Teaching with Vitality: Pathways to Health and Wellness for Teachers and Schools [Hardcover]

No matter how happy we are in our work as teachers, conflicts large and small are inevitable. How can we face the negative feelings that can plague our days and sap our strength?Teaching with Vitalityserves up 101 practical and sustainable pathways to sustain health and wellness for teachers and schools.Perhaps more than any other experience, conflict in schools and workplaces can zap our energy and steal our vigor as teachers. If we knew ways to minimize conflict and maximize vitality, would we use them?Teaching with Vitalityoffers specific behaviors and attitudes to reframe conflict by diluting and dissolving it.Organized into brief topics for busy readers,Teaching with Vitalitycombines common experiences and practical options for lessening the turmoil that is inevitable in schools. As beneficent stewards of our children, educators are priceless contributors to the quality of our lives.The main goal ofTeaching with Vitalityis to elevate teachers in their day-to-day lives by deconstructing the major and minor conflicts that sap their peace and dampen their power. School wellness is contagious. And, this book aims to offer daily pathways to health, wellness, and vigor.ContentsIntroduction1. The Gift of Teaching2. Rethinking Student Success3. A Metaphor for Teaching4. Attaching to the Outcome5. Behaving Respect6. Ten Minute Makeover7. Praise in the Classroom8. Real Moments9. I Is Just I10. Accepting Change11. Assertiveness as Necessity12. Assertiveness Level 113. Assertiveness Level 214. Assertiveness Level 315. Assertiveness Level 416. Assertiveness Level 517. Honor in Being Honest18. Facing Fear19. Valuing Your Voice20. Teachers Creed21. Profanity22. Embracing Mistakes in Learning23. Administrator Appreciation24. Misbehavior & Behavior25. Eye Expressions26. Acknowledging Boundaries27. Cooperation in the Classroom28. Cleaning the Clutter29. Stay You30. Five Questions31. Feedback that Feeds32. Personality Preferencl3ž