Stress Self Assessment

Upon completion of a stress self-assessment provided by the McGraw-Hill website, I received feedback from my results stating that I have a relatively high EQ. The categories included self-awareness, self-management, self-motivation, empathy, and social skills (McGraw-Hill, n.d.). In lecture notes from current course material, emotional intelligence is described as” components of social intelligence and adds self-awareness and self-regulation of emotions” (GCU, 2015). Based upon my responses I received a score of 90 and that I exercise most EQ behaviors, but can make improvements in these competencies by utilizing effective strategies to improve my emotional intelligence.
In order to improve my emotional intelligence I need to be “in-check’ with my emotions, which means” the management of emotion, is the ability to control emotions in order to meet an individual’s set goals, having an understanding of one’s self, and having societal awareness” ( Andrews, 2007). According to my score for self-awareness I am very aware of …show more content…
Our jobs require us to work alongside regular and special education teachers in the classroom, in smaller groups, and one on one with individual students as needed. In determining our similarities I comprised a list of her competencies as compared to mine and found her level of EQ to be high as well, which did not surprise me due to the great success we experience as a learning support team. It is imperative in a professional academic setting that competencies are similar to be able to collaborate effectively contributing to the academic success of the students and creating an atmosphere conducive to their emotional intelligence supporting the theory “creative thinking, may be more likely to occur if a person is happy and in a good mood” (Andrews 2007), as well as creating a healthy classroom