A pioneer in emotional intelligence education.
Anabel...
- designs training programs and mentors principals so schools develop an effective program and climate for social-emotional learning.
- trains teachers at Notre Dame De Namur University
- delivers keynote addresses and workshops to schools and organizations that provide inspiration and practical advice for increasing emotional intelligence.
Anabel is coauthor of...
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Founding President of Six Seconds and professor of education, Anabel Jensen, Ph.D., is a master teacher and a pioneer in emotional intelligence education who has trained over 10,000 educators and professionals world-wide. A two-time Federal Blue Ribbon winner for excellence in education, she was Executive Director of the Nueva School from 1983 to 1997 where she helped develop the Self-Science curriculum featured in Daniel Goleman’s 1995 bestselling book, Emotional Intelligence.
Dr. Jensen supervises The Synapse Institute, Six Seconds' lab school, distilling key pedagogy into programs that are used around the globe. She designs Six Seconds' programs for education, helping community organizations and schools more effectively support students and families toward an ethical and compassionate future. A gifted curriculum designer, she has written and co-authored numerous training programs including:
Dr. Jensen has authored many articles appearing in Priorities Magazine, Catalist Magazine, the Roeper Review, and on Discovery Channel; her speaking credits include keynote at national conferences in the US and abroad. Anabel received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1976. Her major was reading and language acquisition; her minors were psychology and statistics.
Anabel is an inspiring, caring speaker and teacher who helps people find the best in themselves and each other. Anabel says people pay attention to less than 30% of what you say, but 70% of what you do, so she models the lessons she teaches – her graduate psychology courses at Notre Dame de Namur University are experiential, learner-centered, and emotionally engaging, which led students to name her teacher of the year and to consistently rank hers as one of the top classes in the university.
Selected Articles...
Beyond Survival: Guilding Adversity With Hope - how and why to teach your children optimism
The Princess with the Glass Heart - healing from pain
EQ and Creativity - how emotional intelligence ties to innovation
Emotional Intelligence - Beyond Counselling - how emotional intelligence can be meaningfully integrated into a school
EQ Curriculum Improves Learning, Decreases Conflict - research on the Self-Science curriculum
Building a Role Model - we teach what we are
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Professional online portfolio for Notre Dame de Namur University
“Anabel Jensen is a knowledgeable and effective presenter: intelligent, well read, current, humorous, and flexible. Her information on emotional intelligence is timely, magnetic, and invaluable to all professionals. Anabel’s sessions are magic.”
Margo Long, Director, Center for Gifted Education, Whitworth College
“Dr. Anabel Jensen’s workshop was one of the best we have sponsored. Her interactive approach made the subject matter literally ‘come alive.’”
Claire Goss, Coordinator, Student Support Services, San Mateo County Office of Education
“Anabel brings out the best in her audiences. She is riveting in the gentlest way – you leave her knowing more, feeling more, and wanting more.”
Susan Krals, Ed. D., Director for Professional Development, Killeen ISD, Killeen, TX
“When I’m talking with Anabel I feel as if I am the most important person in her life in that moment. She has a way of being compassionate, even while helping me see areas to improve within myself, and I walk away feeling affirmed and excited in new growth and optimism. Her humble, loving, clear, brilliant joyful insights of humanity and the human condition are inspiring and give great hope toward our healthy evolution as a species.”
Wendy Tobias, Chaplain, Saint Joseph’s Episcopal School, Boynton Beach, FL
“Anabel has the ability to inspire others by sharing her unique life experiences. She is a model of empathy, warmth and caring that helps each participant analyze themselves. Her enthusiasm is contagious!”
Kendra White-Lyon, Curriculum Specialist for the Emotionally Disturbed, Stanislaus County Office of Education
“Anabel acknowledges you as a person without judgment and then offers you a choice to continue or to choose another path, down which she will walk with you.”
Paula Hunter, Instructional Coordinator San Carlos Charter Learning Center
“I was reminded that love cures people – both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.”
Eliana, Mother
“Anabel has expanded my awareness, led me to new insight, and supported me to go beyond my boundaries – with an incredible compassion and trustworthiness.”
Amy McConnell Franklin, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.Ed. Licensed Mental Health Counselor Emotional Intelligence Advocate
