Improving SEL Measurement for Children in Crisis
Crisis poses a threat to children’s learning and holistic development. But children can also demonstrate remarkable resilience in the face of adversity, and with the right support can gain academic and social-emotional skills. Nevertheless, we currently lack the assessment tools that stakeholders need in order to understand how to improve these skills for children in crisis.
ECCN, the International Rescue Committee (IRC), and NYU Global TIES for Children (TIES) hosted a webcast that discussed efforts to improve measurement for children’s learning and holistic development. Participants heard about results from a scoping study on research; learned about new SEL measurement tools currently being developed and tested by research-practice partnerships; and provided input on a resource to guide decision making in SEL measurement selection, adaptation, use, and analysis.
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Speaker(s)
Carly Tubbs Dolan, Director for Measurement and Metrics
Carly is also a senior advisor to TIES/NYU, a global research center at NYU that she helped found and launch. Dolan holds a BA in comparative literature from NYU, an MA in psychology, and a PhD in applied psychology with a focus in quantitative methodology.
Jamie Weiss-Yagoda, Senior Education Policy Advisor
Jamie previously served as the IRC’s Education Program Manager. Weiss-Yagoda holds a Bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University and a Master’s in International Educational Development from Teachers College, Columbia University.
Silvia Diazgranados Ferráns, Senior Research Advisor for Education
Silvia previously taught at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and is the founder of Juegos de Paz, a peace education program that works in partnership with Peace First. Ferráns holds BA degrees in psychology and philosophy from the University of Los Andes, Colombia, as well as an MA in prevention science and practice and an EdD in human development and education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Roxane Caires, Project Associate
Roxane previously worked in local government, conducting a large-scale community needs assessment to monitor the impact of targeted funding on key child and youth outcomes. Caires received her bachelor’s degree in psychology with a focus on education from the University of California at Berkeley and her master’s degree in applied psychology from NYU.
Facilitator(s)
Anjuli Shivshanker, Senior Research and Learning Advisor
Anjuli previously worked in humanitarian contexts as a researcher, country office manager, surveyor, and program manager.