Steps to Build External Self-Awareness

Use the following steps to build external self-awareness. 1. Take a quiz to get a sense of your self-awareness style. For example, you might choose The Eurich Group’s (2022) Insight Quiz, available at www.insight-book .com/quiz. 2. Write down the names of two or three caring colleagues who will give clear answers to the questions in the quiz (Hedges, 2019).

What is the general perception of me?

What could I do differently to have the greatest impact on my success?

What themes have I discovered?

How will this knowledge help me?

Leading a Systemic Approach to Well-Being for Educators

When educators talk about well-being, their conversation often begins and ends with selfcare, without a mention of other aspects of educator and workplace wellness. In Beyond Self-Care: Leading a Systemic Approach to Well-Being for Educators, author Gail Markin dives into well-being at the individual, team, and systemwide levels and details leadership’s role in ensuring schools are psychologically safe and sustainable. Using the research-backed practices and tools in this guidebook, leaders can create healthy educational settings where all school staff can increase their efficacy and form supportive, passionate communities of practice.

K–12 school leaders will: • Understand why well-being is crucial to education • Learn about research-based self-care practices • Improve their leadership skills to better support their school community • Read real school examples that illustrate how they can better navigate their own experiences • Discover ways to build effective systems and improve both personal and collective well-being

Visit go.SolutionTree.com/educatorwellness to download the free reproducibles in this book. “Beyond Self-Care is not just about well-being; rather, it’s about leadership and how to philosophically see the world. It reminds us that a ‘well’ workplace nurtures a positive, inclusive, and vibrant workplace culture, and that is what we as leaders aspire to do. This book highlights the importance of treating both yourself and others well—a topic that should resonate not just with educational leaders but with all leaders.”

—Claire Guy

Educational Consultant, Vancouver, British Columbia

“Although many educators feel empowered to create classroom spaces of experimentation, candor, and curiosity, this often runs in stark contrast to their workplace cultures, where compliance, blame, and fear are the rule. Beyond Self-Care highlights valuable, systemic approaches to improving educator well-being through fostering greater psychological safety.” —Tom Geraghty

Organizational Consultant and Founder, PsychSafety.co.uk

“Gail Markin has crafted a compelling, inspiring book that draws on an extensive body of research and on-theground experience. . . . This book is a must-read for anyone who wishes to be part of an educational system that emphasizes educator well-being at its very core.” —Kimberly A. Schonert-Reichl

NoVo Foundation Endowed Chair in Social and Emotional Learning and Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois Chicago