time, and participants' reflection on the process. Implications for practice and research are presented.
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Beginning Teachers, Social Support Groups, Teacher Education, Teacher Persistence, Pilot Projects, Preservice Teachers, Masters Programs, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Collaboration
Arizona State University, Mary Lou Fulton Institute and Graduate School of Education. Deans Office, P.O. Box 870211 Payne 108, Tempe, AZ 85287. Tel: 480-965-3306; Fax: 480-965-6231; e-mail: cie@asu.edu; Web site: https://cie.asu.edu/ojs/index.php/cieatasu
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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