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Description

Housing instability can greatly impact students academic success, behavior, and overall well being. Educators are often in a position to recognize when students may be facing housing instability, but their effectiveness depends on their support, knowledge, confidence, and access to school resources. This project examines educators preparedness to support students who are facing housing instability through a survey accessing knowledge of community resources, confidence in assessing students, understanding referral processes, and comfort communicating with families. This also explores barriers that could be faced; such as workload, stress and limited support from administrators. Demographic information, including years of experience, education level, and gender is collected as well to see if these factors related to preparedness or confidence. The goal of this project is to identify strengths as well as gaps in school support and educator knowledge in the school systems. The findings can be relevant to helping schools provide clear guidance, improve training, and better connect families to housing resources.

Publication Date

4-30-2026

Keywords

Housing instability, educator preparedness, school support systems

Educator Preparedness and School Support in Addressing Student Housing Instability

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