Emotional Intelligence and Psychological Wellbeing in the Workplace for Teachers is an Excellence Foundation for South Sudan presentation by Benoni Mawa Minga for teacher training session in February 2024 in Juba

1. Emotional Intelligence
(Teaching)
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2. By:
Mr. Mawa Minga
benonic66@gmail.com
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3. Introduction
What is Emotional Intelligence?
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4. Emotional Intelligence
Emotion
Is a state of a feeling, feeling in an instant or
reaction to an incident
Introduction
Intelligence
Is the ability to learn, understand, adopt and/or
react to new things or situations
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5. • Recognizing, understanding, expressing and managing your emotions and the emotions of others.
Recognize, understand and
manage our own emotions
Recognize, understand and
influence the emotions of
others
Introduction
Emotional Intelligence
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6. • Understanding your own emotions
• Understanding people’s behavior
• Managing your responses/reactions to
others
Impacts of high Emotional Intelligence
• Being appropriate in social situations
• Developing relationships
• Treating others well
• Helping others manage their emotions
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7. Key skills for building emotional intelligence:
Self awareness Self Management
Social Awareness
Relationship
Management
Emotional
Intelligence
WHAT I SEE WHAT I DO
PERSONAL
COMPETENCE
SOCIAL
COMPETENCE
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8. Self-awareness
•Ability to accurately perceive your own emotions
•Stay aware of your emotions as they happen
•Keep on top of how you tend to respond to specific situations and
people
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9. Self-management
•Ability to use awareness of your emotions to stay flexible and
positively direct your behavior
•Managing your emotional reactions to all situations and people
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10. Social awareness
•Ability to accurately pick up on emotions in other people
•Understand what is really going on
•Understanding what other people are thinking and feeling even if
you don’t feel the same way
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11. Relationship management
•Ability to use awareness of your emotions and emotions of others
to manage interactions successfully
•Ensure clear communication and effective handling of conflict
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12. Effects of emotional intelligence:
Relationships Social Intelligence
Physical Health
School performance
Mental Health
Emotional Intelligence
Work effeciency
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13. How do we manage our emotional intelligence as
teachers?
Emotional intelligence in teaching
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14. Recognition of emotional dimensions of natural traits of students
and what influences them
Natural traits:
Emotional intelligence in teaching
Thinking
Motivation
Behavior
Feeling (reaction)
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15. Providing opportunities for
students to express their concerns
and seek feedback
• Active listening
• Effective and collaborative
teaching methods
• Connecting with students
• Fairness and no discrimination
(gender, status, geography)
• Monitoring of bullying and
aggressive behaviours
Implementing Emotional Intelligence in teaching
Frequent and regular reassurance
and positive communication
between teachers and students
• Believing students can do well
• No-judgement
• Optimist and positive nature
• Sense of humour
• No corporal punishment
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16. For Teachers
Influences behaviour
Influences motivation
Influences appearance
Influences expressions
For Students
Empathy
Self-Motivation
Quality assurance
Effective relationships
Competence and adaptivity
Benefits Emotional Intelligence in teaching
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17. Dos:
Be specific and professional
Be frank and intent
Limited friendships
Work stays at work
Home stays home
Don’ts
Get attached or sensitive
Get personal
Take short cuts
Mix schedules
Tolerate misunderstanding
Emotional Intelligence and psychological
wellbeing in the working place
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18. Questions and comments
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19. Tinate
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