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The Solution Focused Educator examines the causal effects of stress and its impact on the mindset of educators. By examining the reactions to stress, Franklin provides strategies for improving your approach to the classroom. It is a valuable resource, not just for changing school culture; but changing the mindset of the individual educator.
List of contents
Foreword
Todd Whitaker
Preface
Acknowledgments
Section I: Understanding Your Current Mindset Before Generating Solutions
The Me-Self Assessment
Chapter 1: School Mindset: The Brain and The Triangle
Chapter 2: Professional Happiness-Anticipation is the Key
Chapter 3: Emotional Pressurization and Your School Mindset
Chapter 4: Adopting a Different View for School Before September
Chapter 5: Achieving that Balance in Schools--Listen to Your Self-Talk
Section II. Action Steps for Tackling the Compressed Mindset
Chapter 6: Reset Your Bar of Contentment at the Beginning of School
Chapter 7: Winning with Whys: Getting to tnhe Root of Your School Stress
Chapter 8: Focusing vs. Fixating in Schools
Chapter 9: Remove Your School Sandbags and Become Your Own Innovator
Section III: Real World Application for the Solution Focused Educator
Chapter 10: Meetings at School
Chapter 11: Grading and Reporting
Chapter 12: School Climate and Personalized Professional Development
Chapter 13: Strategies for Conflict Resolution Teacher-Teacher-Principal
Section IV: Personal Growth for The Solution Focused Educator
Chapter 14: Social Networking, Learned Shifting: Millennials and Beyond
Chapter 15: Is Teaching the Profession for You?
Chapter 16: Resiliency: Don't Let You Beat You and the Roles We Play at School
Chapter 17: Backwards Design and Winning Differently
Appendix A: Playbook of Professional Development Exercises for School Staff
Bibliography
About the Author
About the author
By Todd Elliott Franklin
Summary
The Solution Focused Educator examines the causal effects of stress and its impact on the mindset of educators. By examining the reactions to stress, Franklin provides strategies for improving your approach to the classroom. It is a valuable resource, not just for changing school culture; but changing the mindset of the individual educator.
