Strategies and Practices to Advance
Student Social and Emotional Skills
Policy Paper
Daniel Catarino da Silva
4 December 2024
Expert for the Rethinking Assessment of Social and Emotional Skills
project, OECD
Addresses concerns expressed by multiple
stakeholders regarding SES place in school
settings
Discusses the most recent findings on the
teachability of SES, their impact on life outcomes
and innovative assessment strategies
Proposes strategies and actionable policy
recommendations to ensure high-quality social-
emotional development of students
Policy Paper: from research to practice
Invest in students’ social and emotional development.
Integrate social and emotional learning into current subjects
and activities.
Measure students’ social and emotional skills and the effects
of social-emotional learning initiatives.
Support capacity building and ensure teachers have the time
and planning support they need.
Policy Paper: strategies and policies
Policy Paper: strategies and policies
Type of outcomes Self-control Social problem-
solving Empathy Assertiveness Co-operation
Teachability ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++
Academic
Academic
performance ++++
Academic attainment ++ 0
Labour market
Employment +++
Earnings ++
Job performance +++ ++ +++ ++
Subjective outcomes ++
Quality of life
Life satisfaction + ++ ++ ++
Health ++ ++++
Societal
Civic engagement ++++
Prevention of
antisocial behaviour ++++ ++++ ++
Steponavičius, Gress-Wright & Linzarini (2023)
Invest in students’ social and emotional development.
Integrate social and emotional learning into current subjects
and activities.
Measure students’ social and emotional skills and the effects
of social-emotional learning initiatives.
Support capacity building and ensure teachers have the time
and planning support they need.
Policy Paper: strategies and policies
Policy Paper: strategies and policies
Rafner et al. (2023)
CREA (creativity)
VESIP (social problem-solving)
Russo-Ponsaran et al. (2018)
Invest in students’ social and emotional development.
Integrate social and emotional learning into current subjects
and activities.
Measure students’ social and emotional skills and the effects
of social-emotional learning initiatives.
Support capacity building and ensure teachers have the time
and planning support they need.
Policy Paper: strategies and policies
Policy Paper: for more recommendations and in-depth information
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    Strategies and Practicesto Advance Student Social and Emotional Skills Policy Paper Daniel Catarino da Silva 4 December 2024 Expert for the Rethinking Assessment of Social and Emotional Skills project, OECD
  • 2.
    Addresses concerns expressedby multiple stakeholders regarding SES place in school settings Discusses the most recent findings on the teachability of SES, their impact on life outcomes and innovative assessment strategies Proposes strategies and actionable policy recommendations to ensure high-quality social- emotional development of students Policy Paper: from research to practice
  • 3.
    Invest in students’social and emotional development. Integrate social and emotional learning into current subjects and activities. Measure students’ social and emotional skills and the effects of social-emotional learning initiatives. Support capacity building and ensure teachers have the time and planning support they need. Policy Paper: strategies and policies
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    Policy Paper: strategiesand policies Type of outcomes Self-control Social problem- solving Empathy Assertiveness Co-operation Teachability ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ Academic Academic performance ++++ Academic attainment ++ 0 Labour market Employment +++ Earnings ++ Job performance +++ ++ +++ ++ Subjective outcomes ++ Quality of life Life satisfaction + ++ ++ ++ Health ++ ++++ Societal Civic engagement ++++ Prevention of antisocial behaviour ++++ ++++ ++ Steponavičius, Gress-Wright & Linzarini (2023)
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    Invest in students’social and emotional development. Integrate social and emotional learning into current subjects and activities. Measure students’ social and emotional skills and the effects of social-emotional learning initiatives. Support capacity building and ensure teachers have the time and planning support they need. Policy Paper: strategies and policies
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    Policy Paper: strategiesand policies Rafner et al. (2023) CREA (creativity) VESIP (social problem-solving) Russo-Ponsaran et al. (2018)
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    Invest in students’social and emotional development. Integrate social and emotional learning into current subjects and activities. Measure students’ social and emotional skills and the effects of social-emotional learning initiatives. Support capacity building and ensure teachers have the time and planning support they need. Policy Paper: strategies and policies
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    Policy Paper: formore recommendations and in-depth information
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