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Educating with Passion and Purpose

Keep the Fire Going without Burning Out
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von: Meredith Matson, Rebekah Shoaf
17,99 €
Verlag:	Wiley
Format:	PDF
Veröffentl.:	26.04.2023
ISBN/EAN:	9781119893622
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	224

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Stay engaged with your purpose to better serve your students—and yourself In an era of sky-high burnout, Educating with Passion and Purpose gives veteran educators everything they need to thrive in their profession. This book will help you avoid the disenchantment and frustration that can come from doing the difficult work of K-12 education. You are in this field because you want to make a difference, but you often lack the support you need to do that amid overwhelming demands. Experienced educators themselves, authors Meredith Matson and Rebekah Shoaf speak the truth about what today’s teachers confront—and how you can navigate the changing landscape to face the challenges and opportunities we encounter. Inside, you’ll find frequent opportunities for self-reflection on the topics that matter most to educators, including race, privilege, wellbeing, mentorship, and how to rise to the social–emotional demands that teaching asks. At a time when many teachers are leaving the field within the first years of their careers, Educating with Passion and Purpose offers you a way forward, so you can nurture your students and professional self. <ul> <li>Gain perspective on why you teach and what matters most to you in your career</li> <li>Explore how race and identity impact interactions in your classroom</li> <li>Learn practical strategies for protecting your social and emotional energy and seeking help</li> <li>Find a new sense of inspiration in your teaching practice with hands-on activities and tools</li></ul>This book is perfect for educators with three or more years of experience. It also offers crucial insights for pre-service educators, staff developers, and experienced teachers looking for ways to avoid career burnout and other pitfalls traditional teacher-training programs did not prepare them.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Why We Wrote This Book Who This Book Is For How to Use This Book Why Reflection Matters Chapter 1: Finding Your Purpose Meredith’s Turn My Why, My Drive Pain and Loss Becoming Invisible My Drive for Leadership Rebekah’s Turn Schooling vs. Learning Finding My "Why" Your Turn Research to Help Excavate Your Purpose Excavating Your Why Refining Your Why Amplifying Your Why Connecting Your Why to Your Work Exploring Your Ikigai Meditating to Discover Your Why Personality Tests and Purpose The Roots of Your Purpose Troubleshooting Your Purpose Additional Considerations for Leaders Helping Your Community Articulate Their Why Finding Your Purpose as a Leader Supporting Teachers in Understanding Purpose Your School or District’s Purpose Asserting an Equity Stance Chapter 2: Purpose and Burnout Meredith’s Turn When Your Work Becomes a Job Rather than a Profession What Feels Like Burnout But Isn’t? Searching for an Identity What Do You Do When All You Do Is Complain? Rebekah’s Turn Shift Happens Losing My Prep Periods and My Purpose Your Turn Identifying Your Why Nots Burnout Self-Assessment I Burnout Self-Assessment II Using the Burnout Spectrum Identifying Possible Contributors to Burnout Visualizing Your Own Fire How Burnout Impacts BIPOC Educators How Burnout Impacts Antiracist Educators Additional Considerations for Leaders Is Distributive Leadership Leading to Burnout? What About Leader Burnout? Chapter 3: What You Teach Meredith’s Turn Bringing My Why Out on Day One Developing Daily Lessons Infused with My Why When Your Curriculum Leads You To Be Misaligned Coaching Teachers Using Their Why Rebekah’s Turn Designing for My Why The Hazards of “High Expectations” Designing for Transformation Your Turn Assessing Your Curriculum Analyzing the Lessons that Resonate What If You Hate Your Curriculum? Standardized Tests Aren’t Everything…But They Are Something What If You’re Still Learning Your Curriculum? Additional Considerations for Leaders Professional Development Curriculum Design and Support Chapter 4: How You Teach Meredith’s Turn Gaining Respect and Building Authentic Relationship Systems and Structures that Empower Take Control of Planning Rebekah’s Turn Keeping My Students’ Reading Fires Going Reframing Resistance Your Turn Assess Your Instruction What If You Have to Use Mandated Instructional Methods? Listening to Your Students How’s Your Sleep? Connecting Instruction and Classroom Management What If You’re Still Learning How To Teach? Additional Considerations for Leaders Clear Structures and Expectations Help Everyone Feedback Is Essential Chapter 5: Being the Lead Learner Meredith’s Turn Pushing Myself as a Learner Professional Development Within the School Setting My First Lesson as a Principal Rebekah’s Turn Professional Learning that’s Personal and Purposeful Summer Schooling Your Turn Who Are You As a Learner? What Do You Need to Learn to Fuel Your Purpose? How Do You Need to Learn It? What Do You Have Control of When It Comes to Your Learning? What if the PD at Your School Isn't Adequate? What If You Just Need a Break? What If You Need Time to Reconnect with Family and Friends? What If You Need a Change of Scenery? What If You Need to Earn Extra Money? What If You Need to Provide Childcare? What If You’ve Been Assigned a Mentor You’re Not Learning From? What If the PD Is Causing Your Burnout? Reading to Learn Additional Considerations for Leaders Chapter 6: Finding Your Professional Home Meredith’s Turn The Interview Process Can Tell You About Your New Community Finding My Home Rebekah’s Turn Doing the Hiring Aligning People, Positions, and Purpose Your Turn Reflecting on Purpose People, Not Positions When You Want To Be Hired Change Is Hard Additional Consideration for Leaders Creating Space to Connect and Explore Identities Knowing What You’re Looking For The Transformative Process Reflective Prompts for School Leaders Building a Bench Chapter 7: Nourishing Your Network Meredith’s Turn Being the Younger Sister to a True Inspiration Challenging Patriarchal Norms The Power of Mentors Who Believe in You Cultivating a Team and Helping Leaders Rise My Teacher Champions Rebekah’s Turn Team You Who I Learn From Who I Learn With Who I Teach Your Turn People Plus Purpose A Framework for Thinking About Your Network What If You’re Having Trouble Finding Mentors? Additional Considerations for Leaders Supporting Teachers Through Community Make Coaching a Priority The Staff Lounge Conclusion Meredith’s Turn The School Leader Within Me Rebekah’s Turn Why I Left Where We Go From Here Your Turn Where Do You Go From Here? Appendix Beginning of the Year Teacher Reflection Tool Burnout Self-Assessment Checklist Burnout Spectrum Connecting School-wide Policies to Your Purpose Excavating Your Why Reflection Tool Fire Visualization Tool The Five Whys Intentional Summer Planning Protocol Job Search Preparation Tool Mentor Matching and Reflection Modifying for Misalignment Tool Network Reflection Tool Planning Tool for a Sustainable Hiring Process Preparing for Conversations about Equity Professional Learning Reflection Tool Purposeful Planning Tool for Professional Learning Purposeful Planning Tool for Units and Lessons Reflecting on Community Spaces for Collaboration Reflection Tool for Burnout Factors Reflective Tool for Designing Classroom Systems Sample Student Feedback Survey Staff Member Community Involvement Survey Teacher-Led Inquiry Cycle for Professional Development Time Management Tool Back Matter Acknowledgements Meredith’s Turn Rebekah’s Turn Our Turn About the Authors

Autorenportrait

Meredith Matson is Principal at the Urban Assembly School of Design and Construction in New York. In her twenty-one years as an educator, she has also been a teacher, assistant principal, mentor to new teachers, history department chair, and grade-team leader. Rebekah Shoaf has been an educator for twenty years and is the CEO of the educational consulting firm What If Schools. She is also founder and owner of Boogie Down Books, a bookstore-without-walls® for kids, teens, families, and educators.

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Rediscover why you are an educator So you’ve survived your first years as a teacher, and you know how rewarding—and how stressful—teaching can be. Educating With Passion and Purpose is a toolkit for mid-career educators who need advice and strategies for meeting the daily challenges of K-12 classroom teaching. Drawn from recent research and the firsthand experiences of seasoned educators, this book offers you an opportunity to self-reflect, connect with what inspires you, and develop the resilience that you’ll need as you settle into your teaching practice. Each chapter of this book features stories from the authors’ experiences, followed by reflective activities designed to help you stay engaged with your “why.” You’ll examine your classroom content, your style as a teacher and a learner, the professional network that you can draw on for support, and how your race and identity manifests in the work you do. Those in educational leadership will benefit from considerations specific to those who support frontline educators in doing their important work. Whoever you are, you’ll uncover the secrets to maintaining a long, productive, and inspired career in education. “Educating with Passion and Purpose is a useful new companion to resources on teacher wellness. The authors’ personal stories are relatable and will provide insight for readers into their own desires to contribute meaningfully to education.” —Elena Aguilar, author of Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators “Rebekah and Meredith provide a candid look at preventing, and healing from, teacher burnout and do so through personal storytelling that will draw you in, in a deeply captivating way, and will provide current and future educators with specific and equitable strategies to combat a very real problem in our field.” —Carlos Beato, EdD, Co-Director, Next Generation Learning Challenges “Through tears, smiles, and head nods in agreement, there is no doubt that this book will help unlock your ‘why’ and motivate you to grow as an educator.” —Shelby Sprung, Special Education Teacher, P94m, New York

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Praise for Educating with Passion and Purpose "Educating with Passion and Purpose is a useful new companion to resources on teacher wellness. The authors' personal stories are relatable and will provide insight for readers into their own desires to contribute meaningfully to education." —Elena Aguilar, author of Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators "Whether outdated curriculum, lack of professional development, or boundary-setting challenges, the path to burnout can be all too clear. Within this book, there are practical tools, engaging anecdotes, and research-backed strategies to reflect and rejuvenate—and fall in love with teaching again." —Maia Heyck-Merlin, author The Together Teacher and The Together Leader "For nearly fifteen years I've learned alongside Meredith and Rebekah, and I continue to learn from them through the pages of this book. They interweave their personal journeys with practical tips for educators in a way that truly gets to the heart of the matter: it's all about purpose. Teacher educators, teachers, and school leaders alike will identify, reflect, and improve their practice by engaging with the personal stories and reflective prompts in this book." —Kristen Hawley Turner, Ph.D., Professor and Director of Teacher Education, Drew University "This book is truly an inspiration to anyone fortunate enough to read it. The insightful advice, relatable experiences shared, and the encouragement and resources offered to overcome obstacles, make it applicable and useful for all educators—at any level in their careers. Through tears, smiles, and head nods in agreement, there is no doubt that this book will help unlock your 'why' and motivate you to grow as an educator." —Shelby Sprung, Special education teacher, P94m "Teachers, leaders, and anyone who works in education will benefit from Educating with Passion and Purpose: Keep the Fire Going without Burning Out. The stories, wisdom, and reflective activities will support educators to sustain and evolve throughout their career." —Alexis Goldberg, Managing Director of School Support, The Urban Assembly "Reading Meredith and Rebekah's stories reminded me not only of what I loved about learning in the classroom everyday with students, but also that this daily work is something I believe to be sacrosanct and the leader's duty to support and protect. When you are a district leader, it's easy to get caught up in the daily political and operational work that doesn't feel quite so sacred; reading their powerful narratives has inspired me to reconnect to my 'why' and to try and ground my daily work more explicitly with it in mind. This book could not have come at a better time." —Carolyn Yaffe, Executive Director of Valley Charter Schools, California "With the engaging voices of experienced teachers and leaders, the authors provide an insightful and pragmatic guide for educators who are questioning their purpose or facing burnout." —Marshall A. George, Olshan Professor of Clinical Practice at Hunter College of the City University of New York "Rebekah and Meredith provide a candid look at preventing and healing from teacher burnout and do so through personal story-telling that will draw you in in a deeply captivating way and will provide current and future educators with specific and equitable strategies to combat a very real problem in our field. Educators at all levels should pick up this book and learn from the infinite wisdom!" —Carlos Beato, Ed.D., Co-Director of Next Generation Learning Challenges "In the midst of a national teacher shortage, Matson and Shoaf provide a critical contribution to the discussion about how we retain, sustain, and reinvigorate educators — by reconnecting with their purpose! Educators from the district office to the classroom should take note of these practical ideas for transforming experience and avoiding burnout." —Jeffrey Garrett, Founder of JM Garrett Learning Group and Sr. Vice President of Leadership Development, The Partnership for Los Angeles, Schools "In Educating with Passion and Purpose, Matson and Shoaf combine their extensive experience to create an invaluable resource for teachers and the leaders who support them. This book combines the power of personal narrative with practical reflection exercises and resources to help teachers build careers, curriculums, and communities grounded in purpose and filled with passion." —Ivelisse Ramos Brannon, Former High School English Teacher, Curricular Consultant, and Ph.D. Student at Harvard University "A thoughtful, heartfelt, and comprehensive guide—I’ll be giving to every teacher I know." —Jessica Murnane, Author of One Part Plant and Know Your Endo "With compelling personal narratives and a plethora of practical suggestions, these veteran teacher-leaders provide educators at all levels practical and valuable examples of how to maintain energy and commitment in the classroom. Given the post-Covid education landscape, this book is required reading for everyone working in schools." —Bil Johnson, Retired Public School Teacher Educator and author of The Student-Centered Classroom Handbook and Right Time, Right Places "As former teacher, school founder and district administrator, I can honestly say that I've not read a book that more clearly, succinctly and powerfully provides a framework for both the struggle and possibility that exists in education. This should be required reading for everyone in the field, as it realistically regrounds the work in purpose and passion, while acknowledging the challenges." —David Weinberg, Former New York City School Founder "The question of how to develop and retain educators represents one of the most pressing challenges facing education today. Weaving their personal stories into generalizable insights about the nature of teaching and learning, Matson and Shoaf create opportunities for each reader to reflect on their passions, while reconnecting us to our common sense of purpose as educators and reigniting our belief in the power of education for all students. Educating for Passion and Purpose is a must read for every educator who seeks to rekindle the flame fueling our professional capacities as stewards of tomorrow's leaders." —David Adams, Chief Executive Officer, The Urban Assembly