Positively Teach
Gain Social and Emotional control so that you can start to enjoy your profession.
This website has been designed for beginning Teachers to give them insight on the possible social and emotional scenarios that they may face in the profession and suggests strategies that may help to cope with these situations. The information included in this website provides a brief overview of how social and emotional intelligence is one of the many qualities effective Teachers need on order to be successful in the education industry. Among many of the sought after benefits, social and emotional intelligence helps to relieve stress, promote positive mental health and increase job satisfaction.
The Teaching Profession
The Teaching profession is a complex web of interrelated skills and knowledge stemming from many other disciplines such as, but not limited to, neuroscience, psychology, social and emotional psychology, physical health, business management and much more.
In order to thrive in this industry Teachers require optimum mental strength, social and emotional awareness and physical health. Not only do Teachers need to take good care of themselves they are also expected to pay attention to the well-being of others while maintaining a healthy relationship with various stakeholders including students, parents, peers, admin and the community at large. These groups depend on Teacher professionalism and expertise to create the next generation of leaders and productive community members. With this responsibility on their shoulders, It is no wonder that many Teachers often feel overwhelmed and experience burnout.
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This resource has been created to bring to the attention of Teachers the physiological processes at play during the early years of Teaching as they grow and develop within the industry. Particular attention is paid to the ideologies of social and emotional intelligence, as well as physical health, and how these are at the core of gaining the self control and reducing the effects of stress and burnout.
Social and Emotional Intelligence
To put it simply, social intelligence refers to an individuals ability to respond appropriately in social situations whereas emotional intelligence refers to ones ability to recognise and control their own emotions by being empathetic, compassionate and considerate in order to produce a desired outcome (FME, 2014).
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The YouTube clips below provide more detailed information regarding these two ideologies and how these theories could be considered to be more beneficial for self-actualization rather than just to promote career success and longevity. Social and emotional intelligence relates to the Teaching profession by enabling Teachers to become compassionate and wise leaders who model self control and respond accordingly in social interactions. Students need Teachers to educate them on 21st Century skills that can be applied at anytime during their lives and social and emotional intelligence is invaluable in this respect.
The first clip is a talk hosted by Google where Daniel Goleman, an international psychologist, explains the importance of social intelligence and its importance to life success. The second clip is from an American Highschool Teacher, Ronen Habib, who talks about the fact that social and emotional skills are beneficial to everyone involved in the learning scenario. Learning more about these theories is certainly a step in the right direction in becoming a Teacher of whom is effective, respected and content in their profession.