Understanding Emotional Literacy at New World Leadership

 

At New World Leadership Children’s Academy we believe that identifying, understanding and managing your emotions effectively is one of the keys to Health, Harmony and Happiness.

 

Emotional Literacy is children being able to acknowledge and understand their own feelings, what part emotions play in their lives, and being able to manage those feelings and express them constructively.  This greater understanding of their own emotional landscape builds a strong foundation for a child’s spiritual identity and inevitably promotes an appreciation and an empathic understanding of the feelings and behaviours of others.

 

At New World Leadership, emotional literacy is mainstreamed throughout all of the school’s philosophy and activities.  In the many daily opportunities that present themselves to the child through specific lessons and through their experiences in relationships they are encouraged to synthesize through many creative modalities how they feel about themselves and their experiences with others.

 

 

 

 

The following headings summarize the main principles of the NWL Emotional Literacy Curriculum:

 

Self-Awareness  - knowing one's emotions. Recognizing a feeling as it happens is the cornerstone of emotional literacy.

• I know how I feel
• I have the ability to identify how I feel and learn a vocabulary to say how I feel
• I introspect on and learn from my emotions for understanding

 

Self-Management – Having become aware of one’s emotions learning to manage them effectively to overcome challenges and achieve goals.

• I am working with my feelings
• I am accountable and responsible for my feelings
• I can motivate myself

 

Relational awareness – being aware of one’s emotions in relation to others and to the environment.  Developing understanding and empathy for others.

• I honor the journey of myself and others and our emotional repertoire
• I can understand what are my feelings and what are yours
• I can empathize with others
• I have a respect for and feel emotionally connected to my environment

 

Relationship skills – forming positive relationships with individuals, family and groups; dealing effectively with conflict.

• I treat others how I would like to be treated
• I appreciate diversity and respect all opinions even when different to mine
• I consult and negotiate appropriate solutions when in conflict with others
• I’m learning to be a New World Citizen