A Brief look at Emotional Intelligence for Educators Components of emotional intelligence include self-awareness, emotional-regulation, and self- regulation. These are important qualities for educators to have when working with students, especially trauma affected at- risk youth. When dealing with loss of classroom authority or a resistant student, educators must be fully aware of emotional effect and understand the level of influence feelings are having before a reaction or corrective action is taken. Educators must also understand that suppression of the emotion without proper regulation or commitment to an alternative perspective and reasoning will affect their mental health, wellbeing, and job performance. People who have good emotional health are aware of their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. They’ve learned healthy ways to cope with and address stress and emotional impacts. Nonetheless, when feelings and emotions arise, people don’t always stop and d...