1. Manifold learning

2. Student Support The Other Curriculum
What is intelligence?
How important is intelligence in
achieving your goals?
Is intelligence a skill?
Can intelligence be taught?

3. Student Support The Other Curriculum
What is social-emotional
intelligence?
How important is social- emotional intelligence in achieving one’s goals?
Is social-emotional intelligence a skill?
If a skill, can social-emotional
intelligence be taught?

4. Student Support The Other Curriculum
Many people believe that social-emotional intelligence is at least or perhaps more important as regular intelligence in accomplishing life goals
What do you believe?

5. Student Support The Other Curriculum
Why do people with high IQ’s, high academic potential, logical reasoning, math skills, spatial skills, analogical understanding, verbal skills and linguistic skills fail to maximize their life potential?

6. Student Support The Other Curriculum
Self-confidence Development
Have accurate self concepts
Value their uniqueness
Manage their feelings

7. Student Support The Other Curriculum
Decision-making, Goal Setting,
Planning, Problem-solving Skills
Make decisions
Develop a plan of action
Set goals
Gather information
Solve problems
Manage change and transition

8. Student Support The Other Curriculum
Interpersonal Effectiveness
Respect others
Relate well with others
Participate effectively in groups
Develop healthy friendships

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Motivation to Achieve
Develop academic potential
Take advantage of educational
opportunities
Identify career opportunities that
will fulfill personal potential
Development of leadership skills

10. Student Support The Other Curriculum
Cross-cultural Effectiveness
Appreciate one’s own culture
Respect others as individuals and accept cultural memberships
Relate effectively with others based on appreciation for differences & similarities
Evaluate how stereotyping affects one’s self and relationships with others

11. Student Support The Other Curriculum
Communication Skills
Understand basic
communication skills
Express one’s self effectively
Listen to others

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Responsible Behavior
Behave responsibly
Take responsibility for own behaviors
Be self-disciplined

13. Student Support The Other Curriculum
“The TEXAS Seven”
* Self-confidence Development
* Decision-making, Goal Setting,
Planning, Problem-solving Skills
* Interpersonal Effectiveness
* Motivation to Achieve
* Cross-cultural Effectiveness
* Communication Skills
* Responsible Behavior

14. Student Support The Other Curriculum
Which of the TEXAS Seven is the least important to your students’ success?
Which of the Texas Seven would be “okay” to omit?
Which of the Texas Seven would disrupt your instruction?

15. Student Support The Other Curriculum
How important is social-emotional learning in your classroom?