This publication investigates the impact of Emotional Intelligence (EI) on educators roles as managers of change in South Africa. It also explores their roles as managers of change, to what extent EI contributes to workplace success and how change impacts disadvantaged, mixed and ex-Model C schools. The ultimate purpose of our publication was to develop a possible framework to assist educators in managing the process of change in an emotionally intelligent way. In developing such a framework, the focus was on presenting an overview of the educator as manager of change; delineating EI as...