All partner schools are aware of the benefits of developing children's emotional intelligence (EI) and sense of inner balance. Fostering emotional balance not only improves academic performance, but also shapes the young into becoming better citizens, capable of using coping strategies to prevent harmful consequences. In the context of the CoVid-19 pandemia, the emotional balance of citizens is needed, to preserve calmness in the face of panic-inducing events. The educational climates in partner schools are diverse, and so are our challenges. Despite our differences, we all share the same goals: to address education holistically, with our pupils' well-being in the centre: to build our pupils' self-esteem, reduce anxiety levels in social interactions, and equip them and their teachers with strategies to manage emotional dysregulation and bullying situations/social inequities.
Objectives: 1. Develop emotional intelligence skills for 180 (30 pupils/partner) pupils from partner institutions through a variety of curricular and extracurricular activities
2. Enhance the ability of 24 teachers (4 teachers/partner) from partner schools in implementing a teaching approach based on social and emotional learning and support
3. Reduce the frequency of pupil conflicts by 10% in all partner schools by shifting the focus from pupil's problematic behaviors towards the feelings that drove them
4. Develop common teaching strategies to assist students in learning about and managing their emotions, comprised in 1 e-guide on implementing emotional intelligence curricular activities