Becoming an Emotionally Intelligent Teacher

What kind of teacher are YOU?

Teacher behaviors and personalities can have an effect on student achievement. Based on Daniel Goleman's five components of emotional intelligence, this guide shows how self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, social awareness, and relationship management can help teachers increase their effectiveness in the classroom. The authors provide research, case studies, and essential exercises that help teachers:

• Understand how their conscious and unconscious behaviors affect the learning environment
• Refine their verbal and nonverbal communication skills
• Manage their feelings and frustrations
• Interpret student behaviors, developing insight into how students perceive teachers
• Hone their presentation skills

Author: William Powell,Ochan Kusuma-Powell
Publisher: Corwin Publishers
Published: 02/16/2010
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 10.02h x 6.98w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9781412979740

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2010 pg. 200

About the Author

William Powell has served as an international school educator for the past 30 years in the United States, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Indonesia, and Malaysia. From 1991 to 1999, he served as the chief executive officer of the International School of Tanganyika in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and from 2000 to 2006, he served as headmaster of the International School of Kuala Lumpur. He is the coauthor, with his wife Ochan, of Count Me In! Developing Inclusive International Schools (2000) and Making the Difference: Differentiation in International Schools (2007), Becoming an Emotionally Intelligent Teacher (2010) and How to teach now: Five Keys to Personalized Learning in the Global Classroom (2011). Bill′s most recent book is entitled The OIQ Factor: How teachers can raise the Organizational Intelligence of Schools (2013). Bill and Ochan are currently working on a project, The Next Frontier: Inclusion to support the inclusion of special needs children in international schools. They are focusing their attention on teacher professional development, school leadership and governance training and serve as consultants for Education Across Frontiers. When he is not facilitating teacher workshops or speaking at conferences, Bill can be found in the French Pyrenees where he fights (together with a handful of sheep) an annual battle with the European bramble.

Ochan Kusuma-Powell is cofounder and director of Education Across Frontiers, an organization that promotes teacher education toward the development of professional learning communities. A graduate of Columbia University with a doctorate in international education development, she has more than 30 years experience in international education. Kusuma-Powell has developed and implemented inclusive special education programs in the United States, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Tanzania. She has been an outspoken advocate for children with special needs globally. Together with her husband Bill, she coauthored an OSAC publication entitled Count Me In! Developing Inclusive International Schools and Making the Difference: Differentiation in International Schools. Kusuma-Powell is also the author of Parent Advocacy in International School. She is a trainer for the Teachers Training Center and an adjunct faculty member at Lehigh University and the State University of New York at Buffalo.

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