Instructional Modules for Professional learning Responding to Opportunities and Valuing Educators (IMPROVE)
 
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Imagine walking into your first classroom as a teacher. You've spent years learning how to teach, but within the first hour you’re faced with unexpected behaviors, challenges, and the responsibility of managing an entire classroom. Often, it's not the lack of content knowledge that leaves new teachers feeling overwhelmed; it's a lack of opportunities to develop the interpersonal and intrapersonal skills needed to navigate the realities of the classroom. Our professional learning module helps preservice and novice teachers strengthen communication, relationship-building, self-awareness, and emotional regulation. By developing these skills, preservice and novice teachers can build confidence, manage their classrooms more effectively, and create positive learning environments where both they and their students succeed. Research clearly demonstrates that building these skills results in greater teacher retention and career satisfaction.

In this module, you will explore perspectives and resources related to the specific interpersonal skills of Anxiety Management, Assertion, and Anger Management. To further your understanding of how emotional intelligence plays a role in teaching, the intrapersonal skills of Self-Esteem and Stress Management will be explained.

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Publication Date

2026

Publisher

Gardner-Webb University

City

Boiling Springs, NC

Subjects

emotional intelligence, interpersonal skills, intrapersonal skills, assertion, anger management, anxiety management, self-esteem, stress management

Disciplines

Curriculum and Instruction | Education | Teacher Education and Professional Development

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Calm, Confident, and Connected: Emotional Intelligence Strategies for Preservice and Novice Teachers

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