Full Description
Learn how to take self-care off your to-do list!
It's been a rough couple of years for teachers and school leaders. Your ability to be resilient and concentrate on social-emotional learning has been put to the test and now you deserve relief—without the pressure of having yet one more thing piled on your plate.
This book's unique and compelling framework empowers you to practice self-care through thoughts and actions that are within your control, enhancing your well-being without taking on extraneous responsibilities. Features include
A checklist for determining your baseline of strengths and needs
Self-reflection questions, journaling opportunities, and action-planning exemplars
A process for tracking, celebrating, and revising your own tangible objectives
Teaching guidance for distance or hybrid education
Strategies to share with your students
It's right there in the word: well-being! It isn't a thing to do, but a way to be. When you integrate the principles of SEL into your everyday life, you'll be a person of joy, peace, and gratitude — and a more inspired and empowered educator.
Contents
Throwing out the Lesson Plan
Adult SEL: Just Another Educational Initiative?
A Framework for Social Emotional WellBeing
It's a Way of BEING!
Setting the Stage:
A Tiered Continuum
Social Emotional WellBeing Check In
Conscious Connection Chart
A Deeper Dive: Relevance, Reflection, and Making it Real
Be Reflective
Be Intentional
Be Empathetic
Be Connected
Be Accountable
Be Equitable
Modeling in the Moment
Guidance for Being During Distance or Hybrid Education
Social Emotional WellBeing - Strategies for Students
A New Lesson Plan
Meet the Author and the Thought Partners
Acknowledgments
References
