Developed by the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, Managing Emotions in Times of Uncertainty & Stress will provide participants with the knowledge, skills, and strategies to understand and manage their emotions and those of their students. The 10-hour online course is designed for school staff, including teachers, paraprofessionals, counselors, principals, and non-teaching staff in preK-12 schools.
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Managing Emotions in Times of Uncertainty & Stress
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This course is designed for school educators and staff members.
Approx. 10 hours to complete
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Subtitles: English
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Educate school staff in the science and impact of stress
Provide school staff with the opportunity to build and apply social and emotional skills and strategies
Offer strategies for helping students to identify and manage their emotions
Provide resources and ideas that are relevant during this time of heightened stress and uncertainty
Flexible deadlines
Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
Shareable Certificate
Earn a Certificate upon completion
100% online
Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
Beginner Level
This course is designed for school educators and staff members.
Approx. 10 hours to complete
English
Subtitles: English
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Try Coursera for Business
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Yale University
For more than 300 years, Yale University has inspired the minds that inspire the world. Based in New Haven, Connecticut, Yale brings people and ideas together for positive impact around the globe. A research university that focuses on students and encourages learning as an essential way of life, Yale is a place for connection, creativity, and innovation among cultures and across disciplines.
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
1 hour to complete
Introduction to SEL and Why Emotions Matter
Social and emotional skills are more important now than ever. As educators, we can find ways to better identify and manage our own emotions, which in turn, can help our students identify and manage theirs. In this introductory week, we’ll unpack how emotions can help and hinder attention, decision making, relationships, health, and performance.
1 hour to complete
7 videos (Total 16 min), 8 readings, 2 quizzes
1 hour to complete
Identifying Our Emotions
In this section, you'll focus on how to identify your own emotions, which is an essential first step to building emotional intelligence skills. You'll explore how to recognize, understand, and accurately label emotions using the Mood Meter. This section builds a foundation for the rest of the course, where you'll learn how to manage your emotions and help students to manage theirs.
1 hour to complete
3 videos (Total 10 min), 8 readings, 2 quizzes
1 hour to complete
Managing Our Own Emotions with Action Strategies
In this section, you'll apply what you've learned about identifying your emotions to the practice of managing your emotions. You'll explore and reflect on a series of "action strategies" to help you manage your emotions in healthy, productive ways.
1 hour to complete
4 videos (Total 10 min), 17 readings, 1 quiz
1 hour to complete
Managing Emotions by Shifting How We Think
While the previous section focused on "action strategies" to support healthy emotion management, this section focuses on "thought strategies." You'll consider research-based ways to shift the way you think to shift the way you feel, and consider how you can incorporate these strategies into your daily life.
1 hour to complete
4 videos (Total 20 min), 12 readings, 1 quiz
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TOP REVIEWS FROM MANAGING EMOTIONS IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY & STRESS
by MBMar 10, 2021
The tools, language and resources shared in this course were very helpful in improving my well being and learning how to become a person that can help colleagues and most importantly our students.
by SIAug 12, 2021
Very helpful course for anyone struggling to be hopeful or manage their emotions during this pandemic. Although this course was designed for educators, it's helpful even if you aren't one.
by DWMar 17, 2022
The course was outstanding. Many of the techniiques outlined in the course I have been using for years. I was refreshing and I will continue to use these practices in my school leadership capacity.
by JKDec 1, 2021
This was the most awesome course of the times! Yale University was so prompt in equipping teachers, managers and students for the likely stress COVID 19 was bound to plunge them into. Bravo!
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