The Educator's Guide to Emotional Intelligence and Academic Achievement

Preface Acknowledgments About the Editors About the Contributors Introduction: About This Book Part I: THE FUNDAMENTAL CONNECTION OF SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING/EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, AND THE PROCESS OF LEARNING 1. The Connection Between Academic and Social-Emotional Learning - Maurice J. Elias 2. Brain Development and Social-Emotional Learning: An Introduction for Educators - Carol A. Kusche & Mark T. Greenberg 3. Multiple Intelligences and Emotional Intelligence: Finding Common Ground in the Classroom - Thomas Hatch & Mindy L. Kornhaber Part II: HOW SEL/EI CREATES SYNERGY IN KEY CONTEXTS IN EDUCATION: SERVICE AND CITIZENSHIP, SCHOOL-TO-WORK, HEALTH, TEACHER PREPARATION, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 4. The Connection Between Character, Service, and Social-Emotional Learning: - Sheldon Berman & Mary Hansberry McCarthy 5. From School to Work: Social and Emotional Learning as the Vital Connection - Cary Cherniss & Daniel Goleman 6. Physical Health, Social-Emotional Skills, and Academic Success are Inseparable - Susan F. Wooley & Marcia A. Rubin 7. Addressing Social-Emotional Education in Teacher Education - Janet Patti 8. Raising Your New Teacher's Emotional Intelligence: How Using Social-Emotional Competencies Can Make Your First Year of Teaching Less Stressful and More Successful - Rose Reissman 9.The Professional Inquiry Kit: One Avenue for Exploring, Enhancing, and Applying Emotional Intelligence in Schools - Pam Robbins Part III: EDUCATORS TELL THEIR STORIES: HOW TO BRING SEL/EI INTO CLASSROOMS 10. I Can Problem Solve: An Interpersonal Cognitive Problem-Solving Approach for Children - Myrna B. Shure 11. Teaching Preschool Children Coping Skills for Stress Management - Gloria S. Elder & Jennie C. Trotter 12. Morning Meeting: Teaching the Art of Caring Conversation - Roxann Kriete 13. Raising Healthy Children: School Intervention Strategies to Develop Prosocial Behaviors - Kevin Haggerty & Carol Cummings 14. Social Decision Making/Social Problem Solving: A Theoretically Sound, Evidence-Based Framework for SEL in the Classroom - Linda Bruene Butler & Victoria Poedubicky 15. Inside Open Circle - Beverly J. Koteff & Pamela Seigle 16. Teaching Emotional Literacy in Elementary School Classrooms: The PATHS Curriculum - Carol A. Kusche & Mark T. Greenberg 17. The Second-Step Program: Social-Emotional Skills for Violence Prevention - Joan Cole Duffell, Kathy Beland, and Karin Frey 18. Fostering Caring, Character, and Responsibility in Schools - Susan Carroll Keister 19. Teaching Life Skills in the Schools - Steven J. Danish & Tanya Forneris 20. Read and Serve: Student-Centered Service Learning and Literacy - Rose Reissman 21. Heroes to the Rescue: Reaching the Roots of Learning - Eliot Rosenbloom & Ann Medlock 22. The "Best Practices in Prevention" Curriculum: Foundational Life Skills for General and Special Education - Ellen Dietz, Joanne Glancy, & Mike Dobbins 23. Teenage Health Teaching Modules: Social-Emotional Learning in the Context of Health Education - Christine Blaber 24. Facing History and Ourselves - Martin E. Sleeper & Margot Stern Strom 25. The "Senior Passage" Course - Rachael Kessler Epilogue Index