Emotional Intelligence workshop for educators
Emotional intelligence has been correlated positively with effective management skills by Dan Goleman's groundbreaking research into emotional intelligence (EQ).
Goleman has popularised Emotional Intelligence and conducted extensive research demonstrating that effective managers have higher EQ than ineffective managers. He provides us with instruments to measure Emotional Intelligence and claims that EQ can be raised with proper instruction, however he does not provide techniques to improve EQ. Cognitive Behavioural techniques (CBT) have demonstrated that tested cognitive, behavioural and emotive techniques can reduce emotional disturbance and increase effective performance. These techniques are tailor made not only for teaching managers, but can be particularly useful to teachers and other educators in helping themselves and students to increase their EQ.
This workshop will explain the relationship between Emotional Intelligence and CBT. Demonstrations, role-playing and discussion will provide participants with the techniques and strategies to improve their self-management and the management of others.
Join us in learning:
- To be more aware of your emotions and the emotions of others
- To manage your unhealthy emotional reactions
- To see the relationship between your thoughts and feelings
- To deal more effectively with difficult students
- To improve your relationships with colleagues, supervisors and students
- To manage boring tasks without frustration.
Course outline
- Introduction: Content and objectives
- The role of emotions in the education
- Introduction to concepts of Emotional Intelligence and its importance to education
- The ABC model and its relationship to efficiency and productivity
- Changing cognitions and learning new behaviour
- Persisting in the face of frustrations
- Thinking clearly under stress
- Transferring new learning to students
- Techniques for change: communication, empathy, discussion and activities
- Coping with resistance
- Peer supervision and role-playing.
Dates for future course will be advised on the website.
