An Individual s Level Of Emotional Intelligence - 1524 Words

An individual’s level of emotional intelligence can have an impact on their performance as a teacher? There is a great deal of individuals that boast the intellectual intelligence to become teacher’s, but an alarming number of them are failing to sustain the emotional strength required to maintain excellence in their careers. Nobody can deny that teaching is a highly stressful, demanding and challenging profession, but how much of this stress and fatigue can be relieved by teachers managing their own emotions and mental strength. Having emotional intelligence is fundamental to producing healthier, happier, superior performing teachers. This essay will firstly illustrate emotional intelligence and examine the traits, behaviours and†¦show more content†¦An example of this might be the teacher who can remain calm and in control of their emotions during a heated confrontation with a parent, through listening and communicating effectively as opposed to a defensive and argumentative reaction. The role of emotional intelligence contains both verbal and non-verbal competence which can empower an individual to articulate, identify, understand and evaluate their feelings and others in order to come to an agreement in a critical situation (Aliasgari Fazadnia, 2012). There is considerable research that claims emotional intelligence can build better relationships, behaviours and capabilities in teachers. Mortiboys (2005) writes â€Å"that teachers with high emotional intelligence are considered to be more optimistic, adaptive, collaborative, confident, authoritative, open, approachable and enthusiastic† (as cited Birwatkar, 2014 pg147). Such positive qualities can assist the actions that teachers need to help them avoid conflict with their students and to develop better friendships with their colleagues. This enables them to nurture positive relationships, work effectively in teams, and build social capital. It is a trait that can guide teachers towards easier solutions says Hargreaves (2000). Mortiboys (2005) goes on even further to discuss the effects