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As a teacher I will make sure to be understanding of the students who need more time to develop their skills. I will also prioritize emotional responses when something is a problem rather than focusing on the academic skills right away. emotional well being is more important.

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I think that my emotional intelligence could always be improving. For me I want to work on my ability to let things go. I do well at understanding my emotions but being able to let them go is really challenging for me.

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Emotional intelligence is more important than I originally thought. Now through my own experiences and also reading more into emotional intelligence I realize it is even more important because in order to be successful you need emotional intelligence.

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One time my class was really bad while we had a sub. My teacher when she got back explained how it could have hurt the sub but also explained her own emotions towards how she lost trust. She tried to help us understand her emotions and understood how the sub may feel when the class acted out. Our teacher in no way was out of control and she even considered our feelings when the sub was there. This is a sign of a strong emotional intelligence

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When working this summer at a summer camp, there was a boy who struggled managing his emotions. If a student told on him and then you would kindly go over just to give him a reminder he would have a ten minute explosion and not be able to explain why he was frustrated. Even if you asked him he couldn't talk and identify how he was feeling and what made him that upset. Emotional intelligence is a skill he struggled with.

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"emotional intelligence can be worked on it just takes grit to work on it" - Kate Karafotas

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This song is about trying to understand emotions. It shares how someone may be thinking one thing but they show their emotions ineffectively. This connects to a struggle that can come with not having emotional intelligence.

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Recognize and understand your own emotions and recognize and understand others emotions.

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Emotional Intelligence leads to:

Reduced behavior problems

Positive self image

Ability to control stress and depression

Ability to let go

Ability to explain emotions

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Increased academic success

Awareness of strengths and weaknesses

Curiosity about other people

Care for other people in class and how they feel

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Emotional intelligence helps you communicate

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-Adults can actually lose emotional intelligence because they forget the skills they learned as children to help emotional intelligence.

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She really encapsulates the idea that you are your own harshest critic with the words "You say I am strong, but I think I am weak." Emotional Intelligence is about a positive self image and being comfortable with who you are, but this song shows the struggle that many people face.

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One skill of Emotional Intelligence is the ability to let something go. Elsa encourages "Letting it go!" She also says "cant hold it back anymore" this shows a struggle of a person without strong emotional intelligence skills. If someone cannot hold it back anymore often they have a outburst of emotions.

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FROZEN - Let It Go Sing-along - Official Disney UK.mp4

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"Teachers need to take risks to get better. It can be hard to incorporate SEL but it is so important" -Edutopia

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There are 5 different pillars of Social and Emotional Learning so there are ways to improve each pillar:

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There are 5 different pillars of Social and Emotional Learning so there are ways to improve each pillar:

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Self awareness: journaling, reflections, circles

Self management- Breathing, meditation coming up with tools

Social Awareness- Weekend whiparounds

Relationship skills- built by project based learning

Responsible decision- debates, talking about situations

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Check-in with students so they know that you care about them