Teacher Development
Ready For Summer?
I’m heading to Spain this summer to visit my family (short trip to Portugal to attend the 6th International Congress on Emotional Intelligence and present ...
3 Key Lessons on Empathy
I did the last internship for my teaching credential in a rural town in Nicaragua, volunteering at a local NGO – Los Pipitos – that ...
Are You Listening?
When I was a kid, I became fascinated with the story of Momo by Michael Ende. Have you read it? Momo is a little girl ...
Focus on Yourself to Nurture Positive Relationships
The relationships that children and youth establish with adults are critical for a healthy social and emotional development. When students and teachers establish positive, caring ...
Why Do You Believe Your Inner Critic?
“I’ll never be able to make these kids learn or behave appropriately. They just don’t listen! If I don’t get them to master the content, ...
Got Anger?
A few years back, my principal and I had an argument about some testing that needed to get done. From my classroom, a remodeled closet ...
3 Ways to Improve Your Trainings
Summer is a time for educators to rest, rejuvenate, maybe travel and spend time with friends and family. But many teachers use their break to ...
What do you do with your stress? Building Resilience through Emotional Intelligence
Resilience is the ability to withstand stress and catastrophe. Humans have an amazing capacity to adapt and overcome adversities and even after devastating tragedies, individuals ...
Teaching is an emotional practice
One of my first teaching assignments was in a public school in Barcelona. I met the principal and the dean of students the afternoon before ...