Tap the power of emotional intelligence and watch school-wide achievement soar! "Bringing all this information together in one spot is quite a contribution. There isn′t too much research or theory here, but lots of emphasis on ′What can I do on Monday?′" -David A. Squires, Associate Professor, Southern Connecticut State University "I highlighted at least two dozen specific ideas that I will implement in my classroom next year." -Steve Reifman, Teacher, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, CA "Relevant and meaningful for today′s educators." -Beverly Eidmann, Principal, Arvada Middle School, CO "Useful, unique (not a crowded field at all!), practical, clearly written." -Robert DiGiulio, Professor of Education, Johnson State College This comprehensive guide to emotional intelligence (EI) is a state-of-the-art collection of proven best practices from the field′s best and brightest minds. Edited by educational leaders Maurice Elias and Harriett Arnold, this guide creates a new gold standard for bringing social-emotional learning into every classroom, with chapters by Daniel Goleman, Rachel Kessler, Marty Sleeper and Margot Strom, Janet Patti, Eliot Rosenbloom, Pam Robbins, Mark Greenberg, Sheldon Berman, Susan Wooley, Rose Reissman, Carol Cummings, and many others. Key features cover: Theory and context for EI, including brain development, multiple intelligences, service and citizenship, school-to-work, and health - Teacher preparation and professional development - 17 best-practice programs in action, relevant to grades PreK-12 - An Application/Reflection Guide for note-taking, follow-up, contacts, and ideas for immediate implementation This book is sure to be an essential resource for all teachers, counselors, and school administrators who want their school communities to educate healthier, more responsible, and more successful students. "A valuable book that gathers and presents to teachers a variety of strategies, prosocial and pro-academic, that involve emotional intelligence....Useful, unique (not a crowded field at all!), practical, clearly written." -- Robert DiGiulio Published On: 2005-04-29 "This book is the most thorough I’ve ever read on emotional intelligence....I found it to be an extremely helpful handbook in helping me to understand the importance of SEL and in considering programs for my school...The content is relevant and meaningful for today′s educators." -- Beverly Eidmann Published On: 2005-05-31 "Makes an important contribution to the field of social-emotional learning....I highlighted at least two dozen specific ideas that I will implement in my classroom next year....Practitioners will readily grasp the implications and applications of this material. The topic is an especially relevant one for today′s educators." -- Steve Reifman Published On: 2005-05-16 "Bringing all this information together in one spot is quite a contribution... the book is written so as to be very well understood by teachers. There isn′t too much research or theory here, but lots of emphasis on ′What can I do on Monday?′" -- David Squires Published On: 2005-05-20 "This is an essential resource for all teachers, counselors, and school administrators who want their school communities to educate healthier, more resposible, and more successful students." -- SirReadalot.org, March Issue Published On: 2006-02-10 "The authors present a well-articulated approach to planning and conducting evaluations." -- psycCRITIQUES, March 1, 2006 Published On: 2006-03-01 "Offers a comprehensive overview of social-emotional learning and its impact on student achievement. Takes a more qualitative perspective, exploring the intangibles of classroom instruction with the underlying premise that students cannot learn best if social and emotional aspects of their thinking are ignored." -- The School Administrator, December 2006 Published On: 2006-12-14 Maurice J. Elias, PhD, is Professor, Psychology Department, Rutgers University, Director, Social-Emotional and Character Development Lab (www.secdlab.org), Co-Director of the Rutgers-based Academy for SEL in Schools, which offers online certificates in SEL Instruction and School Leadership (SELinSchools.org), and a member of the Leadership Team for SEL4NJ and SEL4US (www.SEL4US.org). He received the Joseph E. Zins Memorial Senior Scholar Award for Social-Emotional Learning from CASEL , the Sanford McDonnell Award for Lifetime Achievement in Character Education, and the Jane Bostrum Service to School Psychology Award. Dr. Elias is a past winner of the Lela Rowland Prevention Award, the Ernest McMahon Class of 1930 Award for service to New Jersey, and the American Psychological Association/Society for Community Research and Action’s Distinguished Contribution to Practice and Ethnic Minority Mentoring awards. His books include Emotionally Intelligent Parenting, The Educator’s Guide to Emotional Intelligence and Academic Achievement: Social-Emotio