Social and Emotional Learning, School Climate, and School Safety: A Randomized-Controlled Trial Evaluation of Tools for Life® in Elementary and Middle Schools. Research Report. RR-4285-NIJ

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Autor/inn/en	Gonzalez, Gabriella C.; Cerully, Jennifer L.; Wang, Elaine Win; Schweig, Jonathan; Todd, Ivy; Johnston, William R.; Schnittka, Jessica
Institution	RAND Education and Labor
Titel	Social and Emotional Learning, School Climate, and School Safety: A Randomized-Controlled Trial Evaluation of Tools for Life® in Elementary and Middle Schools. Research Report. RR-4285-NIJ
Quelle	(2020), (117 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Social Development; Emotional Development; Educational Environment; School Safety; Elementary Schools; Middle Schools; Elementary School Students; Middle School Students; Interpersonal Competence; Self Control; Resilience (Psychology); Public Schools; Program Implementation; Program Evaluation; Program Effectiveness; School Districts; Teacher Attitudes; Elementary School Teachers; Middle School Teachers; Costs; Student Behavior; Poverty; Skill Development; Principals; Administrator Attitudes; Mississippi + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Entwicklung; Gefühlsbildung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Middle schools; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Selbstbeherrschung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; School district; Schulbezirk; Lehrerverhalten; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Cost; Kosten; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Armut; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Principal; Schulleiter
Abstract	Teachers and administrators across the United States struggle to maintain safe, civil, community- and achievement-oriented schools. Disciplinary actions (such as school suspensions) and security measures (such as school resource officers/security guards and security cameras) are some approaches commonly used in schools to try to improve school climate and safety. Another approach is to improve the socioemotional skills of students and educators to foster a more positive school climate and build positive relationships among all individuals in schools. The purpose of this project was to implement a social and emotional learning (SEL) program in a school district and evaluate its effects on school climate and safety throughout the district. Tools for Life®: Relationship-Building Solutions (TFL) is a program designed to improve school climate and safety through the proactive development of elementary and middle school students' interpersonal skills (relationship-building and communication) and intrapersonal skills (self-regulation and resiliency). In the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 school years, the Jackson (Mississippi) Public School District (JPSD) implemented TFL in grades 1 through 8. RAND researchers conducted a randomized controlled trial to determine whether TFL, integrated into existing school practices, positively affected school climate and safety in the district. In this report, they describe the implementation of TFL in JPSD, calculate its costs, and evaluate the program's effectiveness. TFL is designed to improve whole-school change in relationships among staff and students, but the authors found that implementation of TFL in JPSD schools was generally shallow, and the program was rarely, if at all, implemented across a whole school as it was designed. TFL had little impact: After one year of implementation, there were no practically or statistically significant differences between schools that implemented TFL and those that did not in measures of students' social and emotional, school climate, behavioral, or achievement outcomes. In addition to the uneven implementation of the program, the authors discuss how methodological limitations of the study and contextual factors in JPSD may have contributed to these findings. [This study was undertaken with RAND Social and Economic Well-Being. For the appendixes to this report, see ED605322.] (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01