Eq + IQ = Best Leadership Practices for Caring and Successful Schools, (Hardcover)

<i> </i><p><i>"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 &amp;#8242;catch&amp;#8242; character from the behavior of the adults and students around them."</i><br>--From Chapter 1 by James P. Comer</p><b><i> <p>Let today&amp;#8242;s educational leaders show you how to create a safe, healthy, and successful classroom community!</p></i></b> <p>Combining emotional intelligence (EQ) with academic intelligence (IQ) is the essential key to developing knowledgeable, caring, healthy, and successful students in today&amp;#8242;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.</p> <p>In this dynamic book, today&amp;#8242;s educational leaders offer their best ideas for building school communities that are safe, smart, caring, successful, and emotionally intelligent.</p> <p>Key topics include: </p> <ul><b><i> </i></b><i></i><li><i><b>Transforming the Lives of Children</b> </i>(James P. Comer) <b><i> </i></b></li><li><b><i>Leadership for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning</i></b> (Mary Utne O&amp;#8242;Brien, Roger P. Weissberg, Timothy P. Shriver) <b><i> </i></b></li><li><b><i>How New Knowledge About the Brain Applies to Social and Emotional Learning</i></b> (Ronald S. Brandt) <b><i> </i></b></li><li><b><i>A Vision of Schools with Heart and Spirit</i></b> (Linda Lantieri) <b><i> </i></b></li><li><b><i>Institutionalizing Programming for Social and Emotional Learning</i></b> (Linda Bruene Butler, Jeffrey S. Kress, Jacqueline A. Norris) <b><i> </i></b></li><li><b><i>Implementing a Social and Emotional Learning Program</i></b> (Carol Apacki)</li></ul>

• Eq + IQ = Best Leadership Practices for Caring and Successful Schools, (Hardcover)
• Author: Maurice J Elias
• ISBN: 9780761945208
• Format: Hardcover
• Publication Date: 2002-12-04
• Page Count: 264