Shared Vision - Emotion Intelligence
Riverbank Charter School of Excellence has a shared vision that creates a school culture which values social and emotional well-being while promoting academic success.
Emotional awareness and the ability to handle feelings has an influential impact on student success and happiness. Being aware of students’ feelings, and being able to empathize, calm, and guide them are essential qualities for teachers and administrators at Riverbank Charter School of Excellence to possess.
Emotional Intelligence encompasses the following five characteristics and abilities:
Emotional awareness and the ability to handle feelings has an influential impact on student success and happiness. Being aware of students’ feelings, and being able to empathize, calm, and guide them are essential qualities for teachers and administrators at Riverbank Charter School of Excellence to possess.
Emotional Intelligence encompasses the following five characteristics and abilities:
- Self-awareness--knowing your emotions, recognizing feelings as they occur, and discriminating between them
- Mood management--handling feelings so they are relevant to the current situation and reacting appropriately
- Self-motivation—recognizing and taking responsibility for your feelings and directing yourself towards a goal, despite self-doubt, and/or impulsiveness
- Empathy--recognizing feelings in others and tuning into their verbal and nonverbal cues
- Managing relationships--handling interpersonal interaction, conflict resolution, and negotiations
Riverbank Charter School of Excellence helps students develop the skills to manage their emotions, resolve conflicts without violence, and make responsible decisions. Research shows that teaching emotional intelligence and character development will lead to:
The most critical element for a student's success in school is an understanding of how to learn. The key ingredients for this understanding are:
- Reduced violence and aggression
- Higher academic achievement and test scores
- Improved ability to function in schools and in the workplace
The most critical element for a student's success in school is an understanding of how to learn. The key ingredients for this understanding are:
- Confidence
- Curiosity
- Intentionality
- Self-control
- Relatedness
- Capacity to communicate
- Ability to cooperate
Emotionally intelligent individuals stand out. Their ability to empathize, persevere, control impulses, communicate clearly, make thoughtful decisions, solve problems, and work with others warrants student’s friends and success.
Social and emotional learning includes skills in the social area and the emotional area:
*Emotional areas involves:
Social and emotional learning includes skills in the social area and the emotional area:
*Emotional areas involves:
- Impulse control
- Anger management
- Goal setting
- Identifying own feelings
*Social skills involve:
Riverbank Charter School of Excellence is committed to nurturing “Emotional Intelligence” as an integral part of the school's culture. Equipping students with skills such as peaceful conflict resolution, problem solving, self-motivation, empathy, emotional honesty and self-discipline is a fundamental element of a student’s education. Riverbank Charter School of Excellence considers these skills to be the building blocks of academic achievement.
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Understanding and accepting others
Riverbank Charter School of Excellence is committed to nurturing “Emotional Intelligence” as an integral part of the school's culture. Equipping students with skills such as peaceful conflict resolution, problem solving, self-motivation, empathy, emotional honesty and self-discipline is a fundamental element of a student’s education. Riverbank Charter School of Excellence considers these skills to be the building blocks of academic achievement.