RULER – Emotional Intelligence

RULER supports entire school communities in understanding the value of emotions, building the skills of emotional intelligence, and creating and maintaining a positive school climate. RULER is the social emotional well-being approach we use at VPS, and is the acronym for Recognizing, Understanding, Labelling, Expressing, and Regulating emotions.

Good emotional intelligence is a foundation of good Social Emotional (SEL) Well-being. Emotional intelligence supports the development of successful relationships and academic success in education and life pursuits. 

Following rigorous staff training RULER commenced in 2019, with a focus largely on creating a ‘Class Charter’ about how we want to feel when we come to school and labelling our feelings using the ‘Mood Meter’ tool. We continue working throughout the school to build on RULER skills by developing our understanding of emotional regulation through the use of the ‘Meta Moment’ and ‘Blueprint’ which, ties in with our school Positive Behaviour Support program.