Mindful Alignment
Foundations of Educator Flourishing
By (author) Sabre Cherkowski, Kelly Hanson, Keith Walker
Publication date:
10 February 2020Length of book:
126 pagesPublisher
Lexington BooksISBN-13: 9781498570800
Mindful Alignment: Foundations of Educator Flourishing develops a foundation for educators to flourish by promoting self-awareness as a mindful approach to ongoing professional inquiry. It presents three mindful arts—the art of well-being; the art of positive relationships; and the art of living from strengths, passions, and purposes—detailing several practices that, when executed over time, can provide a focus for developing mindful alignment. The authors present an approach to personal, professional learning that encourages educators to slow down, create space to notice, and then nurture their intentions and actions toward fulfilling their purposes and passions, in order to grow a sense of flourishing at work and overcome the challenges presented by teaching in ever increasingly fast-paced, rapidly-changing, accountability-driven professional environments.
What makes this book exceptional is its focus on wholeness and mindful alignment for individual, team, and organizational learning. In enacting this holistic focus, the authors have integrated two additional perspectives—the Intersubjective (how people in groups understand each other) and Interobjective (how people coexist with systems). The inclusion of all four perspectives is essential in mapping out the complete ‘architecture’ of the context in which educators live and work. This book will interest educators at the school system and post-secondary level, as well as parents, who are curious about the evolving educational context and the future role of mindfulness.