Creating Emotionally Intelligent Schools-Evidence Based Approach to SEL

Workshop Description:

Join ISCA for an Evidence Based approach to SEL and integrate SEL into your school.  

 Creating Emotionally Intelligent Schools

• Emotions drive learning, decision making, relationships, mental health, and general effectiveness for both children and adults. What we do with our emotions is especially important.
  
• In this presentation Dr. Brackett will review the research on why emotions matter and describe the theory of emotional intelligence, including how it provides a framework to both measure and study the impact of emotions on important life outcomes. 
• He will also will discuss  an evidence-based approach to SEL, RULER, which involves the teaching of emotional intelligence to all stakeholders in schools, including students, teachers, support staff, leaders, and families.
• How SEL decreases aggression and bullying, and enhances school climate, problem-solving skills, empathy, and academic performance will also be a focus.
  
• Additionally, Dr. Brackett will describe the results of a national study of high school students which tapped their current and hoped-for feelings states. The study, conducted in collaboration with Born This Way Foundation, founded by Lady Gaga is part of a national initiative called the Emotion Revolution.
• A related website, InspirEd, which is an open-source resource center for high schools that our team co-created with Facebook also will be presented. 
• He will end the presentation with a call to action for students, educators and policy makers to collectively drive the national conversation that charges schools with increasing their focus on building positive school climates and integrating SEL to improve young people’s prospects for leading happy, healthy, and productive lives. 

Presenter Bio:

His grant-funded research focuses on:

1. The role of emotional intelligence in learning, decision making, relationship quality, and mental health,
2. The measurement of emotional intelligence, and
3. The influences of emotional intelligence training on student and educator effectiveness, bullying prevention, and school climate. Marc also is working with Facebook on a large-scale research project designed to both prevent and decrease online bullying.

 Workshop Schedule:
8:00am-11:00am Workshop
11:00am - Noon Lunch (included)
Noon - 3:00pm Workshop

Auditorium
NIU Naperville (one building campus)
1120 E Diehl Rd
Naperville, IL 60563

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