Graduate Research Assistant - Consortium for Mental Health & Optimal Development
The mission of the Consortium for Mental Health and Optimal Development at Penn Graduate School of Education is to work in partnership with school leaders to support the mental health and development of all stakeholders at all levels of school communities. Through a unique environment that utilizes resources to bridge research and practice, we support school leaders to be better prepared, informed, and equipped to make strategic decisions around supporting their school by providing access to experts in the field, structured time to design in-depth and contextualized strategic plans informed by cutting-edge research alongside mental health experts and other educational leaders, and ongoing support throughout the academic year to ensure successful implementation. Our consortium values the expertise of its members and our unique model utilizes the knowledge and contextual experiences to develop programming to meet their needs as part of a reciprocal partnership. My role as a graduate research assistant is to provide school districts with research and evidence-based resources related to technology and mental health outcomes. I am specifically interested in Impacts of Computing and digital literacy coursework that integrates student mental health and social-emotional learning.
