Teach SEL Podcast SEL & Leadership with Dr. Tony Kline
Dec 4, 2019
Dr. Tony Kline, former elementary teacher and current education dean and researcher, brings a leadership lens to social-emotional learning. He recounts his path into SEL and a dissertation study linking leaders' SEL skills to school outcomes. He outlines practical steps for leading SEL implementation and shares classroom strategies like journaling and student-led leadership activities.
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Effective Teaching Starts With Self Awareness
- Teachers who are highly effective often have accurate self-knowledge and use that to shape their practice.
- Tony Kline noticed standout teachers understood their strengths, limitations, and how to cope, which let them connect authentically with students.
Principal SEL Predicts School Performance
- Principal social-emotional competence correlates with school outcomes like test scores and attendance.
- In Kline's SELF study principals rated themselves higher than teachers did, and schools where both agreed on high SEL had better academic and attendance metrics.
High Stakes Testing Can Crowd Out SEL
- Narrow academic initiatives without SEL can produce unintended consequences like teacher burnout and stagnant test gains.
- Kline argues decades of high-stakes focus sidelined SEL, which helps explain limited long-term improvements in standardized scores.
