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Foreword by Linda Lantieri,
Director, NY Office of the
Collaborative for Academic, Social,
and Emotional Learning (CASEL).
- Do you understand how emotions affect your classroom?
- Have you ever had to "cool down" in class so that you didn't yell at a student?
- Has a student's sudden progress ever inspired you?
- Have you ever been so upset after dealing with a difficult parent that you couldn't concentrate?
This book will help you better understand how to deal with these and other everyday classroom experiences where effective management of emotions-both yours and the students-can play a critical role in fostering emotional well being and academic performance. Your increased understanding of emotions and the exercises contained within this valuable resource will impact on the teaching-learning process.
Here's what the experts had to say....
"When it comes to helping children master emotional intelligence skills, it all starts with understanding emotions. Claudia Shelton and Robin Stern have mapped a masterful, engaging, and practical road to helping teachers help their students become more emotionally aware."
-Daniel Goleman, author, Emotional Intelligence
"All excellent teachers have an instinct for social emotional learning, but Robin Stern and Claudia Shelton have created an invaluable guidebook for all teachers-beginners and seasoned pros. They provide a portfolio of techniques and exercises that will be invaluable for any teacher, and present their work in a way that models the self understanding that they urge for children and teachers in America's classrooms."
-Gardner Dunnan, Assistant Provost for Special Projects, Columbia University &
Headmaster for The School at Columbia University
"This book is both a conceptual foundation for a lifetime process of emotional education and a "how-to" handbook for the experienced teacher ... Filled with pragmatic techniques for bringing students to an awareness of their own feelings, its exercises are easy to understand and apply to a variety of ages and styles. The basic assumption of the authors is that teachers want to address the learner and the learning process with as much respect and dignity as possible; they provide explicit direction for such an undertaking."
-Jane Shipp, Head, Renbrook School, CT
"As my students develop some of the social and emotional skills...they develop a broader range of decision-making tools. This enables them to more frequently...and confidently join other students-both on the playground and in academic classes."
-Judy Lerner, Special Education Teacher
"You can't differentiate the classroom to meet the needs of different learners without self-awareness, and particularly emotional awareness. Building these basic skills can make a significant difference in the climate and attentiveness of students...as well as in the effectiveness of communication between teachers."
-Denelle Kagan, Elementary School Teacher
Table of Contents
Chapter 1:
Emotional Awareness Builds Learning and Teaching Power
Chapter 2:
Teachable Moments in Your Classroom
Chapter 3:
Differentiating the Experience of Emotion
Chapter 4:
Differentiating Intensity of Feelings
Chapter 5:
Building Basic Skills
Chapter 6:
Accessing Emotional Information
Chapter 7:
Differentiating Sources of Stress
Chapter 8:
Developing Innersense
Chapter 9:
The Reality Check-Peer Feedback
Chapter 10:
Emotional Technology
Chapter 11:
Media Lessons
Chapter 12:
Meet a Master Teacher
Chapter 13:
Developing Self-Aware Teachers
Chapter 14:
Roadmap to a Self-Aware School
Chapter 15:
It All Starts with a Teacher!
Glossary
Bibliography
Resources
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