Full Description
Mindful Alignment: Foundations of Educator Flourishing develops a foundation for educators to flourish by promoting self-awareness as a mindful approach to ongoing professional inquiry. It presents three mindful arts—the art of well-being; the art of positive relationships; and the art of living from strengths, passions, and purposes—detailing several practices that, when executed over time, can provide a focus for developing mindful alignment. The authors present an approach to personal, professional learning that encourages educators to slow down, create space to notice, and then nurture their intentions and actions toward fulfilling their purposes and passions, in order to grow a sense of flourishing at work and overcome the challenges presented by teaching in ever increasingly fast-paced, rapidly-changing, accountability-driven professional environments.
Contents
Introduction: Towards Crafting Architectures to Nurture the Educator's Soul
Chapter One: Mindfulness and Mindful Alignment: A Life-Long Professional Learning Process
Chapter Two: Wellbeing as Wholeness
Chapter Three: Positive Relationships
Chapter Four: Higher Purpose in Work and Strength-Based Living
Chapter Five: Job Crafting
Chapter Six: Mindful Awareness as a Foundation for Flourishing
Appendix
References
About the Authors
