Induction Programme for
New Teachers
July 8th 2025
Theme: Leading Learning
in a fast Evolving World
Topic: Emotional
Intelligence for
Improved Productivity
❖ Competent, Seasoned Global Education
Consultant
❖ Certified Leadership Coach and Mentor,
(1000, 60)
❖ Mastercard Foundation, Teach for Nigeria,
Tony Elumelu, Landmark Foundation
❖ Founder and Executive Consultant at CTAL
Business Leader
❖ Doctor of Education Planning and
Management USA
❖ Certified Business Consultant School of
Consulting UK
❖ Certificate in Public Leadership and Policy
❖ Fellow at CIMCN, IMC, and PACA
❖ Partnership Lead Equip Nigeria (John C,
Maxwell Foundation)
❖ Author of Twenty-Eight (28) Books.
❖ Recipient of Several Awards
❖ Wife and Mother of two Astonishing Leaders
ICE BREAKER 5MINS
YOUR TASK:
Discuss how you view the
students’ attitude and teacher’s
reaction. How do you think the
classroom would have been
better managed?
Do you think a similar pattern
could happen in Lagos?
START INTERACTING 2MINS
WHAT IS EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
HOW CAN INTELLIGIENCE MANIFEST
(EQ) measures one's ability to
monitor emotions, cope with
pressures and demands and
control one's thoughts and
actions.
WHAT IS EMOTIONAL INTELLIGIENCE
CLASSROOM APPLICATION
COMPONENT
DISCUSS
SELF AWARENES
DEFINITION IMPORTANCE
The ability to recognize and Self-awareness helps individuals to acknowledge
understand one’s own emotions, their emotional states and their impact on thoughts
strengths, weaknesses, values, and and behaviour, allowing for more conscious and
informed decision-making.
drivers.
Self-confidence
MANIFESTING SELF-AWARENESS AS A TEACHER 3mins
• What’s my strength? What’s my weakness in the subject/topic?
• What skills do I already have that can help? What skills do I need to
develop?
• How can I sense how I’m responding to others’ actions?
• What am I feeling? Documenting
individual
experiences
through
reflective
journaling and
diaries
SELF-REGULATION
Definition
The ability to understand and manage or control one's
emotions, impulses, and behaviors in different situations.
Importance
How do I control my impulses and emotions? Stay calm
under pressure and respond to situations in a constructive
manner.
Classroom Application
• How can I control myself in exciting and frustrating situations
• What do I need to consider before talking/acting?
• What price do I have to pay now for the desired outcome?
MANIFESTING SELF-REGULATION AS A TEACHER 3MINS
What do I need to consider
How can I control my before talking/acting?
impulses? What price do I have to pay
How can I control myself in now for the desired
exciting and frustrating outcome?
situations?
COMPONENT AND DEFINITION
Let’s discuss
PASSION
MOTIVATION DRIVE
OPTIMISM
PERSISTENCE
DISCUSS
CLASS APPLICATION
MANIFESTING MOTIVATION AS A TEACHER 3MINS
Take a look at this
WHY DO WE NEED TO LEARN WHAT WILL BE MY REWARD?
THIS?
HOW WILL I BE
WHAT WILL I SACRIFICE TO HOW CAN I PURSUE THIS
AFFECTED?
ACHIEVE MY GOAL? LEARNING WITH ENERGY?
EMPATHY
• What is Empathy?
The ability to
understand
Classroom
and share the Empathy allows individuals
to build strong, meaningful Application
feelings of
relationships by recognizing
others.
and validating others’
emotions, leading to
improved communication
and collaboration
MANIFESTING EMPATHY AS A TEACHER 3MINS
So many factors could be responsible for a student’s behaviour…
1. Acknowledge the pain –It must be a difficult experience for you
2. Share your feeling- I’m sorry you are going through this
3. Be supportive -How can I help?
4. Show interest- Can you tell me more about that?
SOCIAL SKILLS
Social Skills The ability to interact well Strong social skills enable
Classroom
with others, including individuals to navigate
Application
effective communication, social networks, influence
conflict resolution, and others positively, and work
building rapport. effectively within a team.
• Accepting responsibility
• Respecting others
• Cooperating
• Resolving conflicts
• Group decision making
• Adopting a variety of group goals
How Important is EI in Teaching
It creates a
better Classroom Student
Management relationship with
skills. Also a Teachers
Positive and improves and
conducive students build
learning relationship with
environment teachers and
among
themselves
THE EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT TEACHER
Emotionally healthy behaviour is reflected in the
characteristic of the teacher through:
(1) Thinking,
(2) Identifying, managing, and expressing feelings, and
(3) Choosing effective behaviours.
❑ Becoming an emotionally intelligent teacher is a
journey and process, not an arrival state or end
result.
❑ Emotionally intelligent teachers are active in their
orientation to students, work, and life.
❑ They are resilient in response to negative stress and
less likely to overwhelm themselves with pessimism
and strong, negative emotions.
❖ An emotionally intelligent teacher masters the five
components of emotional intelligence to improve: Self
awareness, motivation, self regulation, empathy and
social skills.
❖ They become productive and have personal satisfaction
by helping to harmonize their thinking and feelings (Self-
esteem and Confidence);
❖ Their self-esteem and confidence will increase by
learning specific emotional intelligence skills (Positive
Personal Change);
❖ They develop ability to manage anxiety and improve
performance under pressure
Activity: How emotionally intelligent are you?
Do you, Can you, Are you? YES NO
1. UNDERSTAND BOTH YOUR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES?
2. BE DEPENDED ON TO TAKE CARE OF EVERY DETAIL? DO YOU HATE TO LET THINGS SLIDE?
3 COMFORTABLE WITH CHANGE AND OPEN TO NOVEL IDEAS?
4. MOTIVATED BY THE SATISFACTION OF MEETING YOUR OWN STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE?
5 STAY OPTIMISTIC WHEN THINGS GO WRONG?
6 SEE THINGS FROM ANOTHER PERSON'S POINT OF VIEW AND SENSE WHAT MATTERS MOST TO THAT
PERSON?
7 LET PARENTS/STUDENTS' NEEDS DETERMINE HOW YOU SERVE THEM?
8. ENJOY HELPING FELLOW TEACHERS DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS?
9 READ SCHOOL/OFFICE POLITICS ACCURATELY?
10 ABLE TO FIND "WIN-WIN" SOLUTIONS IN NEGOTIATIONS AND CONFLICTS?
11
THE KIND OF PERSON OTHER PEOPLE WANT ON A TEAM? DO YOU ENJOY COLLABORATING WITH OTHERS?
WHAT’S YOUR SCORE?
Add up the number of questions to which you could answer YES. How
did you score?
Answering YES to six or more of the EI skill items indicates that you are
making progress.
Do you have more than five questions to which you answered NO? Do
people who know you well agree with your high number of negative
scores? If so, what can you do to change and improve your emotional
score?
CONCLUSION
Emotional intelligience is the ability to regonize and understand
emotions in yourself and others and to use this awareness to
guide thought and behavior. It is what sets star performance
apart from the rest.
By understanding and applying the principles of emotional
intelligience, teachers can enhance their productivity, nprove
classroom dynamics, and foster a more positive and effective
teaching environment.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
QUESTIONS? SUGGESTIONS? 10 mins
Let’s Connect
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