Full Description
Leading with Vitality and Hope provides a practical resource for educators who want to move beyond the challenges schools are facing today. It both provides inspirational ideas from an impressive group of educational leaders and also practical ideas that you can take back to your local schools and communities for implementation.
What is needed to move beyond the chaotic scenes we are continuing to face as schools reopen for in-person learning? The voices we hear from in Leading with Vitality and Hope suggest that we must first re-introduce a sense of vitality and hope. This can be done with mindfulness, visioning, and strategic leadership that attends to self-care, advocacy, and collective efficacy. Each of these themes is woven throughout case study scenarios presented by 20 leaders as they describe their vision, how they garnered support, and how their visions have set the stage for transformational change to enhance equity, reduce discrimination, alleviate trauma, and lead to greater well-being for students and staff in schools.
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgment
Part I
Chapter 1: Turning Towards Hope
Chapter 2: Visioning with Compassion, Equity, and Empowerment
Chapter 3: Vitality and Visioning
Part II: Healing Trauma, Racism, and Injustice
Chapter 4: Mindwell Education: Rethinking Education and Focusing on What Matters (Kevin Hawkins)
Chapter 5: Compassionate Mindful Practices for Healing Racism and Trauma (Christine Mason, Orinthia Harris, and Jillayne Flanders)
Chapter 6: Societal Contributions of Brilliant Indigenous Youth (Holly Echo-Hawk and Melanie Johnson).
Part III: Crafting Compassionate School Cultures
Chapter 7: Heart Centered Learning: Developing Cultures of Compassionate (Christine Mason, Michele Rivers Murphy, and Meghan Wenzel)
Chapter 8: Being a Mindfulness School Coordinator (Jeff Donald)
Part IV: Changing Systems' Policies and Practices
Chapter 9: HOPE is NEAR: Healthy Outcomes and Positive Experiences is Neuroscience, Epigenetics, ACEs, & Resilience (Jesse Kohler)
Chapter 10: The Role of Social Media (Jeff Ikler)
Chapter 11: Visioning in Michigan: Recognizing the Evolving Role of Leadership (Paul Liabenow and Michael Domagalski)
Part V: Building Capacity
Chapter 12: The Coalition for the Future of Education (Melissa Patschke)
Chapter 13: Preparing New Educational Leaders for Vision-Forward Leadership and the Neuroscience of Purpose (Renee Owen)
Chapter 14: Youth Leadership (Julia Murphy)
Chapter 15: Visioning at Peace at Home Parenting Solutions (Ruth Freeman)
Part VI: Scalability and Sustainability: The Integral Role of Advocacy, Self-Care, and Collective Efficacy
Chapter 16: Advocacy and Equity for International Educators (Kevin Simpson)
Chapter 17: The Collective Efficacy of Compassionate School Practices (Christine Mason and Martha Staeheli)
Chapter 18: When Visioning Educational Equity, Educator Emotions Matter (Victoria Romero)
Chapter 19: Scalability and Sustainability
References
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