66.057-10 - School Leaders Ready to Lead: Developing the Social and Emotional Skills of School Administrators

• In Event: 66.057 - Roundtable Session 27

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

The development of leaders’ Emotional Intelligence (EI) is widely accepted as essential to effective performance in the corporate arena, but to educators, the concept of EI within school leadership is still new. The development of social, emotional, and cognitive skills is the missing link in school leaders’ preparation. This symposium features research focused on principals’ social and emotional skills in different school settings, and provides evidence of how these skills can improve principals’ leadership effectiveness, relationships, quality of life, and well-being, and create safe workplaces. These findings will markedly advance the field and contribute to the design and development of future training and preparation of school leaders.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Social and Emotional Learning

Chairs

• Janet Patti, Hunter College - CUNY

• Sue McNamara

Papers

• Developing Principals' Emotional Intelligence - Lorea Martinez, Lorea Martinez, SEL Consulting; Susan Stillman, Six Seconds, Emotional Intelligence Network, Fielding Graduate University; Paul Stillman

• Exploring the Influence of Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education on Principals' Leadership and Well-Being - Julia Mahfouz, University of Idaho

• Psychosocially Safe Early Childhood Workplaces: The Role of Administrators' Own Social Emotional Competencies - Kate M. Zinsser, University of Illinois at Chicago