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Published: June 2018

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Teacher Wellbeing: Flourishing in Schools by Noticing, Nurturing, and Sustaining

How do you foster teacher wellbeing so that they can foster student wellbeing? Grounded in research that explores flourishing schools and positive educational leadership, this book advocates for much more attention on teacher wellbeing. Offering a blend of theory and practice, this book will engage teachers and school leaders in conversations that will help them make sense of the often overwhelming demands inherent in teaching, the accompanying challenges of these realities, and their impacts on teachers’ wellbeing. The authors argue that self-care should be a professional priority.

Praise for Teacher Wellbeing: Flourishing in Schools by Noticing, Nurturing, and Sustaining

Cherkowski and Walker provide a blueprint for reframing the narrative about teacher wellbeing, focusing on how growth mindsets, appreciative inquiry, hope, and resilience can sustain a flourishing school culture. Teachers and administrators who are inspired to “up their game” to thrive in schools should read and reflect on the ideas in this book.
~Bruce Barnett, Professor Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Cherkowski and Walker have tackled a very important area—the combination of theory and practical strategies about educator wellbeing make this book one to add to your professional collection.

 
~Linda Kaser, Director of Networks of Inquiry and Innovation, Vancouver, BC, Canada

This book challenges much conventional thinking about what it takes to improve schools, balancing theory from several disciplines with stories from schools and practical guidance. A refreshing addition to the literature and an uplifting read.
~Dr Louise Stoll, Professor of Professional Learning, UCL Institute of Education, London.

Cherkowski and Walker provide wisdom and insight that helps teachers and school leaders to reconsider their work from a positive perspective. Innovative guided reflections and actions throughout the book promote reader engagement. Practical, scholarly, insightful, this is a book that will be a resource for those in schools wanting to better support their colleagues, and to develop communities full of hope.
~David Gurr, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, University of Melbourne.

Thus, the enormous importance of this book’s living theory of flourishing and wellbeing within a self-governing community of learners—both teacher and student. I congratulate the authors for attending to this so very important agenda.
~Jerry Starratt, Professor Emeritus, Boston College

Sabre and Keith have invited us to imagine workplaces in which we thrive, and that support the flourishing of the other adults and young people who inhabit these school spaces as well. They note that too many educators have become weary in their “well-doing,” and thus extend an invitation for us to explore educator “wellbeing.”
~Megan Tschannen-Moran, Professor of Educational Policy, Planning, and Leadership at the College of William and Mary’s School of Education