GoEQ™ is a new curriculum designed to teach students practical implementation of emotional intelligence, giving them the tools they need to process and regulate emotions, think critically, respond to everyday situations in a healthy manner, experience relational success, and more. Its holistic approach that includes brain health, lifestyle, and personal spirituality is designed to meet the needs of the whole student as they learn about mental and emotional health. Integrating science with reading, writing, research, art, and activities, cross-curricular connections are formed and students are challenged to apply their knowledge and learning techniques in each area of life.
Grades K-12
GoEQ™ is divided into four units designed to be taught in one semester. Each covers essential questions pertaining to emotional intelligence. In each lesson, you will find powerful scripture connections, current scientific research, engaging stories, research material, multimedia learning, and age-appropriate learning activities.
Yes, the materials included are: student worksheets/workbooks, teacher’s manual with a full instructional script, discussion questions, and activities for all material, direct instruction, PowerPoints, teaching videos, music playlist, references to all materials used, references to information for further study, unit tests and recommended evaluations, grading rubrics, student objectives, pre-lesson preparation and materials lists, pre- and post-assessment tests.
The GoEQ™ curriculum is designed to be taught four days per week for 12 weeks, with each daily lesson being about 40 minutes in length. Many teachers, however, choose to spread the curriculum over a full semester or even a full year. We suggest teaching the GoEQ™ curriculum at a pace where your students can grasp its principles for optimal benefit. Whatever your timeframe, the GoEQ™ curriculum can be adapted to fit it.
Because EQ is not a regular school subject, it may be difficult to make time for it in an already full school program. For that reason, GoEQ™ materials have been developed for Lower Elementary (Kindergarten-Grade 2), Upper Elementary (Grades 3-5), Middle School (Grades 6-8), and High School (Grades 9-12). The curriculum includes 12 weeks of instructional materials for each level. There are not currently materials available for every year.
Yes! In the various pilots done with this curriculum, not every teacher taught it for the designed 40 minutes per day, four days per week. Lessons can easily be cut in half. Many teachers have taken the program slowly, choosing to teach for optimal student retention and learning rather than getting through the program material in 12 weeks. One way to fit in the lesson material is to preview the lessons and decide which scenarios and activities you are going to do. You may decide to decrease the examples, presented, then use the others as a review the following week.
Another aspect of this curriculum is that you can plug various lessons into different parts of the day. For example, the lessons on brain anatomy easily fit into Science classes as a sub-unit. The lessons on promoting brain health can easily fit into health or science. Lessons on emotional intelligence and untangling thoughts can be included in Bible, Social Studies, Health, or even morning worship. Once students have started learning the emotional tools for calming down and untangling their thoughts, you can gently remind them to use the tools throughout the day as situations come up to reinforce the skills that build emotional intelligence. These tools, even in small doses, will go a long way toward fostering healthy thinking and emotional brilliance in your students for the rest of their lives.
Yes! The materials provided include: the teacher’s manual with full instructional script, student worksheets/workbooks, discussion questions, activities, stories, PowerPoints, teaching videos, music playlist, list of required materials, references to information for further study, evaluation ideas, grading rubrics, student objectives, pre-lesson preparation and materials lists, and pre- and post-assessment tests.
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