In the age of uncertainty …

1. In the age of uncertainty… ‘EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE’ Jackie Beere ‘It is not the strongestof the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.’ Charles Darwin

2. People will forget what you say, people will forget what you do but people will never forget how you made them feel.

3. Emotional Intelligence: adding real value to learning Objectives of the session: •  What does Emotional Intelligence look like in schools? • To understand how to develop E.I. in the young people we teach and why we need to • To consider the qualities and characteristics of emotionally intelligent school & classroom leadership An outstanding, inspirational leader

4. SEAL (social and emotional aspects of learning) – ‘the most important thing to happen in education for 100 years’ Cambridge Assessment research found that EI was significant factor in value added outcomes.

5. Neuroscience - the brain is an emotional organ Cerebral cortex - value driven and can only process what the limbic system lets in Limbic system – gatekeeper - responds to what is emotionally meaningful/valued Reptilian brain – basic survival - all that is left to us under stress

6. The competency curriculum - PLTS SEAL is the glue…. Learning to learn Social cohesion A NEW CURRICULUM TO ENGAGE LEARNERS PERSONALISED LEARNING Independent learning Emotionally intelligent leadership SEAL Your vision, your ethos, your culture, your school SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL ASPECTS OF LEARNING PLTS (personal learning and thinking skills) Collaborative learning ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING EVERY CHILD MATTERS Tracking and monitoring for intervention Behaviour for learning Attendance/ inclusion

7. Self management Self awareness Persistence/resilience Deferred gratification Mood control Stress management Empathy Optimism EQ - a different kind of intelligence

8. Core skills- for students and staff Self awareness Understanding and managing the emotions Motivation Social skills Empathy

9. Self portrait • Self assess • Praise and advice • Reflect and review

10. Expose yourself!Self-disclosure feeds emotionally intelligent leadership

11. Staff, Students Leaders ..\Jackies laptop\EQ\10 habits for success.ppt What is the impact? You are your habits What are yours?

12. Teaching Self assessment/peer assessment Facilitating/coaching Language for learning Active and interactive Student centred Group work – allow storming Reflection Creative focus Challenging Mistakes as learning experiences Vertical tutoring/teaching? Students talking Curriculum Collaborative? Co-designed? Strong social context? Cross curricular? Modular? Tentative? (Community of enquiry) What learning experiences will deliver these habits? Integrate the PLTs Team working Independent enquiry Self management Reflective learning Effective participation Creative thinking

13. Confident Individuals Assessment for Learning A competency curriculum that develops the PLTs: Teamworkers Effective participators Independent Enquirers, Reflective learners Self Managers Creative Thinkers Responsible Citizens Effective Learners Self-awareness Empathy Motivation SEAL Managing feelings Social skills The 21st century learning school – J Beere © Jackie Beere 2009

14. A lesson that develop EQ... Music, laughter, fun for mood enhancement Metacognition/reflection to be clear about targets Re-inforcement of great habits – explicitly Self reflection for self awareness Peer support to enhance empathy Challenge and frustration to enhance courage and practise deferred gratification Install a belief that it can happen

15. How does EQ create great teachers? Easier to teach stuff than ways of thinking - Gardner • Self aware/self disciplined • Takes feedback, takes responsibility • Learns from mistakes – resilient • Creative – open to new ideas • Reflective • Curious about learning • Uses variety, humour, novelty shamelessly • Persistent - knows they can cultivate intelligence • Self belief - they have a mission!

16. Students as leaders and independent learners • Co-designing the learning • Self differentiating, setting their own success criteria • Teaching and coaching each other • Letting them take responsibility • Working harder and talking more (on task) than you do Only babies need spoon feeding!

17. More meta-cognition Do lots of DIRT Dedicated improvement and reflection time

18. The perfect Ofsted lesson? Progress is at least good for different groups of students and exemplary for some students. Engagement with content and excited by tasks Resilience and independence demonstrated by students Focus on the quality of learning Students demonstrate excellent concentration and are rarely off task even for extended periods without adult direction Effective assessment used AS learning in a variety of ways Challenging activities create a commitment to succeed in all aspects of school life and the students ability to extend and improve their learning are exceptional. Technology, other adults, prior learning and other resources contribute to the learning progress of students.

19. Accountability fast-tracks to the emotional hard drive Outstanding schools: Being valued, feeling part of the community, a sense of pride and belonging. How we are made to ‘feel’ by others is vital for health and happiness Our leaders can hijack our emotional state very easily . The limbic system - our emotional hard drive. Emotions are contagious The leader has the strongest impact on the emotional climate

20. Creating the emotional climate • Distributing power • Trust • Love • Humour • Transparency • Taking responsibility (all)

21. What EQ qualities do leaders need? • Self Awareness • Read emotions • Create rapport • Project positive emotions • Challenge and empower What drives me? What holds me back? What makes me happy?

22. Create your timeline You started teaching 2010

23. Jackie BeereCrown house Publications ‘The Primary Learner’s Toolkit’ ‘Creating the Learning School’ ‘The Perfect Ofsted Lesson’ Teaching is the best way of learning....

24. Thank you for listening jackie.beere@virgin.net www.jackiebeere.com