Everyone in your school community benefits when you invest in YOU. While accountability to standards and assessment are foundational to education and learning, the emotional needs of the educators at the center of the work have been overlooked. These brief, thought-provoking daily reflections emphasize a leader's social and emotional awareness as the key to reinvigorating, renewing, and sustaining any learning community. Using the core CASEL skills presented in six modules, this book will help you: · Become more self-aware of what each CASEL skill means for leadership · Engage…mehr
Everyone in your school community benefits when you invest in YOU. While accountability to standards and assessment are foundational to education and learning, the emotional needs of the educators at the center of the work have been overlooked. These brief, thought-provoking daily reflections emphasize a leader's social and emotional awareness as the key to reinvigorating, renewing, and sustaining any learning community. Using the core CASEL skills presented in six modules, this book will help you: · Become more self-aware of what each CASEL skill means for leadership · Engage community stakeholders confidently and inclusively · Build stronger relationships throughout schools, classrooms, and communities · Increase credibility and approachability
James Bailey is an experienced K-12 leader, having served as an elementary and high school principal, an assistant superintendent, superintendent, and turn-around leader in both the public and charter school spaces in Colorado, Wyoming, and Texas. He has also worked as a school improvement consultant and leadership coach opening his firm called the Leading Learners Institute in 2016 (llinst.org). Bailey started LLI to help make research more meaningful and actionable for educators through a specific focus on 1) leadership coaching 2) capacity building through design-based research and improvement science principles 3) social-emotional development of adults and students, and 4) future-oriented strategic planning [see www.llinst.org]. Throughout his professional career, Bailey has focused on the intersection of research, equity, learning, and organizational design for both adults and students. He has one self-published book called The Productive Principal and numerous blog posts and a few peer-reviewed articles (see publications section on the attached resume). He has presented multiple times at such conferences as the INACOL Conference, the Education Elements Personalized Learning Summit, the Wyoming School Boards Association Conference, the National Staff Development Council (Learning Forward)Annual Conference, and the American Educational Research Association.
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Acknowledgments About the Authors Introduction Module 1: Self-Awareness Week 1.1: Developing Accurate Self-Perception Week 1.2: Strengths of Emotions Week 1.3: Developing Self-Confidence Week 1.4: Developing Self-Efficacy Module 2: Self-Management Week 2.1: Self-Motivation Week 2.2: Goal Setting and Productive Habits Week 2.3: Organizational Skills Week 2.4: Impulse Control Week 2.5: Stress Management Week 2.6: Self-Discipline Module 3: Social Awareness Week 3.1: Perspective Taking Week 3.2: Empathy Week 3.3: Appreciating Diversity Week 3.4: Respect for Others Module 4: Relationship Skills Week 4.1: Communication Week 4.2: Social Engagement Week 4.3: Relationship Building Week 4.4: Teamwork Module 5: Responsible Decision Making Week 5.1: Identifying Problems Week 5.2: Analyzing Situations Week 5.3: Solving Problems Week 5.4: Evaluating Week 5.5: Reflecting Week 5.6: Ethical Responsibility Module 6: Next Steps Appendix A Appendix B References
