Emotional intelligence and teacher leaders
iii List of Tables vii List of Figures viii Chapter 1: Introduction and Purpose 1 Emotional Intelligence and Educators. 2 Research Purpose 3 Importance of Study 3 Thesis Outline 3 Chapter 2: Review of Relevant Research 5 Existence and Importance of the Problem. 5 Teacher Leader Development 9 Emotional Intelligence and Leadership 11 School Leaders and Emotional Intelligence in the Classroom 14 The Benefits of Emotional Intelligence 17 Developing Emotional Intelligence 18 Summary of Themes and Implications for Developing EI in Teacher Leaders 23 Chapter 3: Research Design 25 Research Methodology 25 Research Design 25 Sampling Methodology 26