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An empowering journey that keeps great teachers in the classroom

The Onward Workbook is a collection of tools and strategies that help teachers banish the burnout and cultivate true resilience. Keyed to the framework presented in Onward, this companion piece augments the text with practical exercises, coaching, and step-by-step walkthroughs of beneficial practices. Deep introspection allows you to verbalize your feelings, name your challenges, and identify the tools you have and the tools you need—from there, you’ll explore each of the 12 Key Habits and learn how to put them into practice every day.

In cultivating resilience within yourself and your teaching practice, you improve your health, your outlook, and your relationships while building an environment in which every child succeeds. This workbook takes you on a journey of specific self-discovery that changes your perspective, renews your confidence, and empowers you to make the much-needed changes that allow you to continue inspiring young minds.

Dig deeper within to discover what you’re truly made of
Decode complex emotions, body language, and nonverbal communications
Challenge your beliefs, build community, and navigate difficult interactions
Learn more, feel more, play more, and practice effective self-care

Resiliency is an underrated skill—one that can make all the difference in our schools. Challenges will always arise, but it is your response that dictates the outcome. Can you think of a more important lesson for your students? When some 70 percent of teachers quit within their first five years, it is clear that changes must be made. The Onward Workbook equips you to make the changes that you can, and flourish into the future.

While this book can be used by individuals, it is also designed so that groups, teams, departments, or an entire staff can take up the learning together. There are specific suggestions in the workbook for using this with a group, and educators will reap even more reward from discussing the practices and experiences with colleagues.

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978-1119367383
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1st
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Jossey-Bass
Publication date

April 17 2018
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English
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PRACTICAL EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES FOR BECOMING A RESILIENT EDUCATOR

This hands-on workbook is the companion to Elena Aguilar's extraordinary book Onward. It explores in-depth the 12 habits that are essential for building and developing resilience in educators. The Onward Workbook is the must-have resource for cultivating resilience, filled with over 365 exercises that draw on the author's extensive research in emotional resilience, psychology, systems thinking, change management, and on her 12 years of coaching educators.

The Onward Workbook is your personal resource for cultivating resilience and becoming the educator of your dreams. The workbook has a variety of empowering stories and activities that introduce each of the 12 habits as well as activities that offer a guide to reflect on the habits explored. The exercises offer a better understanding of Onward's four-part conceptual framework that rests on the key components of resilience and how it is developed.

The exercises described are tried and tested and have proven to boost educator abilities to build community, become more mindful, take better care of themselves, focus on the positive, cultivate compassion, become ongoing learners, develop creativity, accept change, celebrate gratitude, and much more.

--This text refers to the paperback edition.

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PRACTICAL EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES FOR BECOMING A RESILIENT EDUCATOR

This hands-on workbook is the companion to Elena Aguilar's extraordinary book Onward. It explores in-depth the 12 habits that are essential for building and developing resilience in educators. The Onward Workbook is the must-have resource for cultivating resilience, filled with over 365 exercises that draw on the author's extensive research in emotional resilience, psychology, systems thinking, change management, and on her 12 years of coaching educators.

The Onward Workbook is your personal resource for cultivating resilience and becoming the educator of your dreams. The workbook has a variety of empowering stories and activities that introduce each of the 12 habits as well as activities that offer a guide to reflect on the habits explored. The exercises offer a better understanding of Onward's four-part conceptual framework that rests on the key components of resilience and how it is developed.

The exercises described are tried and tested and have proven to boost educator abilities to build community, become more mindful, take better care of themselves, focus on the positive, cultivate compassion, become ongoing learners, develop creativity, accept change, celebrate gratitude, and much more.

--This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07CH2T1H1
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Jossey-Bass; 1st edition (April 17 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 10273 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 658 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1119367387

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Elena Aguilar

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Elena has trained thousands of educators across the United States and abroad in transformational coaching and team development. She is a regular contributor for Edutopia and EdWeek Teacher and has published two highly acclaimed books: The Art of Coaching (2013) and The Art of Coaching Teams (2016) with an upcoming book titled Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators anticipated to release in May 2018.

Elena’s expertise derives from twenty years as a classroom teacher, instructional coach and leadership coach working in diverse school environments. In her role as a consultant, she has partnered with leaders in public and private organizations across the United States and abroad. She holds a B.A. in history and Latin American Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and an M.A. in Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley. She received her teaching credential from California State University, Hayward, and she also holds an administrative services credential. Elena lives in Oakland, California, with her husband, son, and two cats. When she’s not coaching or writing she enjoys traveling abroad, photographing birds, hiking, drinking coffee and reading fiction.

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Big very comprehensive book

Reviewed in Canada on February 19, 2021

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This book is actually very big! It’s a comprehension guide to everything well-being.

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Susan Schmidt

Book for coaches in education.

Reviewed in Canada on April 21, 2019

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Book is easy to read and good information for coaches. I like the way it is organized through the months of the year. Educators would relate!

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marisa stone

Rise again

Reviewed in Spain on November 1, 2019

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Variety of exercises and reflections

CobWeb

Seems a bit daunting for a workbook on the first flick-through…

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 26, 2018

…but it is surprisingly easy to digest and has plenty of space for writing or sketching your thoughts and/or findings, so a complete record is always to hand under one cover (rather than in a separate notebook).

Well written, the author uses supportive language for reflection & self-improvement. Dotted around are short passages to reflect on & relevant quotes to ponder over. There is even a recipe for ‘The Best Homemade Chai’, (last image below refers), originally by writer Elizabeth Gilbert, since modified with encouragement to tweak ‘until it tastes just as you like!’

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✤ TITLE : THE ONWARD WORKBOOK: DAILY ACTIVITIES TO CULTIVATE YOUR EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE AND THRIVE
✤ AUTHOR : ELENA AGUILAR
✤ PUBLISHER : U.S. JOSSEY-BASS® ~ A Wiley Brand

‘Printed in the U.S.A.’

‘Permission is given for individual classroom teachers to reproduce the pages and illustrations for classroom use. Reproduction of these materials for an entire school system is strictly forbidden.’

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It is a weighty paperback tome that measures around 21.5 cm x 27.27 cm x 3 cm.
The current ‘Look Inside’ facility above gives a good insight into what lies between the covers, simply presented in BLACK & shades of GREY, on crisp WHITE pages…650 of them!
The back cover summarises the aims of this publication (copied below for reference).

IMO, it is useful as a standalone book and I can link it to other publications I am currently reading as part of my new course. I find it easy to dip in & out of when time permits.
The approach may not appeal to everyone, but it has helped me generally see & think things differently, e.g.

From page 107:

📝 ‘Thanking Your Emotions:

Complete the following statements:

‘Thank you, sadness. You’ve help me understand…’

…then, in the same format for…

~ Fear
~ Anger
~ Disgust
~ Shame
~ Envy
~ Happiness
~ Love

The author uses her white space to start hers as:

~ ‘Thank you, sadness. You’ve helped me understand that your pain is tied to my joy. Sadness arises because of loss, and you help me see that I need to feel joy and connection.
~ Thank you, fear. You’ve helped me recognise how I can stay safe in this world. You have given yourself to protecting me….’

The next exercise expands on this.

Each chapter has activities to do each day for the month and opens with a double-page spread that includes a relevant quote for the month ahead, e.g.

📝 CHAPTER 5 : ‘Be Here Now’

‘OCTOBER: As we approach the fall, our energy wanes and we’re triggered more easily. Learning to be in the present moment enables us to cultivate awareness of our emotions and make choices that foster our resilience.’

The activities are generally designed for self-reflection in a busy modern world, with a variety of writing and drawing activities, answering questions & mind mapping. ‘Best Times’ to indulge in an activity are indicated by an icon:

~ An activity for morning
~ An activity for evening
~ An activity for when you have a little time and perhaps a reflective, relaxing space to sit

Some activities are well-known, such as ‘MBTI’ (Myers–Briggs Type Indicator) or ‘The Raisin Meditation’; others less so.
Some require additional resources such as referred websites for e.g. colouring in templates or recommended books, but these can be skipped if preferred.

Each chapter closes with ‘Chapter Reflection’, with the same four questions to ask yourself:

1. What were your biggest takeaways from this chapter?
2. Of the different activities in this chapter, which were most useful?
3. Which activities would you like to revisit periodically? How might you get that habit going?
4. What implications do the ideas in this chapter have for the work you do?

From the back cover:

📝 ‘PRACTICAL EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES FOR BECOMING A RESILIENT EDUCATOR

This hands-on workbook is the companion to Elena Aguilar's extraordinary book ONWARD: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators .
It explores in-depth the 12 habits that are essential for building and developing resilience in educators.
The Onward Workbook is the must-have resource for cultivating resilience, filled with over 365 exercises that draw on the author's extensive research in emotional resilience, psychology, systems thinking, change management, and on her 12 years of coaching educators.

The Onward Workbook is your personal resource for cultivating resilience and becoming the educator of your dreams. The workbook has a variety of empowering stories and activities that introduce each of the 12 habits as well as activities that offer a guide to reflect on the habits explored. The exercises offer a better understanding of Onward's four-part conceptual framework that rests on the key components of resilience and how it is developed.

The exercises described are tried and tested and have proven to boost educator abilities to build community, become more mindful, take better care of themselves, focus on the positive, cultivate compassion, become ongoing learners, develop creativity, accept change, celebrate gratitude, and much more.’

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Noah

Are you a teacher or do you have one in the house - then consider this!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 21, 2018

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Mental health in the work place is becoming a huge issue and no where more so than in our schools. The pressure on teachers is enormous and the author has seen here a moment and an opportunity to target a workbook at a group that historically has battered us with their own workbooks! This isn't a traditional self help book, but a simple workbook with hundreds of activities that are simply explained and you are suggested to try. If you like, there is no hard sell, or quotes from experience, just simply activities to try and questions for you to answer in self-analysis. Reflection is the key to 21st century teaching and there is also a strong element of reflection throughout this book.
Resilience is a quality that we all need in life, and in the education sphere especially so, this book is aimed at this one factor - to develop your own resilience and empower you to work on it whatever you are facing.
As you work through this book, not only will you strengthen yourself to face your day, but you will also enhance your own teaching skills with many points that have universal application and you will end up helping yourself first and then also those you serve too!
On first reading, I thought this was a strong four stars, but actually it is better than that, and deserves the full five!

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Andrew Dalby

A self-help workbook that addresses serious issues in education

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 27, 2018

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Burnout and feeling helpless and over-worked are often reasons teachers give for leaving the profession. This is a workbook aimed at helping those involved in education to deal with the pressures of the current system. the book uses questions and interaction to make it a living guide. There is lots of white space to fill in your responses.

The starting point is looking at yourself and then understanding the emotions. You are then guided into the power of story-telling and in how to build a community around you. These are the foundations. Then it looks at the particulars of what is happening now in your life and how you need to take care of yourself and look at the positives. There is a chapter on Compassion which has been under-rated before and which is becoming more widely recognised as essential. Finally it looks at the future and how you can be a learner, how you can be creative and how you can participate in change. Finally it brings it all together to celebrate what it is to be you.

I think that this is an excellent resource that gives you a scaffold for reflecting about where you are and where you want to go. There is a lot here (nearly 650 pages) but most of it is going to be written by you.

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AGW

a very comprehensive workbook towards self knowledge and resilience

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 9, 2018

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This is literally packed with exercises devoted to producing stronger more resilient individuals and teams. All of the pages may be copied - there is a source given at the bottom which is enough for the author. This book is meant to go with the Onward Book, but quite frankly, at least for those with some experience of group working and growth strategies, these exercises can well stand alone- but buy the Onward book, because it is just as good as this one. This is the sort of thing that is really helpful in empowering individuals especially those who like educators and teachers, have to go through painful interpersonal and difficult situations. It is of course applicable to the individuals life in spheres other than education. Love this book, it will keep me going for years and then again as many of the exercises are well worth repetition. Usually I am critical of books with lots of white space, but here the spaces are meant to be worked in. the book is large format as well, which is just great to produce well sized worksheets if working with a group.

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