Happy Teachers Change the World: A Guide for Cultivating Mindfulness in Education

Happy Teachers Change the World is the first official, authoritative manual of the Thich Nhat Hanh/Plum Village approach to mindfulness in education. Spanning the whole range of schools and grade levels, from preschool through higher education, these techniques are grounded in the everyday world of schools, colleges, and universities.

Beginning firmly with teachers and all those working with students, including administrators, counselors, and other personnel, the Plum Village approach stresses that educators must first establish their own mindfulness practice since everything they do in the classroom will be based on that foundation. The book includes easy-to-follow, step-by-step techniques perfected by educators to teach themselves and to apply to their work with students and colleagues, along with inspirational stories of the ways in which teachers have made mindfulness practice alive and relevant for themselves and their students across the school and out into the community.

The instructions in Happy Teachers Change the World are offered as basic practices taught by Thich Nhat Hanh, followed by guidance from educators using these practices in their classrooms, with ample in-class interpretations, activities, tips, and instructions. Woven throughout are stories from members of the Plum Village community around the world who are applying these teachings in their own lives and educational contexts.

• Mindfulness for Teachers: Simple Skills for Peace and Productivity in the Classroom (The Norton Series on the Social Neuroscience of Education)
• Teach, Breathe, Learn: Mindfulness in and out of the Classroom
• I Wish My Teacher Knew: How One Question Can Change Everything for Our Kids
• I Am Here Now: A Creative Mindfulness Guide and Journal
• The Growth Mindset Coach: A Teacher's Month-by-Month Handbook for Empowering Students to Achieve
• The Mindful Education Workbook: Lessons for Teaching Mindfulness to Students
• Mindful Games Activity Cards: 55 Fun Ways to Share Mindfulness with Kids and Teens
• Take Time for You: Self-Care Action Plans for Educators (Using Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and Positive Psychology)
• A Handful of Quiet: Happiness in Four Pebbles
• Teach Like Finland: 33 Simple Strategies for Joyful Classrooms