Emotional Literacy for Teachers Toolkit

The heart-warming news is that emotional intelligence is being taken seriously in the education sector. As part of the strategy Every Child Matters aimed at helping every child fulfil their potential, a programme is being introduced into every school in the country to promote Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL) and Social, Emotional and Behavioural Skills (SEBS).

R2BC Films is supporting this important development with its Emotional Literacy for Teachers Toolkit. This is because we believe that teachers, learning support assistants and other adults around children deserve to work on their own emotional literacy too. The toolkit includes:

• A Guide to Social and Emotional Development 0-18 years
• Teachers Have Feelings Too - five 10-12 minute films on DVD
• Teachers Talking about emotional literacy
• A training manual with photocopiable materials
• A wall poster showing children's emotional development over time

Guide to Emotional and Social Development 0-18 years

All you need to know about social and emotional development from 0-18 years in a nutshell. What you get:

• a map of ages and stages of social development
• a detailed commentary explaining the relationship to the work of the DfES on Social Emotional and Behavioural Skills and Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning
• review of relevant research and applied psychology

Teachers Have Feelings Too...

The coming Ofsted inspection is taking Jack to the brink. Marcia and Caroline come to grips with the skills they need to keep Jack and themselves on track. And Hassan has troubles of his own.

This witty 60-minute drama will help teachers to understand emotional literacy and help them pass it on to their pupils.

• Episode One: Who do you feel you are?
• Episode Two: Do you manage your feelings or do they manage you?
• Episode Three: Keeping on top
• Episode Four: Your feelings, my feelings
• Episode Five: Doing as you would be done by

Each episode mirrors an element of the SEBS curriculum structure: self-awareness, managing your feelings, motivation, empathy and social skills.

Teachers Talking

Each film is preceded by real teachers talking openly an honestly about their feelings and the relevance of emotional literacy to their work.

Training Manual

A concise guide to understanding and using the films: Teachers Have Feelings Too to get the best out of a professional training event for teachers, learning support assistants and other staff. It includes:

• how to promote the emotional literacy of teachers and other adults working with children and young people
• photocopiable worksheets and summary documents for presenters to use on training days
• learning logs for individuals to use for self-directed learning
• resources, bibliography and web-sites to develop your learning

Wall poster

Showing children's development over time.