E is for Emotional
I is for Intelligence
SCHOOLS ARE PAYING MORE ATTENTION TO EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
This is an excerpt from an article in the Hartford Courant. To read the whole article, go HERE.
"Beyond The Three R's More Schools Taking Note Of Emotional Intelligence"
November 12, 2006
November 12, 2006
BY KATHLEEN MEGAN, Courant Staff Writer
Kathy Neuhaus is reading a story to her third-graders at the University of Hartford Magnet School and tells them to tear off a piece of a paper heart every time something hurtful is said to the main character. In South Windsor, at the Philip R. Smith Elementary School, a small, dark-haired first-grade boy complains that he is being left out of a club. He and another boy are referred to a "peace circle" painted on the hardtop, where the principal coaches them as they talk about it.
Kathy Neuhaus is reading a story to her third-graders at the University of Hartford Magnet School and tells them to tear off a piece of a paper heart every time something hurtful is said to the main character. In South Windsor, at the Philip R. Smith Elementary School, a small, dark-haired first-grade boy complains that he is being left out of a club. He and another boy are referred to a "peace circle" painted on the hardtop, where the principal coaches them as they talk about it.
In Hartford elementary schools, if a child is clearly having a difficult time - acting out or having some other social or emotional trouble - the child can ask for a "chill pass" to report to a special office where he or she can talk about feelings and discuss strategies to handle them.
Not too long ago, feelings were not a topic that was much discussed in the school ...
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