Training & Teaching Modules for
GETTING STARTED
WITH EMOTION WORKS
- Get prepared for your Emotion Works journey by downloading and organising all your training & teaching resources in advance
- Select tools from our Baseline Assessment page to help you track progress
- Work through the Getting Started staff Training pages for the Cog Model Curriculum and each individual cog
- Familiarise yourself with the corresponding Getting Started Teaching pages to use in your classroom with pupils
- Plan your first lesson and Get Started!
Welcome to the Emotion Works Practitioner Community.
Whether you’re joining us for a 6 month trial or as a longer-term member, on this page you’ll find everything you need to help you get started on your Emotion Works journey.
- A step by step guide to our Getting Started training and teaching content with handy links to each of the pages
- An overview of the Literacy Programme schedule with downloadable planner
- Contact information for our Practice Support Team who are on hand and happy to help with any questions or support needs you have
- Links to other sources of membership practice support on social media
As part of our aftercare service, all members are very welcome to access the following sources of support at any point during your EW journey:
- Get in touch with our Schools Advisors on practice@emotionworks.org.uk if you’d like a personal touch with your EW roll out
- Join the EW Practitioners private Facebook Page to link up with others across the EW Community
- Follow us on Twitter for an inspiring feed of practice ideas retweeted from other EW teachers and schools
- Check in regularly to our Practice Support web page, for live web chat, Practitioner Stories and links to online meetings
EMOTION WORKS ORIENTATION
If you or your staff group is brand new to Emotion Works you can familiarise yourself with our programme and membership features here
Getting prepared
Get prepared for your Emotion Works journey by downloading, printing and sorting all training and teaching resources in advance.
Before you begin
BASELINE
ASSESSMENTS
Identify emotional literacy starting points for pupils before starting the cog teaching programme. Evaluation tools are also provided for staff and schools.
Introductory Module
INTRODUCING THE
'COG' CURRICULUM
'COG' CURRICULUM
This introductory module provides an overview of the Cog Curriculum, with guidance on introducing cog language and the Cog Models to learners at different levels.
Cog Module 1
Orange 'Emotion
Words' Cog
Words' Cog
The first cog module focuses on the words used in language to name emotions. Guidance is provided for expanding emotion vocabulary throughout the programme.
Cog Module 2
Green 'Emotion
Behaviours' Cog
Behaviours' Cog
In this module teachers are supported to help children consider all the different ways emotions can be expressed using verbal and non-verbal behaviours.
Cog Module 3
Red 'Body
Sensations' Cog
Sensations' Cog
This module provides guidance on helping children bring to mind and talk about the different body sensations associated with different emotions.
Cog Module 4
Yellow 'Emotion
Triggers' Cog
Learn how to teach about the concept of an Emotion Trigger to help children identify the things that happen to cause or ‘trigger’ emotional reactions and responses.
Cog Module 5
Blue 'Regulation
Strategies' Cog
This module will support you to teach about the concept of emotion regulation including strategies for feeling better when experiencing unpleasant or uncomfortable emotions.
Cog Module 6
Grey 'Emotion
Intensity' Cog
How do children come to understand and articulate Emotion Intensity? Find out what’s involved in quantifying and expressing how strong an emotion feels.
Cog Module 7
Purple
'Influences' Cog
This final cog module covers information on when and how to teach pupils about the wide range of influencing factors that can shape emotional reactions and responses.
CONSOLIDATION / ASSESSMENT / PLENARY / CELEBRATION
STAFF TRAINING
Plan towards a showcase of work to take place in the last week(s) of term.
INCLUDES:
- Slideshow + Activity –for First/Second Level – 5–cog introductory slideshow with reporter task
- Slideshow + Activity –for Early/First Level – 5–cog introductory slideshow with sorting task
- Activity–ALL Levels – Ideas for a cogs & gears classroom themewith links to internet resources
- Printable / Digital Resources – ALL Levels – a collection of posters, worksheets, cogs, activity sheets that can be used creatively for learning / displays over the coming weeks
Keep the training and progression documents handy as you will need to refer to them throughout the modules.
SHARING WITH PUPILS
Week 10: Consolidation / Assessment / Plenary / Celebration
INCLUDES:
- Slideshow + Activity –for First/Second Level – 5–cog introductory slideshow with reporter task
- Slideshow + Activity –for Early/First Level – 5–cog introductory slideshow with sorting task
- Activity–ALL Levels – Ideas for a cogs & gears classroom themewith links to internet resources
- Printable / Digital Resources – ALL Levels – a collection of posters, worksheets, cogs, activity sheets that can be used creatively for learning / displays over the coming weeks
Full Members Content
EW LIBRARY
Once you’ve worked through the Getting Started training and have completed your first roll-out with pupils, the nature of the Emotion Works ‘spiral’ curriculum is to revisit the key concepts with learners over time using different teaching stimuli and a variety of resources.
This is where our EW Library comes in. In this area of the website you will find our full archive and ever-growing bank of Digital Resources and Practice Ideas.
- Our Digital Resources Library includes hundreds of worksheets, slideshows, planning tools, symbol supports and much more. A filtering system helps you search by curriculum level, topic or cog concept to help you find what you’re looking for, or discover a new resource to use.
- Our Practice Ideas Library shows a ‘pinterest’-style overview of photos and completed work that can be searched through and looked at in more detail to inspire and support you in your planning and teaching.
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