RULER Framework for Understanding the 5 Skills of Emotional Intelligence

The RULER Framework for Understanding the Five Skills of Emotional Intelligence (Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence) provides a framework to support our emotional intelligence. You can pull from the Positive Psychology version and this Mood Meter to develop language around skills and components of emotional intelligence and literacy. Our ultimate goal is to build emotional fluency in our students and ourselves.

• Recognizing emotions in oneself and others

• Understanding the causes and consequences of emotions

• Labeling emotions with a nuanced vocabulary

• Expressing emotions in accordance with cultural norms and social context

• Regulating emotions with helpful strategies

“RULER skills help people of all ages to use their emotions wisely, opening opportunities for us to succeed in school, at work, and in life. These skills are both personal and social, such that a network emerges with positive changes reinforced.” (Source for more information)

Image Source