Dr. Marc Brackett
D2 Principals
THE MOOD METER |
This year, District Two has been studying Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Social Emotional Learning (SEL). Emotional Intelligence is the ability to monitor one’s own and other’s feelings to discriminate among them, and to use this information to guide one’s thinking and actions. Social Emotional Learning is the process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.
Most recently, our Principals were privileged to have Marc Brackett, Ph.D., founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and Professor in the Child Study Center at Yale University, speak at our Principal’s Conference. Principals have been bringing the EI/SEL learning back to many of our schools. The District is also engaging our Assistant Principals in this work. Why is SEL work important in education? According to The Aspen Institute, “Decades of research in human development, cognitive and behavioral neuroscience, and educational practice and policy, as well as other fields, have illuminated that major domains of human development—social, emotional, cognitive, linguistic, academic—are deeply intertwined in the brain and in behavior. All are central to learning.” One of the tools recently introduced to Principals is the “mood meter.” Click here for an explanation of how the mood meter can enhance learning and yes, there’s an app for that – click here to learn more. As Dr. Brackett says, “Labeling your emotions is key. If you can name it, you can tame it.” |
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Pictured ablove: Superintendent Bonnie Laboy, Bruno, and Anwr
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