In the age of uncertainty…
‘It is not the
strongest of the
species that
survive, nor the
most intelligent,
but the one most
responsive to
change.’
Charles Darwin
‘EMOTIONAL
INTELLIGENCE’
Jackie Beere
People will forget what you say,
people will forget what you do but people will
never forget how you made them feel.
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
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.
UI
CI
Habit
UC
CC
Neuroscience - the brain is an
emotional organ
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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
Learning
to learn
SEAL is the glue….
PERSONALISED
LEARNING
Independent
learning
PLTS (personal
learning and
thinking skills)
Social cohesion
A NEW
CURRICULUM
TO ENGAGE
LEARNERS
SEAL
Emotionally
Your vision,
your ethos,
intelligent
your culture,
your school
leadership
SOCIAL AND
EMOTIONAL
ASPECTS OF
LEARNING
ASSESSMENT
FOR LEARNING
Tracking and
monitoring
for
intervention
The competency
curriculum - PLTS
Collaborative
learning
EVERY CHILD
MATTERS
Attendance/
inclusion
Behaviour for
learning
EQ - a different kind of intelligence
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Self management
Self awareness
Persistence/resilience
Deferred gratification
Mood control
Stress management
Empathy
Optimism
Core skills- for students and staff
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Self awareness
Understanding
and managing the
emotions
Motivation
Social skills
Empathy
Self portrait
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Self assess
Praise and advice
Reflect and review
Expose yourself!
Self-disclosure feeds emotionally intelligent leadership
OPEN
– everyone knows
HIDDEN
– you know
BLIND –
others know
UNKNOWN
(yet)
– no-one knows
You are your habits
What are yours?
Staff, Students
Leaders
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habits for success.ppt
What is the
impact?
What learning experiences will
deliver these habits?
Teaching
Curriculum
Self assessment/peer assessment
Collaborative?
Facilitating/coaching
Language
for learning
PLTs
Co-designed? Integrate the
Active and interactive
Team working
Strong social context?
Student centred
Group work – allow storming
Cross curricular?
IndependentReflection
enquiry
Creative focus
Modular?
Self management
Challenging
Tentative? (Community
of
Reflective
learning
Mistakes as learning experiences
enquiry)
Effective participation
Creative thinking
Vertical tutoring/teaching?
Students talking
Confident
Individuals
Assessment for
Learning
A competency curriculum
that develops the PLTs:
Responsible
Citizens
Teamworkers
Effective participators
Independent Enquirers,
Reflective learners
Self Managers
Creative Thinkers
Effective
Learners
Self-awareness
Empathy
Managing feelings
SEAL
Motivation
Social skills
The 21st century learning school – J Beere
© Jackie Beere 2009
A lesson that develop EQ...
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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
How does EQ create great teachers?
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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!
Easier to teach stuff than ways of thinking - Gardner
Students as leaders and
independent learners
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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!
More metacognition
Do lots of DIRT
Dedicated improvement and
reflection time
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.
Our leaders can hijack
our emotional state
very easily
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Accountability
fast-tracks to
the emotional
hard drive
How we are
made to
‘feel’ by
others is
vital for
health and
happiness
Outstanding schools:
The
limbic part of the
Being valued,system
feeling
- our
emotional hard
community,
Emotions
drive.
are a sense of pride
and belonging.
The leader has
contagious
the strongest
impact on the
emotional
climate
Creating the emotional climate
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Distributing power
Trust
Love
Humour
Transparency
Taking responsibility (all)
What EQ qualities do leaders
need?
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Self Awareness
Read emotions
Create rapport
Project positive emotions
Challenge and empower
What drives me?
What holds me back?
What makes me happy?
Create your timeline
You
started
teaching
2010
Jackie Beere
Crown house
Publications
Teaching is the
best way of
learning....
‘The Primary Learner’s Toolkit’
‘Creating the Learning School’
‘The Perfect Ofsted Lesson’
Thank you for listening
jackie.beere@virgin.net
www.jackiebeere.com