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Emotional Intelligence for Educators

Teacher Professional Development

Emotional Intelligence for Educators

Manage your own emotions, understand what student behaviour is telling you, and keep your relationships strong.

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Workshop Companion

These activities are supplemental practice for the Emotional Intelligence for Educators workshop delivered by Yolande Robinson. Use them before your session to prepare, alongside your workbook during the workshop, or afterwards to revisit and strengthen your understanding.

🔍 Pre-workshop: explore
📖 During: use with workbook
✓ Post-workshop: revisit

Workshop Objectives

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Before your workshop
Pre-Workshop Reflection
A quick check-in to see where you are right now. No pressure, just curiosity.
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After your workshop
Post-Workshop Reflection
Return here after your session to see how your thinking has shifted.
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Both check-ins use the same questions. Your pre results are saved on this device so you can compare afterwards.

Topic Activities
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Topic 1
What is Emotional Intelligence?
Explore what emotional intelligence means, why it matters more in a classroom than almost anywhere else, and what low and high EQ look like in a school.
Knowledge Check Scenario
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Topic 2
Understanding Emotions
Primary and secondary emotions, the three parts of an emotional response, and why what looks like defiance is often shame wearing a louder coat.
Knowledge Check Scenario
Topic 3
The Five Components of EQ
Work through Goleman's five elements as they show up in a classroom: Self-Awareness, Self-Regulation, Motivation, Empathy and Social Skills.
Knowledge Check Scenario
Topic 4
Managing Yourself
Spot your triggers and early warning signs, practise the Four-Step Pause, choose the tools that fit you, and learn what repair sounds like.
Spot the Trigger Knowledge Check Scenario
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Topic 5
Understanding Behaviour in Context
Co-regulation and why safety comes before learning, then the ABC sequence and the four functions of behaviour using EATS.
ABC Practice Spot the Function Scenario
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Topic 6
Difficult Conversations with Parents
Listen first, acknowledge the feeling, find the common ground, and agree a next step. Practise choosing the response that keeps the relationship intact.
Knowledge Check Scenario