Building emotional intelligence (also referred to as EQ) is a critical component within Emotional Insight. Research states that a high EQ has multiple benefits for both students and educators.

Insight refers to the ability to know your emotions and how they affect your thoughts and actions. Gaining insight is an important skill for building self-confidence, self-awareness, and empathy for others. Developing insight also focuses on identifying and applying personal strengths. Finally, insight helps adults and students value how others feel and think differently from themselves (perspective-taking).

In this workshop, participants will learn the difference between emotions and feelings and be provided activities and strategies to increase their emotional literacy. A second critical component within Emotional Insight is identifying and utilizing one’s personal strengths. Participants will take a Strengths Screener to help identify their personal strengths and how to use strengths in our teaching and learning environments. Additionally, emotional awareness development strengthens empathy and connections with others. Together we will engage in activities and discussions to foster both adult and student empathy skills and approaches to learning.

Objectives
Participants will be able to:

• Identify the differences between emotions and feelings
• Apply emotional literacy skills (personally and professionally)
• Identify personal strengths and connect to teaching/learning practices
• Understand types of empathy
• Apply empathic communication skills and practices
• Identify key resources to integrate within instruction to enhance Emotional Insight

Outline 
Day 1: Emotions & Feelings

• What is the difference between emotions and feelings?
• Emotional literacy self-assessment
• Daniel Goleman’s five (5) key components that make up EQ
• Exploring Basic Emotions
• Emotional literacy in the classroom
• Expanding emotional literacy activity practice
• Homework: Take personal strengths self-assessment before start of session 2

Day 2: Strengths, empathy, and my personal plan of action

• What are my personal strengths? How do I use these strengths in both my personal and professional life?
  • Brainstorming personal strengths application
• Importance of Strengths-Based Learning: Building one’s strength bank
• Defining Empathy and Types of empathy
• What is empathic communication?
• Applying empathic communication
  • Teaching empathy
  • Strategies to build empathy (practice/apply)
• Reflection, Sharing, & Plan for Action

Trainer’s Profile

Dr. Oliver is an educational consultant and social-emotional learning expert and trainer based out of Lafayette, IN, USA. For the past thirteen years she has taught in the Graduate School Counseling Program at Butler University. Prior to her current role, she worked as middle school counselor (with experience at the elementary and high school levels too) and served as a grief therapist for children and adolescents ages 3-22. She sees her role as a resource and support for all educators as well as an advocate and source of positive change for the entire school community.

Dr. Oliver is the co-author of Indiana Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Competencies: A Neurodevelopmental Culturally Responsive Framework. She has written and designed three SEL Educator courses, an SEL Specialist Educator course, co-developed nine SEL microcredentials, and co-developed Indiana’s Social-Emotional Wellness Coaching Model.

Methodology

Didactic instruction, scenario application, large and small group discussions, modeling of instruction, self-assessment, verbal and written reflection, and processing activities.

Target Audience

Teachers, counselors, administrators, and other school staff that support students ages 3 – 14

Fees

1 person: SGD400.00 (USD300.00)/person
2 to 4 person: SGD380.00 (USD290.00)/person
5 person & more: SGD360.00 (USD280.00/person)

Other Details
Duration: 2 days, 6 hours
Closing Date:  2 Aug 2023

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