Professional Development on Bullying and Impacts on Social and Emotional Growth of Elementary School Students

Abstract

Bullying in elementary schools is a social and emotional issue that affect many young children in today’s society. Professional development for teachers on bullying today is not effective because they lack the proper training. After interviewing elementary school teachers and researching literature reviews, research supports that professional development on bullying is not benefiting students socially and emotionally. Unfortunately, without the proper professional development training, the student’s needs cannot be met. To solve this issue, there are three possible solutions that could be used. Those three solutions include enhancing teacher professional development, improve disciplinary actions, and provide information/resources for students. Due to my research, the best solution to use is enhancing teacher professional development. This option would provide teachers with the necessary resources that can help elementary school students