EQ + IQ = Best Leadership Practices for Caring and Successful Schools

Edited by:

Maurice J. Elias - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA, Academy for SEL in Schools, The Social-Emotional and Character Development Lab, SEL4US.org
Harriett Arnold - University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA, USA
Cynthia Steiger Hussey - Monroe Township Public Schools, NJ

Other Titles in:
Leadership | School Counselling | Teaching Emotional Literacy

January 2003 | 264 pages | Corwin

`Particularly interesting is the section on "Making It Happen in Your School", in which the editors make a powerful case for specifically addressing emotional learning as a skill area. They tell of the Massachusetts school superintendent who found that "parents and community members were at least as interested in having children living in the community who were kind, caring, and non-violent as they were in having kids who were smart". Every UK headteacher will nod agreement. There's enormous interest in emotional intelligence and brain-friendly learning, and this book is an excellent contribution to the debate' - Gerald Haigh, Times Educational Supplement

`Schools cannot teach character . . . School have to create an environment that models and promotes character development, and then they have to allow the children to 'catch' character from the behavior of the adults and students around them' - From Chapter 1 by James P Comer

Combining emotional intelligence (EQ) with academic intelligence (IQ) is the essential key to developing knowledgeable, caring, healthy, and successful students in today's troubled world. In some situations, however, these skills are not being taught at home, and the crucial connection that enables students to retain what they learn for life, while creating a classroom atmosphere filled with proficient, civic-minded students of sound judgment is never fully developed.

In this dynamic new book, today's educational leaders offer their best ideas for building school communities that are safe, smart, caring, successful, and emotionally intelligent.

Some key topics discussed include:

- Transforming the Lives of Children, (James P Comer)

- Leadership for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, (Mary Utne O'Brien, Roger P Weissberg, Timothy P Shriver)

- How New Knowledge About the Brain Applies to Social and Emotional Learning, (Ronald S Brandt)

- A Vision of Schools with Heart and Spirit, (Linda Lantieri)

- Institutionalizing Programming for Social and Emotional Learning, (Linda Bruene Butler, Jeffrey S Kress, Jacqueline A Norris)

- Implementing a Social and Emotional Learning Program, (Carol Apacki)

Preface

About the Editors

About the Contributors

Part I: Why Schools Must Address EQ and IQ to Be Successful

Introduction: EQ, IQ, and Effective Learning and Citizenship

Maurice Elias, Harriet Arnold, Cynthia Steiger Hussey

James P. Comer

1. Transforming the Lives of Children

Mary Utne O'Brien, Roger P. Weissberg, Timothy P. Shriver

2. Educational Leadership for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning

Marcia Knoll and Janet Patti

3. Social-Emotional Learning and Academic Achievement

Alan M. Blankstein

4. Lessons for Life: How Smart Schools Boost Academic, Social, and Emotional Intelligence

Ronald S. Brandt

5. How New Knowledge About the Brain Applies to Social and Emotional Learning

Part II: Creating Learning Communities by Enhancing Schools' SEL/EQ: Examples From Practice

Maurice Elias, Harriett Arnold, Cynthia Steiger Hussey

Introduction: If They Can Do It, Why Can't You?

Linda Lantieri

6. Waging Peace in Our Schools: The Resolving Conflict Creatively Program

Sharon Rose Powell, Margo Ross

7. Building Capacity From Within: Changing the Adult Working Environment in Our Schools

Catherine Lewis, Marilyn Watson, Eric Schaps

8. Building Community In School: The Child Development Project

Norris M. Haynes

9. Educating for Social, Emotional, and Academic Development: The Comer School Development Program

Mindy Cohen, Bruce Ettinger, Terry O'Donnell

10.The Children's Institute Model for Building the Social-Emotional Skills of Students in Special Education: A Schoolwide Approach

Frank Wallace

11. Social-Emotional Learning at North Country School: Resourcefulness, Ruggedness, and Resilience

Chana Shadmi and Bilha Noy

12. Promoting Students' Social-Emotional and Intellectual Well-Being and the School as an Ecosystem: From Program to Way of Life

Part III: Making It Happen In Your School: Implementation Guidelines

Maurice Elias, Harriett Arnold, Cynthia Steiger Hussy

Introduction: Learning From Others, Connecting to Others

Linda Lantieri

13. A Vision of Schools With Heart and Spirit: How to Get There

Linda Bruene Butler, Jeffrey S. Kress, Jacqueline A. Norris

14. Institutionalizing Programming for Social-Emotional Learning: Lessons and Illustrations From the Field

Carol Apacki

15. Implementing a Social-Emotional Learning Program: Stories From Schools

Resource A: Assessment Tools for Applying Social-Emotional Learning and Emotional Intelligence to Oneself and One's Students

Resource B: Resources for Building Learning Communities Through Social-Emotional Learning and Emotional Intelligence

Index

"Schools cannot teach character . . . Schools have to create an environment that models and promotes character development, and then they have to allow the children to ‘catch’ character from the behavior of the adults and students around them."

James P. Comer, Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry

Yale Child Study Center

"There's enormous interest in emotional intelligence and brain-friendly learning, and this book is an excellent contribution to the debate."

The Times Educational Supplement, UK Editorial, 2003

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