Emotional Intelligence

Explore how to teach empathy, self-awareness, self-management, motivation, and social skills.

Erasmus+ course summary
Being a teacher has never been only about lecturing facts to a group of students. Because of the time spent with them you have a unique position for a direct impact on their lives, which is especially relevant  when they don’t have a good role model. To achieve this, the course focuses on the competencies for building emotional capacity of the students and the tools for working with their psychological needs. We do this trough activities that are ready to use in the classroom. Because the program of the course is a mix of theoretical knowledge supported by practical activities it enables the participants to deepen their understanding through their own experience.

​"Education is not just about putting information in. We have forgotten that it, in fact, begins in the child’s heart." – Vince Gowmon

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Upcoming dates

2025	CITY	STATUS
1 - 5 December	Vienna, AUT	confirmed

2026	CITY​	STATUS
18 - 22 May	Trieste, IT and Ljubljana, SLO	open for registration
19 - 23 October	Ljubljana, SLO and Vienna, AUT	open for registration

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Address students' psychological needs.

Emotional intelligence refers to the psychological side of teaching by building your own and students' emotional capacity.

Empathy

Understand how emotions relates to behaviour.

Activities

New material for working with students' psychological needs.

Feedback

Ways of providing nonthreatening feedback.

Course Content

Full Programme

OBJECTIVES

The main objective of this program is to equip the participants with knowledge and skills to enhance their own emotional intelligence and the emotional intelligence of their students. During the course the participants get acquainted with five pillars of emotional intelligence: self-awareness, self-management, motivation, empathy and social skills. Through various interactive activities they raise awareness of the importance of emotions and of emotional intelligence for private and professional life. During the course, they learn various techniques and exercises for the development of empathy, resilience and management of conflicts that are ready for use in the classroom.

METHODOLOGY

The program of the course is designed interactively, along with discussions and individual and team exercises. It is important that all the participants have the opportunity to share their experience, that is why we conduct the course in small groups (up to 20 people). The participants also receive material with practical exercises and worksheets, which will help them to use the acquired knowledge in their classes and strengthen the skills of emotional intelligence in their students. At the end, each participant will prepare his own action plan to use in the classroom.

PROGRAMME DAY-BY-DAY

Training usually takes place between 9:00 am and 14:00 pm, followed by after-class activities, that are optional. ​

DAY 1
Introductory meeting, explanation of practical arrangements, presentation of timetable, information about course We start off with an introductory meeting, explanation of practical arrangements and presentation of the participants and timetable. The participants are encouraged to express their expectations, needs and wishes regarding the content of the programme and learning methods.​ *

We then continue with the introduction to the subject of emotional intelligence as a personality trait, followed by the five pillars of EQ by Goleman: self-awareness, self-management, motivation, empathy and social skills. What are the emotions, what function they have and how they can benefit us.

DAY 2
Self-awareness: "check-in with your own emotional world" exercise. Group role-playing activity with which we recognise the connection between thoughts, behaviours and emotions and preparation of each own's activity for the classroom.

DAY 3 
We talk about managing our own emotions and how we can influence them trough thoughts and behaviour. We experience techniques of relaxation and mindfulness meditation.

​Half-day excursion. 

DAY 4 
Techniques and activities that promote empathy, testing each own's EQ and recognising facial signs of emotions by Paul Ekman.

DAY 5 
Social skills: role playing techniques of effective communication, giving feedback with I messages and self-assessment conflict management questionnaire – the typology of Thomas Kilman.
The analysis of gained knowledge and skills and key learning points are discussed as well as planning the follow up activities, dissemination and implementation of learning outcomes.

DAY 6
​Evaluation and farewell. 
Documentation and certificates of attendance.

* Some changes in the programme are possible - the content of the course is always adapted to the participants previous knowledge, expectations and requirements. 
​The participants receive the Informational Booklet a few weeks prior to the start of the course. ​

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