Episode 7: Using assessments to promote social and emotional learning
Aug 18, 2024
Hasmik Movsisyan, an early childhood educator and MESL graduate who researched mindfulness for impulse control. Cynthia Sistek, MA SEL program director and ed-tech leader. Dee Fabry, lifelong educator and assessment specialist. They discuss student-centered formative assessing, integrating mindfulness and emotion tools, practical SEL assessment plans and tech supports, and real classroom case studies.
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Mindfulness Reduced Preschool Impulse Control Issues
- Hasmik used the Atlas of Emotions and mindfulness to reduce preschoolers' impulsive reactions through breath and pause techniques.
- Her HTKS implementations produced 55% and then 74% growth in impulse control across two replications.
Develop A Practical SEL Assessment Plan
- Create an SEL assessment plan that starts with a needs analysis and centers students in the assessing process.
- Use self-assessment, journaling, and collaborative rubrics to align instruction and SEL growth.
Assessing Vs. Assessment Reframes Practice
- Assessing differs from assessment: assessing is done with the student while assessment is done to the student.
- That shift places learners at the center and changes how tools and activities are designed.












