Room: NRN 2025

Intern: Victoria P. Silvera

Mentor Teacher: Layla Ward

Internship Placement: Alachua Elementary

Title: Beyond the Core Subjects: The Effects of Social-Emotional Learning

Victoria P. Silvera was experiencing a tension in her 3rd grade classroom related to student interaction and its impact on core subject learning. She wondered how the utilization of social-emotional learning would impact student productivity. She collected data during a 4-week time period through field notes, focus groups, and student interviews. Data analysis revealed three claims that focused on the effects social-emotional learning has on core-subject classroom productivity.

Intern: Sophia Missigman

Mentor Teacher: Kristina Dorman

Internship Placement: Glen Springs Elementary School

Title: Social-Emotional Learning in a First-grade Classroom

Sophia Missigman noticed that several students in her class were struggling with identifying, describing, and expressing their emotions. She wondered how the introduction of socio-emotional books and activities might impact her student's abilities to regulate their emotions and express themselves in more effective ways. She collected data during a four-week period in the form of audio recordings, field notes, pre and post-surveys, and a research journal. Data analysis revealed three claims focused on how her students engaged with and benefitted from the socioemotional content.

Intern: Katherine Burgoyne

Mentor Teacher: Shannon Zvoch

Internship Placement: William Talbot Elementary

Title: The Effects of Social Emotional Learning on Classroom Behavior and Academic Achievement

Ms. Burgoyne was noticing that students would frequently feel deep emotions, but have difficulties in articulating and navigating them. Ms. Burgoyne focused on implementing self-reflection journals with emotion-based prompts. She collected data in the form of surveys, field notes, and a research journal with student work samples. The data analysis explored two claims that drew positive correlations between these SEL-based implementations and overall classroom efficiency.