Riding the Wave: Teacher Strategies for Navigating Change and Strengthening Key Relationships (Navigate changes in education and achieve professional fulfillment by building strong relationships)
200
Riding the Wave: Teacher Strategies for Navigating Change and Strengthening Key Relationships (Navigate changes in education and achieve professional fulfillment by building strong relationships)
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Overview
Use this resource’s practical strategies to navigate changes in the teaching profession:
- Recognize the waves of change that are characteristic of 21st century education.
- Explore the dynamics of the five key relationships in which classroom teachers are involved.
- Identify the ways in which teacher morale affects teacher efficacy and collaboration, as well as overall school morale.
- Reflect on and respond to the problem or strategy presented at the end of every section.
- Learn specific research-based strategies for improving the five key relationships.
Contents:
Acknowledgments
Table of Contents
About the Author
Introduction
Part 1: The Self
Chapter 1: Recognizing the Need for Self-Care
Chapter 2: Practicing Self-Care
Part 2: Students
Chapter 3: Understanding Stress Among the Desks
Chapter 4: Promoting Learning and Mitigating Student Anxiety
Part 3: Colleagues
Chapter 5: Unraveling the Conflict Among Teachers
Chapter 6: Committing to Teacher Collaboration
Part 4: Administration
Chapter 7: Identifying Divergent Teacher and Principal Perspectives
Chapter 8: Maintaining Staff Cohesion Through Communication
Part 5: The Community
Chapter 9: Viewing Education From a Distance
Chapter 10: Connecting Citizens and Schools
Epilogue
References and Resources
Index
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781949539592 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Solution Tree Press |
| Publication date: | 04/03/2020 |
| Pages: | 200 |
| Product dimensions: | 7.00(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.60(d) |
Table of Contents
About the Author xiii
Introduction 1
Recognizing the Changes in Education 2
Adapting to the Changes 3
Strengthening Key Relationships 4
Flourishing as an Educator 6
Approaching the Book's Structure 8
Recapturing the Magic 9
Part 1 The Self 11
Chapter 1 Recognizing the Need for Self-Care 13
The Cumulative Toll of the 21st Century 14
Teacher Stress and the Manifestations of Burnout 17
The Benefits of Self-Care 19
Summary 20
Chapter 2 Practicing Self-Care 23
Strategy 1: Stay Yourself 23
Strategy 2: Remember the Basics and Avoid Compassion Fatigue 24
Strategy 3: Learn the Difference Between Good and Bad Coping 27
Strategy 4: Be Self-Reflective and Set Realistic Goals 29
Strategy 5: Optimize Optimism 32
Summary 35
Part 2 Students 37
Chapter 3 Understanding Stress Among the Desks 39
A Never-Ending To-Do List 40
Proliferating Platforms and the Problems They Breed 43
The Declining State of Student Mental Health 45
A Tightening Testing Regimen 47
The Violation of Perpetual School Violence 49
Summary 51
Chapter 4 Promoting Learning and Mitigating Student Anxiety 53
Strategy 1: Teach the Student, Not the Subject 53
Strategy 2: Find the Golden Mean of Technology Teaching 55
Strategy 3: Use Coping Strategies in the Classroom 59
Strategy 4: Relax by Standardizing Standardized Tests 62
Strategy 5: Aim for Pacified Teaching in a Violent Age 65
Summary 68
Part 3 Colleagues 71
Chapter 5 Unraveling the Conflict Among Teachers 73
The Echo in Teachers' Cafeterias 74
Generational Chasms in Professional Development 78
Jealousies and Juxtapositions in an Era of Accountability 79
Good Friend, Poor Colleague or Good Colleague, Poor Friend 82
Summary 84
Chapter 6 Committing to Teacher Collaboration 85
Strategy 1: Create an Admirable Miniature Body Politic 85
Strategy 2: Seek Wise Mentors and Impressionable Mentees 89
Strategy 3: Borrow, Tweak, and Share One Another's Ideas 91
Strategy 4: Show Up for Your Colleagues 95
Strategy 5: Cultivate Bottom-Up Collaboration 96
Summary 99
Part 4 Administration 103
Chapter 7 Identifying Divergent Teacher and Principal Perspectives 105
The Ultimate Position of Powerlessness 106
The Local and the Global 108
Ignored Voices, Hurt Feelings 111
Threats to a Positive and Professional Climate 113
Summary 115
Chapter 8 Maintaining Staff Cohesion Through Communication 117
Strategy 1: Don't Play the Power Game 117
Strategy 2: Welcome and Offer Feedback and Reflection 120
Strategy 3: Transform Through Transparency 123
Strategy 4: Employ Empathy, Not Sympathy, and Stop Administrator Stereotypes 126
Summary 128
Part 5 The Community 131
Chapter 9 Viewing Education From a Distance 133
The Weight of the World 134
High-Profile Shortcomings and Underreported Strengths 136
The Myth of Systemic Educational Failure 139
Summary 141
Chapter 10 Connecting Citizens and Schools 143
Strategy 1: Highlight Successes 143
Strategy 2: Look in the Rearview Mirror 147
Strategy 3: Demonstrate Democracy 150
Summary 154
Epilogue 157
References and Resources 161
Index 175
What People are Saying About This
"Jeremy Adams has written the book that will help us all return to the magic that lives inside our classrooms and our schools. Through the five concentric circles of pivotal teacher relationships, Adams provides actionable and meaningful steps to help readers remember their why while gracefully riding the wave of our educational world." —Tina H. Boogren, author and educational consultant
"In Riding the Wave, author Jeremy Adams brings a compassionate lens to the role educators must play while navigating the constant change and added responsibilities found in our 21st century schools. He perceptively connects how building appreciative and supportive relationships in the school setting is critical to anchoring our well-being and sustaining joy and enthusiasm for our work. Riding the Wave helps us walk a mile in another's shoes to reconsider the importance of empathy and understanding in our work relationships, which can sometimes get lost in the turmoil that accompanies educational change and reform. This book offers timely and important advice for any school educator trying to ride the wave of educational change with grace and dignity." —Robin Noble, author and educational consultant
"Riding the Wave is a must-read for all teachers seeking to flourish in the midst of juggling increasing demands and the struggle to meet the needs of students in an ever-changing world. It puts into words what teachers experience at the deepest levels, explaining with honesty and respect how and why emotional exhaustion, burnout, and low morale plague even the most dedicated teachers and schools." —Esther Wu, English language arts teacher, Mountain View High School, California