Emotionally Intelligent Leadership: Pathway to Educator Well-being and Engagement

Open to school and district leaders in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana.

Become a more emotionally intelligent leader, cultivate well-being for you and your staff, and foster a thriving learning environment within your school or district.

September 17-18, 2025

Aileron campus

Tipp City, Ohio

$890 per person

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by MCESC 

What to Expect

Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana superintendents, SEL directors, principals, and other district and school-level administrators will:

  • Develop greater emotional intelligence among all stakeholders within your school or district community with RULER. *Because this symposium covers the RULER principles and skills, content will be familiar to attendees already trained in RULER.
  • Explore the latest research on leader emotional intelligence and educator well-being.
  • Gain access to practical tools and straightforward assessments designed to monitor well-being in your school or district.
  • Join a vibrant network of district and school leaders to share, collaborate, and innovate in pursuit of educational excellence.
  • Create an action plan to enhance educator emotional intelligence, well-being, and engagement.

Featured Speakers

Recent research shows that emotionally intelligent leadership creates positive ripple effects for educator well-being. Now, more than ever, schools and districts must cultivate more emotionally intelligent school systems. This symposium features leading experts at Yale University who work with schools and districts on practical approaches to creating more emotionally intelligent learning communities. 

Nikki Elbertson

Director of Product Development & Implementation
Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence

Jessica Hoffmann

Director of Implementation Science
Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence

Tangular Irby

Program Manager of Implementation
Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence

Event Agenda

  • Opening & Why We’re Here
  • Supporting Educator Well-Being
  • Introduction to Emotional Intelligence & Emotionally Intelligent Leadership
  • Principles & Skills of Emotional Intelligence
  • Opening, Review, Q&A
  • Applying Emotional Intelligence to Policies & Processes
  • Data-Driven Decision Making
  • Next Steps & Closing

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RULER is a CASEL SELect program.

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