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Whole School Health Through Psychosocial Emotional Learning
- Jared Scherz - TeacherCoach
Foreword by Esther Wojcicki
January 2021 | 240 pages | Corwin
15 strategies to jumpstart student and educator health
With rapid technological advancements and changes to how schools must respond to learning and mental health needs, the educational landscape looks considerably different from how it did 20 years ago. How do educators contend with this everchanging future? Jared Scherz answers this question and more by outlining the 15 critical steps to educators’ and students’ health through psychosocial emotional learning.
Designed for everyone involved in the educational system—including district administrators, teachers, students, parents, and the business community—this book provides a practical plan with steps to harmonize whole-school health, including sustainable growth in student character development, improvement of organizational health, and reduction of violence and other threats to education. A blueprint of applicable resources is provided, including:
• 15 easy-to-follow guidelines for successfully implementing social-emotional learning practices
• A spotlight on issues such as empathy, identity formation, self-control, and conflict resolution
• Dozens of real-world stories from educators
• Anecdotal and data-driven results from successful implementation
Educators today must navigate a newer and more dynamic terrain than previous generations. This book provides a practical framework for improving the satisfaction of educators, all through the lens of whole-school health.
With rapid technological advancements and changes to how schools must respond to learning and mental health needs, the educational landscape looks considerably different from how it did 20 years ago. How do educators contend with this everchanging future? Jared Scherz answers this question and more by outlining the 15 critical steps to educators’ and students’ health through psychosocial emotional learning.
Designed for everyone involved in the educational system—including district administrators, teachers, students, parents, and the business community—this book provides a practical plan with steps to harmonize whole-school health, including sustainable growth in student character development, improvement of organizational health, and reduction of violence and other threats to education. A blueprint of applicable resources is provided, including:
• 15 easy-to-follow guidelines for successfully implementing social-emotional learning practices
• A spotlight on issues such as empathy, identity formation, self-control, and conflict resolution
• Dozens of real-world stories from educators
• Anecdotal and data-driven results from successful implementation
Educators today must navigate a newer and more dynamic terrain than previous generations. This book provides a practical framework for improving the satisfaction of educators, all through the lens of whole-school health.
Foreword
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
Part I: Current State of Education
Chapter 1: Teacher Recruitment and Retention
Chapter 2: Engagement
Chapter 3: The Psychology of Educator Stress
Chapter 4: Organizational Health and Educator Wellness
Part II: Psychosocial Emotional Learning
Chapter 5: Introduction to Psychosocial Emotional Learning
Chapter 6: Balancing Brain and Body
Chapter 7: Connecting Sensations With Feelings, Wants, and Needs
Chapter 8: Differentiating Self-Regulation Versus Self-Control
Chapter 9: Building Capacity to Hold Feelings in Abeyance
Chapter 10: Improving Tolerance for Distress
Chapter 11: Stimulating Self-Reflective Practices
Chapter 12: Helping Integrate Inequities and Frailties
Chapter 13: Evolving Identity Formation
Chapter 14: Growing Self-Worth
Chapter 15: Channeling Aggression Into Constructive Outlets
Chapter 16: Developing Tools for Expressing and Negotiating Needs
Chapter 17: Cultivating Empathy and Advanced Empathy
Chapter 18: Deepening Conflict Resolution to Constructive Differencing
Chapter 19: Anticipating the Consequences of Actions
Chapter 20: Modeling Ownership and Accountability
Chapter 21: Human Evolution and Psychosocial Emotional Learning
Appendix A: Road Map for Psychosocial Emotional Learning
Appendix B: Next Steps
References
Index