The mindful school leader : practices to transform your leadership and school / Valerie Brown, Kirsten Olson ; foreword by Richard Brady.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Valerie (Writer on Addis Ababa), author.

Olson, Kirsten, author.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational leadership.

Mindfulness (Psychology).

School management and organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxix, 225 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin, [2015]

Summary:

This guide will help you to start fitting pieces of mindfulness practice into your busy home and work life. Features include real-life profiles of mindful school leaders, practice exercises to try right away, guidance so you know if you are "doing it right", and hard-to-find resources, including mindfulness apps.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Why mindfulness? The school leader's life

Chapter 2. The science of mindfulness

Chapter 3. The well-focused school leader

Chapter 4. Communication and connection: powerful skills of the mindful school leader

Chapter 5. Reclaiming our wholeness: four educational leaders explore mindfulness

Chapter 6. Mindfulness and emotional intelligence: principles and practices to transform your leadership life

Chapter 7. Mindful leadership in action: putting it all together.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4833-0304-7

1-4833-0309-8

1-4833-0305-5

9781483303048

OCLC:

953111896

Publisher Number:

241021