Dr. Susan Stillman, Author at Six Seconds Six Seconds

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Director of Education, Six Seconds' Global Office: With years of experience as an educational leader, scholar-practitioner, K-12 school counselor, and higher ed faculty, Susan brings a diverse background and set of skills to bear on her mission to build and sustain the Six Seconds' educational programs and to support Six Seconds' team members around the world, working to develop EQ in children, educators, families, schools, and communities.

Latest posts by Dr. Susan Stillman (see all)

Creating Connection in Higher Education - May 29, 2018
Research: Growing an Emotionally Intelligent School - April 17, 2018
Studying EQ in a Rural Appalachian Highschool - June 17, 2016

Creating Connection in Higher Education

Higher Education environments can be stressful and isolating for students, faculty, staff, and administration. What would it take to change that? What if we could design environments within higher education that supported the values of inclusion, collaboration, and resilience?

Research: Growing an Emotionally Intelligent School

What does research show about using assessments to guide effective implementation of social emotional learning? Here are highlights from a new journal article.

Studying EQ in a Rural Appalachian Highschool

Can a 10-week EQ Course change the Emotional Intelligence scores of students in a rural Appalachian high school class? Eastern Kentucky is comprised of tiny towns tucked into valleys between the steep Appalachian Mountains in the heart of coal country. The region has some of the highest drop-out rates in the nation, as well as […]

Middle School Climate & Learning – AERA research

New research is shedding light on what middle schoolers are feeling about school and learning — and what makes social emotional learning (SEL) effective for young adolescents. They crave authenticity and connection, but are not finding these at school.

Young people developing EQ in Cornwall, UK

Family Works UK used emotional intelligence to demonstrate the impact EQ on the lives of a group of 18-24 year olds who were facing significant life challenges.

Can we create emotionally intelligent connections online?

I’m a “connector”… I love making new connections with colleagues around the world . . . I love connecting people to each other. I love the social networks that we’ve created to inspire each other with wisdom, commitment, research, and experience with emotional intelligence. Through social media, as have many of you, I’ve shared ideas, […]

How Should Educators Respond to Tragic Events?

How should educators respond to tragic events that enter our classrooms and schools? I was reading a blog post this morning that made me think about this question. The author, a 7th grade teacher in Boston, received emails from her students asking if they could change their ” current events research topic” assignment of the week […]

Research Case: Six Seconds’ Self-Science Curriculum

This study examines the relationship between social-emotional instruction and academic competencies of motivation and goal setting, critical thinking and problem solving, collaboration and leadership, and agility and adaptability. The researcher embedded a social-emotional curriculum called Self-Science designed by Six Seconds in her third grade classroom during the 2010-2011 school year. Findings indicated increased motivation […]

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