Contents Preface: The Embers of Change vii Amanda Moreno and Jeanette Banashak Acknowledgments xi 1. They Didn't Start the Fire: Why It's Time to Focus on the Grown-Ups 1 Amanda Moreno Part I: Come Closer: Healing Teaching Through Acts of Radical Professional Intimacy 2. Unconditional Positive Regard: Practicing a Different World 13 Alex Shevrin Venet 3. Unlocking HEART Potential: Nurturing Educators for a Joyful and Purposeful Life 22 Lorea Martínez 4. Good Grief: A Case for Queering Teachers' Gender- and Sexual Diversity-Focused Professional Learning 32 Sara Staley 5. Dialogic Inquiry as Care: Healing Early Years Educators With Professional Learning About Multicultural Education 43 Eseta Tualaulelei Part II: Beyond Cultural Affinity: Healing Teaching by and for Teachers of Color 6. Community Cultural Healing in Teaching and Teacher Education: Rooted in Plática, Growing in Justice 57 Mariana Souto-Manning, Jessica Martell, and Benelly Álvarez 7. Black Educators Healing Together: The Power of Homeplace 68 Micia Mosely 8.
Who Cares for the Carers? A Holistic Approach to Teacher Well-Being in a Tribal Head Start Context 79 Hilary Gourneau, Teresa N. Brockie, and Deborah H. Wilson 9. Healing Teaching With the Power of Language and Cultural Connection: Alzando Mi Voz, Cultivando Identidad 90 Ivette Marlenne Alvarez and Rebeca Itzkowich Part III: Expansive SEL: Healing Leadership and Humanizing Systems 10. Preparing SEL Systems to Sustain (and Support!) Educators 103 Addison Duane, Ashley N. Metzger, Kamryn S. Morris, Mai Xi Lee, Brent Malicote, and Valerie B. Shapiro 11.
Caring for Educators by Addressing Their Psychological Needs: Recommendations for Policies and Systems 111 Patricia A. Jennings and Tara Hofkens 12. The Role of the Superintendent in Systemic and Transformative SEL: Toward Critical Well-Being 123 Mai Xi Lee and Roberto Rivera 13. Healing by Principals, Healing for Principals: A Conversation With Maurice Swinney 134 Amanda Moreno and Maurice Swinney Part IV: Healing Teaching Through Inner and Outer Harmony: Self, Others, Earth 14. Peace Education as a Path to Healing in Crisis-Affected Regions 145 Dody Wibowo 15. Healing Teaching and the Earth Through Nature Companionship 155 Jeanette Banashak 16. Dismantling Toxic "Professionalism" to Liberate Schools and Ignite Healing 166 Kamilah Drummond 17. Healing the Givers: Addressing the Link Between Emotional Labor and the Feminization of the Teaching Profession 175 Alexander Enrique Parker Conclusion: Healing Teaching, Healing Ourselves: A Conversation With Amanda and Jeanette 186 Jeanette Banashak and Amanda Moreno Index 195 About the Editors and Contributors 205.