Educator Tools

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Books, Tools, and Resources We Use in Our Teaching:

Markowitz, N. L., & Bouffard, S. M. (2020). Teaching with a Social, Emotional, and Cultural Lens: A Framework for Educators and Teacher Educators. Harvard Education Press. Framework website: https://crtwc.org/framework/

Aguilar, E. (2018). Onward: Cultivating emotional resilience in educators. John Wiley & Sons.

Brackett, M. (2019). Permission to feel: Unlocking the power of emotions to help our kids, ourselves, and our society thrive. Celadon Books.

Jennings, P. A. (2015). Mindfulness for teachers: Simple skills for peace and productivity in the classroom (the Norton series on the social neuroscience of education). WW Norton & Company.

Jennings, P. A. (2019). Mindfulness in the PreK-5 Classroom: Helping Students Stress Less and Learn More (SEL SOLUTIONS SERIES)(Social and Emotional Learning Solutions). WW Norton & Company.

Pérez, L. M. (2020). Teaching with the heart in mind: A complete educator's guide to social emotional learning. Brisca Publishing.

Rimm-Kaufman, S. E. (2020). SEL from the Start: Building Skills in K-5 (Social and Emotional Learning Solutions). WW Norton & Company.

Srinivasan, M. (2019). SEL Every Day: Integrating Social and Emotional Learning with Instruction in Secondary Classrooms (SEL Solutions Series)(Social and Emotional Learning Solutions). WW Norton & Company.

Owen, R., & Mason, C. (2025). Becoming a transformative leader from the inside out. Bloomsbury Academic.

Schroeder, J. (2023). Teach from your best self: A teacher’s guide to thriving in the classroom. Routledge.