How to Increase Hope with Cathleen Beachboard Resilient Schools 9
Cathleen Beachboard is an award-winning educator, best-selling author, and leading innovative expert on raising psychological hope in schools. Her Building H.O.P.E.© framework has improved resilience, well-being, and achievement in thousands of schools across the country. As a sought-after speaker on well-being and retention, she provides practical tools and strategies for parents, educators, and school leaders to increase hope so students and staff can thrive. Hope is a positive cognitive process Hope is a mix of your goals, pathways and agency. Hope is determined in different ways. Hope is measurable. How do you increase your hope? Your hope level is similar to your friends. Introduce someone who is at a different level. Put a high hope kid next to a low-hope kid. Hope scale at Thrively If you’re high hope, spread it. If you’re low in hope, start improving your hope. Wherever you are lowest, start there. Low in pathways - one way to solve a problem. Backup plans show you that you can improve your plans. Will power and self-control. Even if you don’t have control, having back up plans help you feel more in control. Hope Research As hope increases, the impact of stress decreases. Teachers can be overwhelmed, too. Hope is the greatest way to impact secondary trauma. Mindset Looking at your culture and seeing what you already have in place and modify them to be more hopeful. Strategies for principals: vulnerability. Don’t let problems fester - give everyone a post it, write down the problem they’re having right now. Get out of silos. Problem speed-dating. Plan hopeful practices into their day. Write gratitude emails to three people each day. When we have a problem, we focus on the problem, vent about the problem for 1–2 minutes, then list all of your strengths, figure out how your strength can be used for your problem. Get the book The School of Hope? Connect with Cathleen on Twitter
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Cathleen Beachboard is an award-winning educator, best-selling author, and leading innovative expert on raising psychological hope in schools. Her Building H.O.P.E.© framework has improved resilience, well-being, and achievement in thousands of schools across the country. As a sought-after speaker on well-being and retention, she provides practical tools and strategies for parents, educators, and school leaders to increase hope so students and staff can thrive.
Hope is a positive cognitive process Hope is a mix of your goals, pathways and agency. Hope is determined in different ways. Hope is measurable. How do you increase your hope? Your hope level is similar to your friends. Introduce someone who is at a different level. Put a high hope kid next to a low-hope kid. Hope scale at Thrively If you’re high hope, spread it. If you’re low in hope, start improving your hope. Wherever you are lowest, start there. Low in pathways - one way to solve a problem. Backup plans show you that you can improve your plans. Will power and self-control. Even if you don’t have control, having back up plans help you feel more in control. Hope Research As hope increases, the impact of stress decreases. Teachers can be overwhelmed, too. Hope is the greatest way to impact secondary trauma. Mindset Looking at your culture and seeing what you already have in place and modify them to be more hopeful. Strategies for principals: vulnerability. Don’t let problems fester - give everyone a post it, write down the problem they’re having right now. Get out of silos. Problem speed-dating. Plan hopeful practices into their day. Write gratitude emails to three people each day. When we have a problem, we focus on the problem, vent about the problem for 1–2 minutes, then list all of your strengths, figure out how your strength can be used for your problem. Get the book The School of Hope? Connect with Cathleen on Twitter
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