EQ plus IQ equals best leadership practices for caring and successful schools

"Schools cannot teach character . . . School have to create an environment that models and promotes character development, and then they have to allow the children to ′catch′ character from the behavior of the adults and students around them." —From Chapter 1 by James P. Comer Let today′s educational leaders show you how to create a safe, healthy, and successful classroom community! Combining emotional intelligence (EQ) with academic intelligence (IQ) is the essential key to developing knowledgeable, caring, healthy, and successful students in today′s troubled world. Social-emotional skills often are not taught at home, but they are in fact the crucial connection that enables students to master and retain content knowledge while also creating a classroom atmosphere filled with proficient, civic-minded students with sound judgment and problem-solving skills that will last a lifetime. In this dynamic book, today′s educational leaders offer their best ideas for building school communities that are safe, smart, caring, successful, and emotionally intelligent. Key topics include: Transforming the Lives of Children (James P. Comer) Leadership for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (Mary Utne O′Brien, Roger P. Weissberg, Timothy P. Shriver) How New Knowledge About the Brain Applies to Social and Emotional Learning (Ronald S. Brandt) A Vision of Schools with Heart and Spirit (Linda Lantieri) Institutionalizing Programming for Social and Emotional Learning (Linda Bruene Butler, Jeffrey S. Kress, Jacqueline A. Norris) Implementing a Social and Emotional Learning Program (Carol Apacki) PrefaceAbout the EditorsAbout the ContributorsPart I: Why Schools Must Address EQ and IQ to Be Successful Introduction: EQ, IQ, and Effective Learning and Citizenship - Maurice Elias, Harriet Arnold, Cynthia Steiger Hussey1. Transforming the Lives of Children - James P. Comer2. Educational Leadership for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning - Mary Utne O'Brien, Roger P. Weissberg, Timothy P. Shriver3. Social-Emotional Learning and Academic Achievement - Marcia Knoll and Janet Patti4. Lessons for Life: How Smart Schools Boost Academic, Social, and Emotional Intelligence - Alan M. Blankstein5. How New Knowledge About the Brain Applies to Social and Emotional Learning - Ronald S. BrandtPart II: Creating Learning Communities by Enhancing Schools' SEL/EQ: Examples From PracticeIntroduction: If They Can Do It, Why Can't You? - Maurice Elias, Harriett Arnold, Cynthia Steiger Hussey6. Waging Peace in Our Schools: The Resolving Conflict Creatively Program - Linda Lantieri7. Building Capacity From Within: Changing the Adult Working Environment in Our Schools - Sharon Rose Powell, Margo Ross8. Building Community In School: The Child Development Project - Catherine Lewis, Marilyn Watson, Eric Schaps9. Educating for Social, Emotional, and Academic Development: The Comer School Development Program - Norris M. Haynes10.The Children's Institute Model for Building the Social-Emotional Skills of Students in Special Education: A Schoolwide Approach - Mindy Cohen, Bruce Ettinger, Terry O'Donnell11. Social-Emotional Learning at North Country School: Resourcefulness, Ruggedness, and Resilience - Frank Wallace12. Promoting Students' Social-Emotional and Intellectual Well-Being and the School as an Ecosystem: From Program to Way of Life - Chana Shadmi and Bilha NoyPart III: Making It Happen In Your School: Implementation GuidelinesIntroduction: Learning From Others, Connecting to Others - Maurice Elias, Harriett Arnold, Cynthia Steiger Hussy13. A Vision of Schools With Heart and Spirit: How to Get There - Linda Lantieri14. Institutionalizing Programming for Social-Emotional Learning: Lessons and Illustrations From the Field - Linda Bruene Butler, Jeffrey S. Kress, Jacqueline A. Norris15. Implementing a Social-Emotional Learning Program: Stories From Schools - Carol ApackiResource A: Assessment Tools for Applying Social-Emotional Learning and Emotional Intelligence to Oneself and One's StudentsResource B: Resources for Building Learning Communities Through Social-Emotional Learning and Emotional IntelligenceIndex Combining emotional intelligence (EQ) with academic intelligence (IQ) is the essential key to developing knowledgeable, caring, healthy, and successful students in today's troubled world. Educational leaders offer their best ideas in this book for building safe, smart, caring, successful, and emotionally intelligent school communities in 15 chapters: (1) "Transforming the Lives of Children" (James P. Comer); (2) "Educational Leadership for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning" (Mary Utne O'Brien, Roger P. Weissberg, and Timothy P. Shriver); (3) "Social-Emotional Learning and Academic Achievement" (Marcia Knoll and Janet Patti); (4) "Lesson for Life: How Smart Schools Boost Academic, Social, and Emotional Intelligence" (Alan M. Blankstein); (5) "How New Knowledge About the Brain Applies to Social and Emotional Learning" (Ronald S. Brandt); (6) "Waging Peace in Our Schools: The Resolving Conflict Creatively Program" (Linda Lantieri); (7) "Building Capacity from Within: Changing the Adult Working Environment in Our Schools" (Sharon Rose Powell and Margo R. Ross); (8) "Building Community in School: The Child Development Project" (Catherine Lewis, Marilyn Watson, and Eric Schaps); (9) "Educating for Social, Emotional, and Academic Development: The Comer School Development Program" (Norris M. Haynes); (10) "The Children's Institute Model for Building the Social-Emotional Skills of Students in Special Education: A Schoolwide Approach" (Mindy Cohen, Bruce Ettinger, and Therese O'Donnell); (11) "Social-Emotional Learning at North Country School: Resourcefulness, Ruggedness, and Resilience" (Frank Wallace); (12) "Promoting Students' Social-Emotional and Intellectual Well-Being and the School as an Ecosystem: From Program to Way of Life" (Chana Shadmi and Bilha Noy); (13) "A Vision of Schools with Heart and Spirit: Connecting to Others" (Maurice J. Elias, Harriett Arnold, and Cynthia Steiger Hussey); (14) "Institutionalizing Programming for Social-Emotional Learning: Lessons and Illustrations from the Field" (Linda Bruene Butler, Jeffrey S. Kress, and Jacqueline A. Norris); and (15) "Implementing a Social-Emotional Learning Program: Stories from Schools" (Carol Apacki). The book concludes with a series of assessment tools for applying social-emotional learning and emotional intelligence to oneself and one's students, and a list of resources for building learning communities through social-emotional learning and emotional intelligence. (RT) Cover 1 Contents 6 Preface 10 Acknowledgments 16 About the Editors 18 About the Contributors 20 Part I - Why Schools Must Address Eq and Iq to be Successful 28 Introduction: EQ, IQ, and Effective Learning and Citizenship 30 Chapter 1 - Transforming the Lives of Children 38 Chapter 2 - Educational Leadership for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning 50 Chapter 3 - Social–Emotional Learning and Academic Achievement 63 Chapter 4 - Lessons for Life: How Smart Schools Boost Academic, Social, and Emotional Intelligence 77 Chapter 5 - How New Knowledge about the Brain Applies to Social and Emotional Learning 84 Part II - Creating Learning Communities by Enhancing Schools‘ sel and Eq: Examples from Practice 98 Introduction: If They can Do it, Why can’t You? 100 Chapter 6 - Waging Peace in Our Schools: The Resolving Conflict Creatively Program 103 Chapter 7 - Building Capacity from within: Changing the Adult Working Environment in Our Schools 116 Chapter 8 - Building Community in School: The Child Development Project 127 Chapter 9 - Educating for Social, Emotional, and Academic Development: The Comer School Development Program 136 Chapter 10 - The Children’s Institute Model for Building the Social–Emotional Skills of Students in Special Education: A Schoolwide Approach 151 Chapter 11 - Social–Emotional Learning at North Country School: Resourcefulness, Ruggedness, and Resilience 169 Chapter 12 - Promoting Students’ Social–Emotional and Intellectual Well-Being and the School as an Ecosystem: From Program to Way of Life 181 Part III - Making it Happen in Your School: Implementation Guidelines 202 Introduction: Learning from Others, Connecting to Others 204 Chapter 13 - A Vision of Schools with Heart and Spirit: How to Get There 211 Chapter 14 - Institutionalizing Programming for Social– Emotional Learning: Lessons and Illustrations from the Field 226 Chapter 15 - Implementing a Social–Emotional Learning Program: Stories from Schools 240 Resource A: Assessment Tools for Applying Social–Emotional Learning and Emotional Intelligence to Oneself and One’s Students 253 Resource B: Resources for Building Learning Communities through Social–Emotional Learning and Emotional Intelligence 257 Index 260

"Schools cannot teach character . . . School have to create an environment that models and promotes character development, and then they have to allow the children to 'catch' character from the behavior of the adults and students around them."
--From Chapter 1 by James P. Comer

Let today's educational leaders show you how to create a safe, healthy, and successful classroom community!

Combining emotional intelligence (EQ) with academic intelligence (IQ) is the essential key to developing knowledgeable, caring, healthy, and successful students in today's troubled world. Social-emotional skills often are not taught at home, but they are in fact the crucial connection that enables students to master and retain content knowledge while also creating a classroom atmosphere filled with proficient, civic-minded students with sound judgment and problem-solving skills that will last a lifetime.

In this dynamic book, today's educational leaders offer their best ideas for building school communities that are safe, smart, caring, successful, and emotionally intelligent.

Key topics include:

• Transforming the Lives of Children (James P. Comer)
• Leadership for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (Mary Utne O'Brien, Roger P. Weissberg, Timothy P. Shriver)
• How New Knowledge About the Brain Applies to Social and Emotional Learning (Ronald S. Brandt)
• A Vision of Schools with Heart and Spirit (Linda Lantieri)
• Institutionalizing Programming for Social and Emotional Learning (Linda Bruene Butler, Jeffrey S. Kress, Jacqueline A. Norris)
• Implementing a Social and Emotional Learning Program (Carol Apacki)

According to the authors, combining emotional intelligence (EQ) with academic intelligence (IQ) is the essential key to developing knowledgeable, caring, healthy and successful students in today's troubled world