Self-Reg Schools: A Handbook for Educators

About the Author\nDr. Stuart Shanker is a Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Psychology at York University and CEO of The MEHRIT Centre Ltd. (TMC). Dr. Shanker’s framework and method for supporting self-regulation by understanding and addressing stress, energy, and tension have sparked a revolution in how educators think about children’s behaviour and learning. His books Calm Alert and Learning, and Self-Reg have had a profound influence on teachers and school administrators across Canada and around the world.
Dr. Susan Hopkins, Executive Director of The MEHRIT Centre (TMC), is an experienced, passionate educator who has worked in all areas of education over the last two decades. She strongly believes in the potential of every child, and that the wellbeing of all educators should be a top priority for schools today. Under her leadership, TMC has grown into a dynamic, multifaceted worldwide centre for learning how to support children’s self-regulation in schools and families via Shanker Self-Reg®. Susan has been instrumental in the development of TMC’s successful online Self-Reg courses and has given Self-Reg presentations and worked in partnership with schools and communities across Canada and beyond.\nWhen people want to learn how to make self-regulation a part of their teaching practice they often ask one question: How?
Self-Reg Schools: A Handbook for Educators answers that question by detailing how four models, or streams, of self-regulation environments develop in our classrooms and schools. Each stream is outlined with practical tools and strategies you can use to enhance your classroom so that it reflects and embodies the theory and practice of self-regulation for the benefit of all–you, your students, parents, and the community at large. This includes
a description of each stream–What does it look like? sound like? feel like? scenarios based on real classrooms and real teachers that exemplify the stream an easy-to-implement model that can be used with students, parents, and other practitioners, along with application tips stories from the field, written by practising educators, that explore one or more stream characteristics strategies to help you begin or extend the stream in your classroom an accompanying website that features videos, line masters and additional hands-on support\nWhere Calm, Alert and Learning answered the what and why of self-regulation, this handbook answers that all-important question of how to do it and, more importantly, gives you the tools you need to make it happen!\nAbout the School Leader’s Package
Each School Leader’s Package includes a copy of the Self-Reg handbook and access to an online principal’s resource. Here you’ll find rubrics you can use to help shape growth, executive summaries to support your learning, bookclub suggestions to guide staff exploration of the book, actionable tips to support your staff, and implementation ideas for self-reg tools.