Meeting the Challenge for Educational Excellence, What General and Special Education Teachers and Support Personnel say about Addressing the Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Needs of Iowa's Students, October 1999

(1999) Meeting the Challenge for Educational Excellence, What General and Special Education Teachers and Support Personnel say about Addressing the Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Needs of Iowa's Students, October 1999. Education, Department of

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Abstract

Are Iowa educators being prepared to teach students whose emotional status hinders their ability to learn, whose social competence weakens their ability to develop friendships, and whose behavior interferes with their own academic achievement as well as the learning and safety of others? In an attempt to answer this question, 365 general education teachers, special education teachers, and support/related services personnel (recent graduates of Iowa institutions of higher education) first rated the Importance of 23 specific skills that addressed the social, emotional, and behavioral needs of students. Second, the recent graduates rated their level of Preparedness in relationship to each skill. Next, they described those aspects of their preservice education program which were most helpful and recommended ways to improve preservice personnel preparation programs. Finally, they indicated the type of continuing education programs they prefer Recent graduates were randomly selected, and data were collected in the Spring of 1998.