Patricia Jennings

This study was a test of the Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE) professional development program that was developed with funding from a previous IES Development award. CARE is designed to enhance teachers' capacity to provide a supportive and engaging context for social-emotional and academic learning. CARE provides emotion skills instruction, mindfulness/stress reduction practices, and caring and listening practices through group sessions and distance coaching. The pur...

In this study, the research team completed the development of the Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE) professional development program to enhance teachers' capacity to provide a supportive and engaging social and emotional context for academic learning. Teachers must provide their students with effective instruction in academic content while simultaneously dealing with the emotions, behaviors, and social exchanges of their students through effective classroom management ...