Country School Adopts RULER Program
Throughout its 100-year history, Country School has been a leader in social-emotional development. Building on the school’s recent work with the Mission Skills Assessment™, the school has recently added components of the RULER program, developed at the Yale University Center for Emotional Intelligence, to its repertoire of tools to help students fully develop their social-emotional skills.
This summer, seven members of the school’s leadership team attended the Anchors of Emotional Intelligence Institute at Yale University building on the work that began the previous spring when Marc Brackett, the director of Yale’s Center for Emotional Intelligence, came to campus to meet with faculty and parents.
“The workshop confirmed what we know to be true at Country School – how we feel impacts how we learn,” said Head of School Dr. Robert P. Macrae. “The research asserts there is a direct correlation between emotional intelligence and academic performance. We are excited to implement a set of strategies to help us teach social-emotional skills across all four divisions.”
This winter, the full faculty and staff completed the course, Foundations of Emotional Intelligence, and have introduced elements of the RULER program, such as the mood meter and classroom charters, in tandem with the school’s Responsive Classroom practice.
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