HEART! : Fully Forming Your Professional Life as a Teacher and Leader.

This inspiring resource presents the concept of a heartprint-the distinctive impression that an educator's heart leaves on students and colleagues during his or her professional career. The author writes in a conversational, humorous manner as he offers his own anecdotes and reflections to help...

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Main Author: Kanold, Timothy D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington, Indiana : Solution Tree Press, 2017.
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Summary:This inspiring resource presents the concept of a heartprint-the distinctive impression that an educator's heart leaves on students and colleagues during his or her professional career. The author writes in a conversational, humorous manner as he offers his own anecdotes and reflections to help readers uncover their professional impact and foster productive, heart-centered classrooms and schools. Part 1 addresses "Happiness"-having passion, purpose, and a positive impact in education. In part 2, "Engagements," readers explore the engagement teachers must have in their work to put forth the needed energy and effort. Part 3, "Alliances," asks readers to be open to forming alliances with their fellow educators so they can collaborate effectively. Next, part 4, "Risk Taking," demonstrates for readers why teachers should engage in vision-focused risk taking to create sustainable change in their schools. Finally, part 5, "Thought," focuses on the knowledge capacity educators should have to fulfill the heart of the teaching profession. Benefits: Examine five unique HEART aspects of your professional life: Happiness, Engagement, Alliances, Risk, and Thought. Examine your distinctive heartprint as an educator and the magnified impact your professional life has on students and colleagues. Gain wisdom and inspirational insights for your work life from Dr. Kanold as well as dozens of thought leaders and researchers inside and outside of the educational profession. Take advantage of the opportunity to connect your professional life to each chapter and embed your personal and professional story into the book. Use the book as part of a professional group book study with your colleagues and friends at your school. Connect and reconnect to the emotion, passion, energy, growth, and collaborative intimacy expected when you choose to become part of the education profession. Contents: Part 1: Developing HEART-H Is for Happiness; Part 2: Developing HEART-E Is for Engagement; Part 3: Developing HEART-A Is for Alliances; Part 4: Developing HEART-R Is for Risk; Part 5: Developing HEART-T Is for Thought.
Item Description:EpilogueAcknowledgments; Notes.
Physical Description:1 online resource (264 pages)
ISBN:9781943874446
1943874441
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.