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Urgent Care for Educators: Situating Responsibility as a Way for Educators to Transform School Cultures

Barbara J. Smith
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 7 aug 2025
Urgent Care for Educators is a resource that responds to the question: How can students be expected and encouraged to be responsible in schools, if education systems do not provide a culture of responsibility for the adults in the building? This collection written by teachers and teacher leaders in responsible roles features case stories from new and experienced educators who share their stories as service providers, injustice responders, action researchers, social designers, teachers of teachers and apprentices. This read provides ample evidence that it can be done!

Contributors are: June Abbott, Philip Alcock, Mike Babb, Kevin Bartlett, Briza Bohne , Evan Coleman, Luke Coles, Nick Davies, Jackie Delong, Andrea Fanjoy, Kate Anderson Foley, David Franklin, Lisa Gonzales, Stuart Grauer, Michelle Hughes, Michele Jones, Tanya Knudsen, Martha J. Koch, Michael Lawrence, Liz Locatelli, Jose Antonio Gordillo Martorell, Janine Meadley, Matthew Panayotopoulos, Angela Purcell, Douglas Reeves, Jessika Shields, Barbara J. Smith, Larry Swartz, Tracey Tinley, Tanya Upthegrove Gregory, Adam Watson, Gennifer Williams, and Rick Wormeli.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9789004736641
ISBN-10: 9004736646
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill

Notă biografică

Barbara J. Smith, PhD encourages school systems to give educators and students more autonomy. She has opened three schools and worked as a teacher-leader in public, independent, charter and international schools, and at three teacher education and graduate schools in Canada.

Cuprins

Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors

Introduction: Purposeful Cultures for Joy That Stretch beyond Wonder and Curiosity
Barbara J. Smith

PART 1: Educators as Service Providers



Introduction to Part 1
Barbara J. Smith

1 The Warmth and Joy of Service-Learning
Briza Bohne

2 Terry Fox: A Symbol and Seed for Inspiration and Growth
Luke Coles and Barbara J. Smith

3 The Journey of Becoming an Education Conference Organizer
Michele Jones

4 Service as Changemaking
Matthew Panayotopoulos

5 Community Engagement as a Responsibility, Opportunity and Passion: Reflections from the Inkster Family Literacy Movement
Tanya Upthegrove Gregory and Gennifer Williams

PART 2: Educators as Responders to Social Injustice



Introduction to Part 2
Barbara J. Smith

6 Educators as Responders to Social Justice
Nick Davies

7 Learn How to See
Kate Anderson Foley

8 Creating and Growing with The Principal’s Desk
David Franklin

9 Finding Connection through the Teacher Healer Podcast
Janine Meadley

10 School Psychologists as Advocates
Jessika Shields

PART 3: Educators as Action Researchers



Introduction to Part 3
Barbara J. Smith

11 Participatory Action Research for Creative Problem Solving
Tanya Knudsen

12 Advancing Classroom Assessment Practice through Self-Directed Learning and Action Research
Martha J. Koch and Rebecca Brooks

13 Expanding Education Perspectives by Coordinating Teachers Visits to Other Countries
Michael Lawrence

14 Projects as Encounters: How Children Give Me a New Way to Be Responsible in My Research Action
Jose Antonio Gordillo Martorel

PART 4: Educators as Social Designers



Introduction to Part 4
Barbara J. Smith

15 Leading Policy Implementation for Positive Social Change
June Abbott

16 From Supervision to Shared Vision: Transforming Teacher Evaluation through Culture Building
Kevin Bartlett

17 Establishing Student Leadership and an Innovator’s Mindset as High School Habits
Andrea Fanjoy

18 Founding a School: What’s Possible When We Engage Kids, Community, and Nature
Stuart Grauer

19 Bearing the Torch for the Party: Sharing the Stories of Tabletop Role-Playing Games (TTRPG s) in Education
Adam Watson

PART 5: Teachers of Teachers



Introduction to Part 5
Barbara J. Smith

20 My Journey as an AI Education Strategist: Transforming Learning through AI-Enhanced Project-Based Learning
Philip Alcock

21 Is It Good for Kids?
Mike Babb

22 Reviving Educators through Experience
Evan J. Coleman

23 “Replace Ourselves” and Other Mentorship Lessons
Lisa Gonzales

24 From the Classroom to Global Impact
Douglas Reeves

25 Responsibility as Teacher, School Leader, Lifelong Learner and Meaning Maker
Rick Wormeli

PART 6:Educators as Apprentices



Introduction to Part 6
Barbara J. Smith

26 Loved into Learning
Jacqueline Delong

27 Two Consultants Reflect on the Pathway toward Professional Growth through Habits of Mind
Liz Locatelli and Michelle Hughes

28 Classroom Teachers Can Shape a School’s Culture
Angela Purcell

29 Honoring David Booth: Mentor and Friends
Larry Swartz

30 We All Need a Wendy
Tracey Tinley

Conclusion: Educator Joy and Fulfilment through Situated Responsibility
Barbara J. Smith