Revamping Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) in the Classroom with Technology

Presented by Kasey Bradley, School Counselor, Southside Elementary, Bedford County, TN; and Jordan Tatom, School Counselor, Liberty School, Bedford County, TN
Hosted by Monte Tatom, Associate Professor of Education, Freed-Hardeman University, TN

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Teaching social and emotional skills can be challenging for preservice teachers. It is crucial for students to learn how to effectively manage their emotions. When students understand how to apply social and emotional skills it allows them to set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions. This is something that needs to take place in the classroom!

In this edWebinar, school counselors Kasey Bradley and Jordan Tatom provide resources through technology that can be implemented in the classroom by preservice teachers to help foster strong social and emotional learning.

About the Presenters

Kasey Bradley is the professional school counselor at Southside Elementary School in Bedford County, TN. Kasey has an undergraduate degree in special education and early childhood education. She is also completing her Masters in School Counseling. Kasey has worked as a middle school behavior modification teacher, middle school math teacher, and fourth grade elementary school teacher.

Jordan Tatom, M.Ed. is the professional school counselor at Liberty School, K-8, in Bedford County, TN. Jordan has been a professional school counselor since 2011. He is also licensed as an aspiring administrator and is working towards his Ed.S. in educational leadership through Lipscomb University as a Tennessee Transformational Leadership Alliance Fellow. Jordan is the 2018-19 president of the South Tennessee Counseling Association, a branch of the Tennessee Counseling Association. He was named the 2018 School Counselor of the Year by the Tennessee School Counselor Association and Tennessee Counselor Association.

About the Host
Dr. Monte Tatom received his Ed.D. in educational administration at Auburn University. He has been in K-12 education for 26 years as a teacher, assistant principal, principal, and coordinator of staff development. He retired from Mobile County Public School System in December 2005. He began working at Freed-Hardeman University (FHU) in January 2006. He is an associate professor of education within the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences at FHU. He currently has over 13 years in higher education. Dr. Tatom assisted in building the online M.Ed. in Instructional Technology that began summer 2017. He has actively been involved in educational technology since taking his first computer course at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, AL during spring 1983 (EDM 510: Micro-computing Systems in Education).

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