1st Edition

The Spread the Happiness Approach: Happy Teachers, Happy Classrooms, Better Education

By Shonette Bason-Wood Copyright 2021
232 Pages
by Speechmark

232 Pages
by Speechmark

232 Pages
by Speechmark

Both practical and inspiring, this book is designed to empower educators and school leaders to make clear and simple adjustments to their practice for a lasting impact on the happiness and well- being of staff and children and ultimately on academic standards. It includes practical tips and activities to help teachers generate a lasting atmosphere of positivity and happiness in the classroom plus... Read more

Chapter 1: Why Well-being in Schools Requires the Spread the Happiness Approach

Chapter 2: From Stab Vests to Superheroes. A Leadership Approach Through Spread the Happiness

Chapter 3: Method in the Madness: An International School’s Spread the Happiness Approach Journey

Chapter 4: Grassroots teachers using Spread the Happiness Approach

Chapter 5: Implementation of the Approach

Chapter 6: The 25 Day Challenges with Instructions

Chapter 7: The Challenges for use with Evidence Scrapbooks

Chapter 8: Celebrations and Happiness Ripples

Chapter 9: Second Year of Spread the Happiness Challenges

Chapter 10: Kindness is our Superpower for Educational Change

Appendices:

  1. 100 Things to do with Your Child
  2. 100 things to do before you are six
  3. 100 things to do before you are six - UAE
  4. 100 things to do indoors (from COVID 19)
  5. 50 things to do this summer (1-5)
  6. Counting on Number Songs
  7. Year 7 challenges for transition into secondary
  8. Year 7 Evidence Booklet

Biography

Shonette Bason-Wood is an active primary school teacher and creator of ‘The Happiness Approach’ and ‘Dough Disco’.