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During fall 2024, you will visit each participating classroom twice, about 4 weeks apart. During each visit, you will record normal classroom instruction (including some SEL-related instruction) for 40 minutes and complete the SELOC-E for two 15-minute observation periods. All observations must be complete by the end of December 2024.
During fall 2024, you will visit each participating classroom twice, about 4 weeks apart. During each visit, you will record normal classroom instruction (including some SEL-related instruction) for 40 minutes and complete the SELOC-E for two 15-minute observation periods. All observations must be complete by the end of December 2024.
Please do not begin classroom data collection until the SELOC-E team confirms that we have received the following items:
Please do not begin classroom data collection until the SELOC-E team confirms that we have received the following items:
- Completed student consent materials for each participating classroom
- Active/opt-in consent schools: student consent tracker returned via upload, guardian permission and student assent forms received via postal mail
- Passive/opt-out consent schools: student consent tracker returned via upload, guardian opt-out forms received via postal mail
- Completed teacher consent form for each participating classroom
- Test video with adequate image and audio quality for each classroom
- Completed SEL Leader Training, including Reliability Surveys #1, 2, and 3 from Part 3
Before each classroom visit:
Work with your classroom teacher to schedule your classroom visit at a time when the teacher expects to be providing some SEL-related instruction.
Confirm that your classroom teacher has completed the Student Consent Process. Conduct a SELOC-E classroom visit ONLY IF the teacher has received a SELOC-E parent permission form AND a student assent form for at least 80% of students in the classroom.
Make sure you bring at least two paper copies of the SELOC-E Observation Sheet to each classroom visit. Paper copies were mailed to your school, but you can print more by clicking here: SELOC-E Observation Sheet.
During each classroom visit:
Set up for recording, as described in pages 2-3 of the SELOC-E Technology Instructions (available here). Remember to position the camera at the side of the classroom to allow the camera to capture both the teacher and their interactions with the students.
Work with your classroom teacher to identify students without parent permission and/or student assent for SELOC-E video-recording; position these students outside of the camera’s view.
As described on pages 5-6 of the SELOC-E Technology Instructions (available here) and shown below, observe for two 15-minute observation periods, taking a 5-minute break between consecutive observation periods.
During each 15-minute observation period, take factual notes (quotes, descriptions) in the space next to the SELOC-E indicators; this will improve your accuracy.
During each 5-minute break, use your notes to mark the SELOC-E indicators that you observed during the 15-minute period that just ended.
Hold the green/start card in front of the camera when you are starting each 15-minute observation period and hold the red/stop card in front of the camera when you are ending each 15-minute observation period.
Video-record the teacher and students continuously throughout your visit—do not stop and start the recording.
Make sure you finish completing your SELOC-E forms before you leave the classroom, since accurate recall decreases as time passes.
At the end of each classroom visit, you should have two completed SELOC-E forms (one for each 15-minute observation period).
After each classroom visit:
Use the Genius Scan app on the iPad to scan the completed SELOC-E forms to your secure SELOC-E SharePoint folder. (For detailed instructions, see pages 7-12 of the SELOC-E Technology Instructions (available here).
Figure 1: Two 40-minute classroom visits, about one month apart
Please email yaleseloc@yale.edu with any data collection questions or concerns.
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