2007 Institute for Emotional Intelligence Announced in EI Consortium's Newsletter — EI Update

The fourth annual meeting of the Texas A&M University-Kingsville Institute for Emotional Intelligence was announced recently in Rutgers University's e-newsletter, EI Update. EI Update is distributed to over 7,000 subscribers worldwide!

Registration is already growing for the 2007 Institute which is scheduled for February 22-23 on the beautiful campus of Texas A&M University in Kingsville, Texas. This year's theme, Emotional Intelligence and Leadership: A Vision of Excellence, will feature three tracks to highlight the increasing role of emotional intelligence in achieving excellence in both educational and organizational settings. The three tracks will include: (a) K-12 Education, (b) Higher Education, and (c) Organizational Leadership and Development (review/print separate track flyers). The program features keynote speaker and best selling author Margo Murray (Beyond the Myths and Magic of Mentoring: How to Facilitate an Effective Mentoring Process, Wiley, 2001), authors and researchers Gary Low and Darwin Nelson, as well as panel discussions, breakout sessions, and a poster session. See Topic Highlights for the developing program.

Based on the popularity of last year's pre-conference seminar, a one-day certification workshop is being offered on February 21, 2007. The pre-conference workshop is recommended for anyone interested in working with Nelson and Low's Emotional Learning Systems© materials to develop EI skills in others.

Please visit TAMUK's EI web site often as updates are routinely posted. The URL for the new web site is: http://www.tamuk.edu/edu/kwei000

In This Issue

- Announcement for the
2007 Institute for
Emotional Intelligence

- 2007 Featured Keynote
Speaker Margo Murray
and Mega-planning in
Population

- EI News in Education
from Galveston College

- Topic Highlights for 2007
Institute for Emotional
Intelligence

- The Emotional Intelligence
Leadership Advisory and
Working Group

- Call for Papers

Margo Murray, MBA, CPT

Flyers for Each Track
Preview & Print

Congratulations to
Dr. Robert Vela, Jr.
on his recent promotion to
Dean of Student Development, San Jacinto College North!

Congratulations to
Dr. Magdalena Williams, Dean of Admissions and Enrollment Services at the University of Texas-PanAm,
for receiving the Margaret Ruthven Perry Distinguished
Journalism Award!

Dr. Williams was awarded the Southern Association for Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (SACRAO) Journal of Higher Education Award for her article, "Achievement and Retention Patterns in a Predominantly Hispanic Serving Institution of Higher Education."

Best Selling Author and 2007

Featured Speaker, Margo Murray

Margo Murray is President & Chief Operating Officer of MMHA The Manager's Mentors, Inc., an international consulting firm, specializing in MMHA Facilitated Mentoring Model and Processes© and total Quality Productivity Performance System^sm implementation. Margo has a unique combination of experience in line and staff management, academic work in business and behavioral sciences, and experience in structuring and managing human performance systems. Her innovations include a criterion-referenced approach to manager skill development and creation of a facilitated mentoring process. Her best seller book, Beyond the Myths and Magic of Mentoring: How to Facilitate an Effective Mentoring Process (Jossey•Bass/Wiley, 2001), includes thirty years of research and client experiences with her Facilitated Mentoring Model©. Margo's custom designed programs and published articles have won professional awards and White House Recognition for Excellence, and been translated into Swedish, Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, and Arabic. Margo has been an invited speaker at many International, Regional, and National events, including the United Nations Secretariat, and is faculty for the ISPI Institutes.

Clark and Murray's (2005) article in Performance Improvement Quarterly, Mega-planning in Population, examines six critical performance factors for a Mega-planning approach to address the world's rapid population growth. The six critical criteria used by the authors are provided below. The emotionally intelligent pursuit of these selected performance criteria would result in excellence within any organization!

1. Use new and wider boundaries for thinking, planning, doing, and evaluation/continuous
improvement.

2. Differentiate between ends and means. Focus on "what" (Mega/outcomes,
Macro/outputs, Micro/products) before "how."

3. Use and alignment of all three levels of planning and results.

4. Prepare objectives—including those for the ideal vision and mission objectives—that have indicators of
how you will know when you have arrived.

5. Define "need" as a gap between current and desired results (Not as Insufficient Levels of Resources,
Means, or Methods).

6. Use an ideal vision as the underlying basis for all planning and doing.

EI News in Education from Galveston College
by Gary Low and Beverly Gammill

The innovative Quality Enhancement Plan at Galveston College features an EI-centric teaching and learning approach to improve student success and institutional effectiveness. Emotional Intelligence: A Systematic Approach to Student Engagement was the title of a P-16 program presented at a Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Conference by Beverly Gammill, English Professor, and Dr. Beatriz Espinoza, former Dean of Academics, Galveston College. They reported on the use of EI in English 1301 classes, ESAP assessment conducted at beginning and end of classes, student feedback, and positive results achieved. Imbedded in the curriculum are a variety of learner-centered instructional strategies, including journaling, definition/classification, reader response essays, peer group discussions, student presentations, role playing, I-Search, Workbook, and quizzes. Nelson & Low’s text and ESAP© assessment are used to facilitate student learning and engagement.

The ideas of commitment ethic, empathy, point of reference, and social settings are often highlighted in essays or short stories in writing textbooks, such as The St. Martin's Guide to Writing (Axelrod & Cooper,2004). In English class at Galveston College students are encouraged to identify the range of emotions the writer evokes and relate the Emotional Learning System© (Exploring, Identifying, Understanding, Learning, and Applying) to the writing process (pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing). In a sense, writing is discovery and so it can complement intrapersonal exploration and development very well. Writing teachers often recognize that the main problem in teaching writing is the student's lack of self confidence, no matter the age of the student. The ESAP© and ELS© target three potential problem areas and ten emotional intelligence skills including the intrapersonal competencies, self-esteem and stress management.

Results of the ESAP© have also been used to help students who may be at-risk of failure. For example, higher than average scores in aggression have proven problematic for completing multiple semesters, while the opposite seems true for higher than average scores in commitment ethic. The information is used to identify students who may need help earlier in the education process and it also suggests the kinds of help that will most ably benefit the student. Professors aren't the only ones who get excited about emotional intelligence. Some students have indicated that they share their texts with relatives at home, while others have questioned the lack of availability of EI education at the high school level. These are smart kids!

Topic Highlights for the 2007 Institute for Emotional Intelligence

Keynote with Margo Murray, MBA, CPT
Emotional Intelligence and Leadership for World Health

Keynote with Darwin Nelson, Ph.D.
How to Change Your Emotional Mind

Keynote with Gary Low, Ph.D.
Emotional Intelligence and Leadership: A Vision of Excellence

K-12 Education
EI at the National Center for Deaf Education.
EI Research and Teacher Preparation.
Dissertation research with EI in Public Schools.
EI in Texas Public Education.
Incorporating EI with High School Curriculum in South Texas.

Higher Education
Galveston College Integrates the Education Model of EI.
The Mecca Program: Infusing EI into Innovative Educational Practices.
EI Initiatives at Coastal Bend College.
Integrating EI-centric Assessment and Interventions with Ron McNair Scholars.
A Factor Analytic Study of the Personal Excellence Inventory©.
Emotional Intelligence in University Faculty in Taiwan.
EI and Student Support Services at UT-Pan American and Texas A&M University-Kingsville.
Using EI Assessment and Content in the Psychology of Success.
Evaluating EI Competencies Using Grey Comparative Analysis.

Business & Organization
Emotional Intelligence and Mentoring for Self-Efficacy in Business.
EI for Managing Life Transitions and Change.
Using EI with Business Clients.
An EI-Based Theory of Personal Excellence.
EI and Intercultural Communication.
The Relationship Skills Map© .
The ESAP© and Emotional Skills Training for Developing Leaders from Within.

The Emotional Intelligence Leadership Advisory and Working Group

The Emotional Intelligence Leadership Advisory and Working Group (EI LAW Group) was recently formed to provide consultation, guidance, and assistance for the 2007 Institute for Emotional Intelligence and beyond. As stated by Dr. Gary Low, initial goals for the working group include: (a) guide the 2007 institute and ensure excellence in all aspects of the conference; (b) expand the impact of the conference and EI research and application initiatives; and (c) provide innovative, reflective thinking and leadership for current and future EI directions.

The Institute for Emotional Intelligence is indebted to the dedicated professionals who took time from their busy schedules to attend or contribute to the first EI LAW Group meeting on July 20, 2006. Their leadership provides valuable guidance and assistance to help ensure the 2007 Institute for Emotional Intelligence models its theme of excellence.

Richard Braley, College of Education, Texas A&M University at Kingsville	Richard Hammett, Educational Leadership & Counseling, Texas A&M University at Kingsville	Tadeo Reyna, Distance Learning & Continuing Education, Texas A&M University at Kingsville
Martin Brittain, College of Business Administration, Texas A&M University at Kingsville	Mary Hodge, Newcomer Academy, McAllen Independent School District, McAllen, Texas	John Slate, College of Education, Texas A&M University at Kingsville
Dan Brown, University College, Texas A&M University at Kingsville	Beverly Hoffman, College of Education, Texas A&M University at Kingsville	David Spencer, Partners for Educational Leadership, Education Service Center, Region II
Tom Callicot, Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi	Gary Low, College of Education, Texas A&M University at Kingsville	Barbara Stottlemyer, Presbyterian Pan American High School
Judy Cox, Educational Leadership & Counseling, Texas A&M University at Kingsville	Bob Maroney, College of Education, Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi	Rosalia Telez, Educational Leadership & Counseling, Texas A&M University at Kingsville
Rebecca Davis, South Region GREAT, Texas A&M University at Kingsville	Karen Maxwell, Principal Development, Education Service Center, Region II	Mayra Torres, Ron McNair Scholars Program, Texas A&M University at Kingsville
Larae Elias, College of Education, UT-Pan Am at Edinburg	Darwin Nelson, College of Education, Texas A&M University at Kingsville	Frank Ureno, Student Affairs, Texas A&M University at Kingsville
Karen Hammett, Medical Case Management, Naval Hospital, Corpus Christi, Texas		Mary-Alice Wiechman, Public Affairs, Texas A&M University at Kingsville

The EI Leadership Advisory and Working Group will meet again in September, November, and January before the next conference in February. If you would like to participate, please email Rick Hammett. Ability to travel to Kingsville for meetings is not a prerequisite for participation as email, telephone, and possibly video teleconferencing can be used to overcome the inconvenience of distance.

Call For Papers

This two-day meeting of education, training, and business scholars and practitioners will be held on the beautiful campus of Texas A&M University in Kingsville, Texas February 22-23, 2007. Formed in 2004 by researchers and authors of Emotional Intelligence: Achieving Academic and Career Excellence (Prentice-Hall, 2003), the Institute for Emotional Intelligence provides a forum for educators, researchers, practitioners, and leaders to share research and practical applications of emotional intelligence in K-12 education, higher education, and organizational settings.

For serious consideration and inclusion in the final program, early submission of proposals prior to September 1, 2006 is strongly advised. Please include title, abstract, program sponsor or organization if applicable, presenter name(s) and point of contact information, program description not to exceed 500 words, and presenter bios and affiliation. Research in progress and working papers are welcome. Successful programs will be encouraged to submit journal articles for inclusion in the Institute for Emotional Intelligence’s inaugural peer reviewed E-Journal following the conference.

Please e-mail proposals to Gary Low at gary.low@tamuk.edu (cc rhammett@stx.rr.com) by September 1, 2006. Conference registration and link to Texas A&M University-Kingsville’s Emotional Intelligence Research Initiative (EIRI) are available online at http://www.tamuk.edu/edu/kwei000.