EQ + IQ = Best Leadership Practices for Caring and Successful Schools

Dr. Harriet Brown Arnold is a veteran educator who has served as elementary school teacher, middle school administrator, elementary school principal, director of personnel and staff development, and international consultant to schools. A graduate of San Francisco State University with a B.A. in Social Welfare, she received her Masters in Education at California State University, San Jose and her Doctorate with an emphasis in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of San Francisco. Her professional development projects have included training for the Ministry of Education in the Bahamas and coordinating the Sequoia Beginning Teacher Program.

In this dynamic book, today's educational leaders offer their best ideas for building school communities that are safe, smart, caring, successful, and emotionally intelligent.

PrefaceAbout the EditorsAbout the ContributorsPart I: Why Schools Must Address EQ and IQ to Be Successful Introduction: EQ, IQ, and Effective Learning and Citizenship - Maurice Elias, Harriet Arnold, Cynthia Steiger Hussey1. Transforming the Lives of Children - James P. Comer2. Educational Leadership for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning - Mary Utne O¿Brien, Roger P. Weissberg, Timothy P. Shriver3. Social-Emotional Learning and Academic Achievement - Marcia Knoll and Janet Patti4. Lessons for Life: How Smart Schools Boost Academic, Social, and Emotional Intelligence - Alan M. Blankstein5. How New Knowledge About the Brain Applies to Social and Emotional Learning - Ronald S. BrandtPart II: Creating Learning Communities by Enhancing Schools¿ SEL/EQ: Examples From PracticeIntroduction: If They Can Do It, Why Can¿t You? - Maurice Elias, Harriett Arnold, Cynthia Steiger Hussey6. Waging Peace in Our Schools: The Resolving Conflict Creatively Program - Linda Lantieri7. Building Capacity From Within: Changing the Adult Working Environment in Our Schools - Sharon Rose Powell, Margo Ross8. Building Community In School: The Child Development Project - Catherine Lewis, Marilyn Watson, Eric Schaps9. Educating for Social, Emotional, and Academic Development: The Comer School Development Program - Norris M. Haynes10.The Children¿s Institute Model for Building the Social-Emotional Skills of Students in Special Education: A Schoolwide Approach - Mindy Cohen, Bruce Ettinger, Terry O¿Donnell11. Social-Emotional Learning at North Country School: Resourcefulness, Ruggedness, and Resilience - Frank Wallace12. Promoting Students¿ Social-Emotional and Intellectual Well-Being and the School as an Ecosystem: From Program to Way of Life - Chana Shadmi and Bilha NoyPart III: Making It Happen In Your School: Implementation GuidelinesIntroduction: Learning From Others, Connecting to Others - Maurice Elias, Harriett Arnold, Cynthia Steiger Hussy13. A Vision of Schools With Heart and Spirit: How to Get There - Linda Lantieri14. Institutionalizing Programming for Social-Emotional Learning: Lessons and Illustrations From the Field - Linda Bruene Butler, Jeffrey S. Kress, Jacqueline A. Norris15. Implementing a Social-Emotional Learning Program: Stories From Schools - Carol ApackiResource A: Assessment Tools for Applying Social-Emotional Learning and Emotional Intelligence to Oneself and One¿s StudentsResource B: Resources for Building Learning Communities Through Social-Emotional Learning and Emotional IntelligenceIndex