Podcast about emotional intelligence schools

Both the education sector and the Australian public are well aware of the significant challenges  COVID has presented to teachers and students the last two years. Recent data cited in an article by the Independent Education Union of Australia NSW/ACT Branch found that a disturbingly high rate school leaders felt emotionally stressed, overburdened with workloads and "continually pivoting to different ways of teaching.  And, if we remain this way, so-called “great resignation” trend of the US in education could be gathering pace in Australia.

Emotional intelligence expert Dr Ben Palmer, CEO of Genos International, spoke to Education Review about the “urgent need for heightened EI skills to reduce the risk of losing teachers and educational leaders”.

In a nutshell, Palmer explained EI as being related to feelings, which can spark both positive and negative emotions in not only teachers and students, but within all workplaces. In this podcast he highlights that successful, harmonious businesses, organisations and  departments all possess an evidence-based understanding that EI has the power to improve teacher and student health and wellbeing, and also produce robust academic results.

Indeed, the EI expert believes such courses - taught in a similar longitudinal fashion as schools - would be a worthy inclusion in any initial teaching course.

 

Both the education sector and the Australian public are well aware of the significant challenges&nbsp; COVID has presented to teachers and students the last two years. Recent data cited in an <a href="https://www.ieu.asn.au/resources/workplace-health-safety/stress-burnout-among-teachers">article</a> by the Independent Education Union of Australia NSW/ACT Branch found that a disturbingly high rate school leaders felt emotionally stressed, overburdened with workloads and "continually pivoting to different ways of teaching.&nbsp; And, if we remain this way, so-called &ldquo;great resignation&rdquo; trend of the US in education could be gathering pace in Australia.
Emotional intelligence expert Dr Ben Palmer, CEO of Genos International, spoke to Education Review about the &ldquo;urgent need for heightened EI skills to reduce the risk of losing teachers and educational leaders&rdquo;.
In a nutshell, Palmer explained EI as being related to feelings, which can spark both positive and negative emotions in not only teachers and students, but within all workplaces. In this podcast he highlights that successful, harmonious businesses, organisations and&nbsp; departments all possess an evidence-based understanding that EI has the power to improve teacher and student health and wellbeing, and also produce robust academic results.
Indeed, the EI expert believes such courses - taught in a similar longitudinal fashion as schools - would be a worthy inclusion in any initial teaching course.
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