Family/Community/ School Climate The Power of Emotional Intelligence

1. Family/Community/ School Climate The Power of Emotional Intelligence Marilee Sprenger The Power of Emotional Intelligence

2. The Power of Emotional Intelligence Marilee Sprenger • Today’s Agenda • Non-negotiables • Components of EQ • Musts for communication • Dealing with data Things to Do The Power of Emotional Intelligence

3. 5 Non-negotiables Help Access Emotion and Inspire Learning • Social Interaction • Movement • Meaning/sense • Purpose • Positive Thinking The Power of Emotional Intelligence

4. What is Emotional Intelligence? The capacity for recognizing our own feelings and those of others, for motivating ourselves and others, and for managing emotions in ourselves and others. The Power of Emotional Intelligence

5. Goleman’s EQ Model Personal Competence Social Competence The Power of Emotional Intelligence

6. Self-Awareness • Emotional Self-awareness: reading one’s own emotions and recognizing their impact; using “gut feelings” to guide decisions • Accurate self-assessment: knowing one’s strengths and limits • Self-confidence: a sound sense of one’s self-worth and capabilities The Power of Emotional Intelligence

7. Self-Management • Emotional self-control: keeping disruptive emotions and impulses under control • Adaptability: flexibility in adapting to changing situations or overcoming obstacles • Achievement: the drive to improve performance • Initiative: readiness to act and seize opportunities • Optimism: seeing the upside in events The Power of Emotional Intelligence

8. Three Requirements for Optimism • A compelling vision • A viable support system • Continuous credible evidence of progress The Power of Emotional Intelligence

9. Social Awareness • Empathy: sensing others’ emotions, understanding their perspective, and taking active interest in their concerns • Service: Recognizing and meeting needs of others • Build networks of relationships • Build rapport with others • Find common interests The Power of Emotional Intelligence

10. Relationship Management • Inspirational leadership: guiding and motivating with a compelling vision • Influence: wielding a range of tactics for persuasion • Developing others: bolstering others’ abilities through feedback and guidance • Change catalyst: initiating, managing and leading in a new direction • Conflict management: resolving disagreements • Building bonds: cultivating and maintaining a web of relationships • Teamwork & collaboration: cooperation and team building The Power of Emotional Intelligence

11. EQ Counts Because • All information is filtered by your emotional brain • Emotions are contagious • Emotions are valuable • They provide information, energy, and growth • Emotions are the pathway to motivating students to achieve The Power of Emotional Intelligence

12. Two Ways to Deal with Data • Veridical: dealing with the facts alone leading to one correct answer • Veridical/Adaptive: examining the data and using gut feelings or intuition to derive an answer The Power of Emotional Intelligence

13. PARADIGM SHIFTEducator Focus CONTENT PEOPLE PROCESS PROCESS PEOPLE CONTENT The Power of Emotional Intelligence

14. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE: • Emotional hijacking occurs when we feel endangered. • Insulted or demeaned. • Threat to self-esteem. • Damage to dignity. • Treated unjustly. • Frustrated pursuing a goal. • Have low resiliency. The Power of Emotional Intelligence

15. Emotionally Intelligent Educators: Make the Smart Guess Know Feelings Help with Data *Avoid Amygdala Hijacking *Know Their Emotions are Contagious Live their Values Create Limbic Resonance Build Rapport Use Facts, Symbols, and Emotions to Communicate The Power of Emotional Intelligence

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