Mindful Alignment

Sabre Cherkowski is associate professor and director of the Centre for Mindful Engagement in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia.Kelly Hanson is doctoral student at the University of British Columbia.Keith Walker is professor of educational leadership in the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Saskatchewan.

These authors invite 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 with us. The wellbeing they hope to bring about is about noticing, nurturing, and sustaining human flourishing in schools by attending to positive emotions, strong relationships, a felt sense of meaning and purpose, deep engagement, and the satisfaction that comes with achievement. Throughout the book, they offer powerful images and enticing visions of supportive and collaborative workplaces filled with laughter, fun, and joy. Reading this book will inspire educators to reconnect with their own thriving as well as what they can do, individually and collectively, to support the thriving of all who inhabit schools.

• Introduction: Towards Crafting Architectures to Nurture the Educator’s SoulChapter One: Mindfulness and Mindful Alignment: A Life-Long Professional Learning ProcessChapter Two: Wellbeing as WholenessChapter Three: Positive Relationships Chapter Four: Higher Purpose in Work and Strength-Based LivingChapter Five: Job CraftingChapter Six: Mindful Awareness as a Foundation for FlourishingAppendixReferencesAbout the Authors