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Schools with Spirit “These essays show what wonderful transformations can happen when teachers are able to nurture spiritual and emotional understanding as part of the lessons they teach.” — , president, Children’s Defense Fund “In times focused upon high-stakes assessment and achievement of stan- dards, it is critical to know that educators are equally concerned with the emotional, social, and ethical growth of students. This book is an excel- lent resource for all those who daily help students form caring relation- ships, make positive connections, and understand the strength of the hu- man spirit.” — . , executive director, National Association of Elementary School Principals “A healing balm for public education.” —Mothering “[Schools with Spirit] consistently encourages teachers to be courageous and deeply engaged in teaching students, bringing their entire selves, including their spirituality, to their teaching.” — , Booklist chools with Spirit provides inspi- Contributors include: Sration for anyone who is con- cerned about the inner lives of our Angeles Arrien children. This collection features Larry Brendtro fourteen respected educators dis- Martin Brokenleg cussing whether schools can nurture Geoffrey Canada the spiritual lives of children without Nancy Carlsson-Paige violating the beliefs of families or the Zephryn Conte separation of church and state. Marcy Jackson Rick Jackson Linda Lantieri, coauthor of Waging Rachael Kessler Peace in Our Schools, is the found- Jacob Needleman ing director of the internationally rec- Parker J. Palmer ognized Resolving Conflict Creatively Laura Parker Roerden Program of Educators for Social Re- David Sluyter sponsibility, and the director of the New York office of the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL). She lives in New York City. This page intentionally left blank SchoolswithSpirit Nurturing the Inner Lives of Children and Teachers Edited by Linda Lantieri Beacon Press boston Beacon Press 25 Beacon Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108-2892 www.beacon.org Beacon Press books are published under the auspices of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. © 2001 by Linda Lantieri All rights reserved First electronic reading edition 2002 ‘‘Now I Become Myself,’’ from Collected Poems 1930–1993 by May Sarton. Copyright © 1993, 1988, 1984, 1980, 1974 by May Sarton. Used by permission of W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Composition by Wilsted & Taylor Publishing Services Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Schools with spirit : nurturing the inner lives of children and teachers / edited by Linda Lantieri. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-8070-3135-6 ISBN 0-8070-3132-1 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Teaching—Religious aspects. 2. School children—Religious life. 3. Teachers— Religious life. 4. Spiritual life. I. Lantieri, Linda. LB1027.2.S36 2001 372.1102—dc21 00-012994 This book is dedicated to my mother, whose life rich in purpose and meaning taught me that what matters most is to live my soul’s calling, and my father, whose life, death, and faith taught me that God is never far away. This page intentionally left blank Contents Foreword by Daniel Goleman ix Preface by Linda Lantieri xi Integral Life, Integral Teacher: An Interview with Parker J. Palmer linda lantieri A Vision of Schools with Spirit nancy carlsson-paige NurturingMeaningful Connections with Young Children larry brendtro and martin brokenleg The Circle of Courage: Children as Sacred Beings laura parker roerden Lessons of theWild zephryn conte The Gift of the Arts [ vii ] [ viii ] Contents jacob needleman Wendy, Sim, and Other Philosophers: High School and the Love of Wisdom rachael kessler Soul of Students, Soul of Teachers: Welcoming the Inner Life to School parker j. palmer, with marcy jackson, rick jackson, and david sluyter The Courage to Teach: A Program for Teacher Renewal angeles arrien TheWay of the Teacher: Principles of Deep Engagement geoffrey canada From Fist Stick Knife Gun Epilogue by Linda Lantieri: The Challenge of Creating Schools That Are Divided NoMore Notes Contributors Acknowledgments Foreword daniel goleman ver the last five years or so since the publication ofmy bookEmo- Otional Intelligence, I’ve watched with satisfaction the spread of programs in social and emotional learning in schools across America and around the world. Such courses had already begun to sprout up in schools here and there by the time I wrote my book; its publication played a role in catalyzing and energizing that movement. Now Schools with Spirit seems to signal the emergence of another significantmovement in educating our young people, one that speaks to a crucial dimension in children’s lives: the search for meaning and purpose. This new focus moves some of the key elements of emo- tional intelligence into a deeper dimension. Self-awareness takes on a new depth of inner exploration; managing emotions becomes self- discipline; empathy becomes a basis for altruism, caring, and compas- sion. And all of these basic skills for life can now be seen as building blocks of character. The search for meaning, of course, has traditionally fallen within the orbit of church and synagogue, mosque and temple. Not everyone will agree that nurturing the inner life of children has a place in a school’s mission. But what’s proposed here is not that we bring any [ ix ]
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