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TABLE of CONTENTS

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About the Author

Introduction

Recognizing the Changes in Education

Adapting to the Changes

Strengthening Key Relationships

Flourishing as an Educator

Approaching the Book’s Structure

Recapturing the Magic

PART 1

The Self

Chapter 1

Recognizing the Need for Self-Care

The Cumulative Toll of the 21st Century

Teacher Stress and the Manifestations of Burnout

The Benefits of Self-Care

Summary

Chapter 2

Practicing Self-Care

Strategy 1: Stay Yourself

Strategy 2: Remember the Basics and Avoid Compassion Fatigue

Strategy 3: Learn the Difference Between Good and Bad Coping

Strategy 4: Be Self-Reflective and Set Realistic Goals

Strategy 5: Optimize Optimism

Summary

PART 2

Students

Chapter 3

Understanding Stress Among the Desks

A Never-Ending To-Do List

Proliferating Platforms and the Problems They Breed

The Declining State of Student Mental Health

A Tightening Testing Regimen

The Violation of Perpetual School Violence

Summary

Chapter 4

Promoting Learning and Mitigating Student Anxiety

Strategy 1: Teach the Student, Not the Subject

Strategy 2: Find the Golden Mean of Technology Teaching

Strategy 3: Use Coping Strategies in the Classroom

Strategy 4: Relax by Standardizing Standardized Tests

Strategy 5: Aim for Pacified Teaching in a Violent Age

Summary

PART 3

Colleagues

Chapter 5

Unraveling the Conflict Among Teachers

The Echo in Teachers’ Cafeterias

Generational Chasms in Professional Development

Jealousies and Juxtapositions in an Era of Accountability

Good Friend, Poor Colleague or Good Colleague, Poor Friend

Summary

Chapter 6

Committing to Teacher Collaboration

Strategy 1: Create an Admirable Miniature Body Politic

Strategy 2: Seek Wise Mentors and Impressionable Mentees

Strategy 3: Borrow, Tweak, and Share One Another’s Ideas

Strategy 4: Show Up for Your Colleagues

Strategy 5: Cultivate Bottom-Up Collaboration

Summary

PART 4

Administration

Chapter 7

Identifying Divergent Teacher and Principal Perspectives

The Ultimate Position of Powerlessness

The Local and the Global

Ignored Voices, Hurt Feelings

Threats to a Positive and Professional Climate

Summary

Chapter 8

Maintaining Staff Cohesion Through Communication

Strategy 1: Don’t Play the Power Game

Strategy 2: Welcome and Offer Feedback and Reflection

Strategy 3: Transform Through Transparency

Strategy 4: Employ Empathy, Not Sympathy, and Stop Administrator Stereotypes

Summary

PART 5

The Community

Chapter 9

Viewing Education From a Distance

The Weight of the World

High-Profile Shortcomings and Underreported Strengths

The Myth of Systemic Educational Failure

Summary

Chapter 10

Connecting Citizens and Schools

Strategy 1: Highlight Successes

Strategy 2: Look in the Rearview Mirror

Strategy 3: Demonstrate Democracy

Summary

Epilogue

References and Resources

Index

Riding the Wave

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